"Politically, There's No Viable Way Out Of This": Schiff Warns Of "Dangerous Feedback Loop"

Pentagon Prepares 'Options' For Trump To Strike Iran Before Midterms Update(1615ET): The Atlantic is reporting Wednesday afternoon that the Pentagon is preparing strike options for the Commander-in-Chief to consider, and that Trump may actually pull the trigger before the midterm elections - though the report emphasizes that the decision is still being debated: After months of on-again, off-again fighting, the United States hasn’t struck Iran in several weeks. The stretch of relative tranquility is coinciding with the final phase of the midterm-election campaign, and the assumption has been that President Trump...

"Dead Mall" Era Ends As Shoppers Return, Values Surge And Sector Leads CRE Revival The "malls are dead" narrative gained traction in corporate media coverage in 2016 and 2017 and lasted until 2022. Those headlines reflected the strain across the sector as excess retail space, department-store closures, and shifting consumer habits led to widespread low occupancy and cratering property values. But now, new data suggest that the "dead mall" narrative has not just reversed: that part of the CRE market is thriving, with a Wall Street Journal report saying it's outperforming...

Chinese Scientists Flagged Glacial Flood Danger One Year Before Nepal Catastrophe Authored by Sophia Lam via The Epoch Times, More than a year before the catastrophic flash flood devastated the China-Nepal border crossing at Gyirong last week, Chinese geologists had raised concerns about the impending danger. CCTV footage shows people running away as wall of mud and water destroys buildings in a valley at the Nepal-China border, in Gyirong, Tibet region, China, on Aug. 26, 2026. Social Media/via Reuters On August 26, a glacial-related collapse tore through Gyirong Port, one of the principal...