Moscow Closes The Door: How Putin & Lavrov Hardened Russia's Line On Ukraine In Ten Days

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said in a statement on Thursday that the future of the Persian Gulf is without a US presence and vowed that Tehran would set “new legal frameworks” for the Strait of Hormuz. The statement, which commemorated Iran’s Persian Gulf National Day, was issued through Iranian media as Khamenei has […]

"The Magic Deportation Bus": US Prepares For Largest-Ever Mass Visa Revocation In History Shortly after AP News reported Monday evening that the Trump administration was preparing the largest mass visa revocation in US history, targeting up to 200,000 foreigners, the White House posted a meme on X spoofing the animated series The Magic School Bus and renaming Ms. Frizzle's vehicle "The Magic Deportation Bus." Please let this be a normal field trip... pic.twitter.com/YkhmpEQpvb — The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 24, 2026 Revocation would not automatically result in deportation. Foreigners with pending asylum...

Hold Or Fold? Skipper Warsh & His Hawkish Crew Authored by Philip Marey via Rabobank, Summary We expect the FOMC to remain on hold in October. However, we are likely to see Hammack, Kashkari and Logan repeat their July dissents in favor of a hike at this meeting. At the press conference, we expect Warsh to repeat the hawkish form of not providing forward guidance that he presented at Jackson Hole. He may say that the inflation data do not tell him that underlying trends have meaningfully improved, without explicitly stating that a...