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US, Philippines Launch Their 'Biggest Ever' Balikatan Drills With Large Japanese Contingent Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US and the Philippines on Monday launched what’s being billed as the "biggest ever" Balikatan Exercise, an annual military drill that, for the first time, includes a significant contingent of Japanese troops as Tokyo increases its military activity in the region, ramping up tensions with China. The drills are scheduled to take place from April 20 to May 8 and will involve more than 17,000 troops, including about 1,400 Japanese military personnel. US Army photo Importantly, exercises...

Meet Steak 'n Shake's First MAHA Officer Authored by Jeff Louderback via The Epoch Times, DALLAS—Lunch at Steak ‘n Shake is served for Michael Boes. The plate in front of him has a grass-fed burger and beef tallow fries. He washes it down with cane sugar Coca-Cola. “Fast food doesn’t have to mean processed, complicated, or artificial. It used to mean real, simple, and delicious - and it can again,” Boes said. Michael Boes, Steak 'n Shake's chief Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) officer, in Irving, Texas, on June 15, 2026. Bobby Sanchez/The...

Tech Futures Tumble As Alphabet Plunges, Small Caps Rise Ahead Of PCE, ECB US futures are lower, with Nasdaq contracts sliding as Alphabet's ugly search miss revived the "is AI capex paying off" debate, while Microsoft's Azure beat and lighter capex, a roughly 1% drop in oil on fresh US-Iran diplomacy chatter and news that Christine Lagarde will quit the ECB nine months early round out the morning's drivers; as a result small caps outperform while the 10Y yield hovers just around 5%. As of 7:30am ET, S&P futures are...