Yemen’s Ansar Allah Announces Attacks on Two Saudi Tankers as It Continues Enforcing Blockade

Chipotle Pulls Jalapeños As Minnesota Salmonella Outbreak Widens To 15 States; Shares Tumble Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) shares fell sharply Tuesday after Bloomberg reported that the chain had removed jalapeños from Minnesota restaurants over a suspected link to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 110 people in the state - while WaPo reports that the outbreak has spread to 15 states. Chipotle stock fell as much as 8.5% against Monday's close - some outlets clocked the low nearer 9% - and was trading roughly 7% lower in the afternoon. Chipotle pulled the packs of (potentially)...

NATO's Last Stand? Authored by Matthew Andersson via AmericanThinker.com, Critics may be misreading the recent NATO summit.   It looks to them as if the U.S. is unilaterally siding with Europe against Russia.   President Trump is smarter: he knows who has the winning hand, and his direct communications with his peers, Xi and Putin, are not always public.  President Trump's earliest critical instincts toward the EU and NATO still hold. While the U.S. is currently extending them some diplomatic courtesy and limited support, Europe is ultimately surrounded on all sides by powers that make it...

OPEC +/- By Bas van Geffen, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank Brent futures topped $115/barrel, after news broke that US President Trump rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. According to CNN’s sources, Iran is expected to submit a revised proposal in the next few days. However, it is unclear why Trump would accept this new version, unless Iran is suddenly willing to make concessions on its nuclear program. Meanwhile, Reuters reports that US intelligence agencies are studying how Iran would respond if President Trump simply declared victory – suggesting...