Texas Energy Giant Oncor Supports Governor's Data Center Freeze

Judge Temporarily Blocks Democrat-Backed Referendum To Redraw Virginia's Congressional Map Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A county judge in Virginia issued an emergency restraining order on Feb. 19, pausing a referendum backed by Democrats that aims to redraw the state’s congressional maps. Tazewell County Circuit Judge Jack Hurley issued the order following a Feb. 18 motion by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) that sought to challenge House Bill 1384. HB1384 schedules a referendum for April 21 on a proposed constitutional amendment to allow the General Assembly to redraw the...

Key Events This Week: Jackson Hole. Nvidia Earnings And Core PCE As we start a new weeks, the upward pressure on long-end bond yields from last week has shown initial signs of easing. Indeed, the 30yr Treasury yield is down -5bps overnight to 5.22%, whilst the 10yr yield is down by the same amount to 4.69%. That’s been supported by an announcement by the Treasury to CNBC that some/all of the cash in the Treasury General Account may be used to fund buybacks (bringin the US ever closer to Yield...

Pentagon Concedes That US Provided Most Of Israel's Missile Defense During Iran War Via The Libertarian Institute The US fired hundreds of its most advanced interceptors to protect Israel from Iranian missiles during the first five weeks of the war.  According to a Department of War assessment described to The Washington Post, the US used 200 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors and over 100 SM-3 and SM-6 missiles in defense of Israel. Image source: DoD/Department of War In comparison, Israel only used 100 Arrow interceptors and 90 David’s Sling missiles.  Speaking about the imbalance,...