Trump Told Xi Chinese Support for Iran Is ‘Totally Unacceptable’

President Donald Trump claimed that the Iranian government is not engaging in honest negotiations with the US.  “Iranian Leadership is unbelievably duplicitous! They ask for a meeting, some would say ‘beg,’ talks begin, with more scheduled in the immediate future,” he wrote on Truth Social Monday. “And they say, openly and proudly, that they’re not […]

Israeli forces are launching more and more incursions into southwest Syria in recent days. Having launched about 450 incursions during all of 2025, that number has been met and nearly exceeded already in 2026, despite the year being barely half over. Multiple new raids were reported again this weekend across both Quneitra and Daraa Governorates. […]

Labor Shock: US Adds 162K Jobs In August, 4-Sigma Beat And Above Highest Forecast In our jobs report preview we quoted JPM's Market Intel desk which said that today's August payrolls number will be a case of "good news is bad news", and sure enough futures are sliding  and yields surging after moments ago the BLS reported that in August, the US added a whopping 162K jobs, up from an upward revised 21K (July is no longer negative -23K), and the second highest monthly increase of 2026 (only March was higher)... ......