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US Attorney Makes Rare Move By Convening Special Grand Jury in Washington D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro has taken the rare step of convening a 'special' grand jury in Washington, according to the Washington Post. US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro walks outside the White House, September 2, in Washington. Mark Schiefelbein/AP It will be overseen by Steven Vandervelden, a key Pirro lieutenant, the Post said. Vandervelden has run some of the office's most contentious investigations - including the failed probe of then-Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and an inquiry...

Multiple human rights groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, issued statements today related to the April 22 killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil by Israeli forces, concluding that her killing was almost certainly a war crime and should be investigated as such. Amal Khalil, a journalist for the newspaper Al-Akhbar, and photojournalist Zainab […]

Snubbed By SpaceX, Jefferies Now Helping Traders Short World's Biggest IPO Two weeks ago, when the SpaceX IPO prospectus landed, we observed, that "Goldman is lead left; and pretty much every other bank is on the cover." Goldman is lead left; and pretty much every other bank is on the cover. They need that to sell it to retail https://t.co/9JogVIxo1i pic.twitter.com/nSnvx6tWqs — zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 20, 2026 Yet one bank was missing: middle-market specialist (with a penchant for junk bonds and lack of due diligence on private credit deals), Jefferies. Whether it was shunned...