US Sanctions Ground Iranian Flights Across Region, Air Travel With China Continues

March Jobs Shocker: Payrolls Soar By 178K Most Since 2024, Blowing Away All Estimates; Unemployment Rate Drops We titled our nonfarm payroll preview post "a substantial bounce" and boy were we right: with consensus expecting a material rebound from February's negative print (which was revised as usual worse, from -92K to -133K), what the BLS reported instead was a huge beat to expectations of a 65K increase, with March jobs reportedly rising by 178K, the biggest increase since December 2024. The number was driven entirely by a surge in private workers...

Trump Says Peace Deal Coming Sunday As Tehran Signals Still Reviewing Text President Trump said Saturday that an interim U.S.-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and wind down the four-month conflict could be signed as soon as Sunday. However, Tehran has pushed back on that timeline, signaling that no final decision has been made while Iranian officials continue to review the terms of a potential memorandum of understanding. "The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL,"...

Colombia's New President Orders Immigration Raids, Vows To Deport Illegal Immigrants Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, Colombia's new president has ordered immigration raids this week and promised deportations of immigrants without legal status. Colombia's President Abelardo de la Espriella speaks during a press conference at the Palacio de San Carlos in Bogota, Colombia, on August 12, 2026. (Esteban Vega La-Rotta/AFP via Getty Images) President Abelardo de la Espriella, sworn in three weeks ago, described the move as a crucial step in reducing crime. The order went out during a security council...