Stellar 3Y Auction Stops Through Even As Yields Hit 1 Month High

House Democrats Threaten Contempt For Bondi If She Doesn't Testify In Epstein Probe Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on April 8 threatened to file contempt of Congress charges against former Attorney General Pam Bondi if she doesn’t testify before the House as part of its ongoing investigation into deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The House Oversight Committee confirmed to The Epoch Times on Wednesday that the Justice Department had said Bondi would no longer appear for a congressional deposition on April 14 “since...

Trump Crosses Iran's 'Red Line' By Heavy Bombing Of Kharg Island, Endangering Energy Assets Across Region In what could prove to be a major step up the escalation ladder in the two-week-old US-Israeli war on Iran, President Trump on Friday evening (notably after US market closure) announced that US Central Command had carried out a major bombing raid on Kharg Island, which handles upwards of 90% of Iran's crude oil exports. Importantly, Iran has previously warned that an attack on the island would cross a red line, and precipitate Iranian...

"No More Mr. Nice Guy": Trump Sends Witkoff To Pakistan For U.S.-Iran Talks As Hormuz Traffic Freezes By Sunday morning, the latest Bloomberg ship tracking data showed that tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz had largely ground to a halt. There were multiple incidents of tankers U-turning over the last 24 hours. At the same time, a senior Iranian official renewed threats to close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. The Hormuz chokepoint (closed once again after briefly opening on Friday morning) comes as the US blockade of Iranian ports remains in...