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Trump Order Increases Scrutiny Of Illegal Immigrants' Banking Activity Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 19 directing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to provide banks with an advisory on financial risks posed by individuals living in the country illegally. In his order, Trump urged banks to pay attention to credit risks posed by offering mortgage loans, car loans, credit cards, and other consumer credit products “to the inadmissible and removable alien population.” “Many of those borrowers face the possibility of the loss of...

No Laughing Matter By Bas van Geffen, senior macro strategist at Rabobank In her State of the Union speech, European Commission President Von Der Leyen summarized that the European Union is stronger than ever, but that the state of the Union is also as precarious as it has ever been. Speeding up the overhaul of the Single Market is an imperative in this context. She acknowledged that the European Union is under attack, both economically and physically: “hybrid threats facing Europe are less and less hybrid and less and less threats. The...

These Countries Are Building The Most Small Modular Nuclear Reactors The U.S. is leading the world in small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) development with 28 siting announcements, as of 2026. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Cody Good, in partnership with the National Public Utilities Council, shows which countries are building the most SMRs. The U.S. Leads Global SMR Development With 28 siting announcements, the U.S. has more SMR projects in development than the next four countries combined.   Source: The Nuclear Energy Agency Only 78 of 129 SMR designs being tracked by the NEA are publicly reported in the...