French soldiers will take over guard duty so that police and gendarmes can be moved onto the streets for Saturday's expected protests...

The added NATO presence comes in response to several incidents in the Black Sea that saw cargo vessels struck by drones...

• APAC stocks were pressured and extended on losses throughout the session as AI and semiconductor names were sold, despite the gains on Wall Street.
• The Hang Seng and KOSPI led the declines, while the BoK held rates as expected.
• European equity futures indicate a negative cash market open with Euro Stoxx 50 futures down 0.6%.
• JPY strengthened on haven demand, while DXY softened and NZD lagged after cooler-than-expected CPI.
• Crude futures were firmer amid a flurry of Middle

“In the strange war that was coming, victory would go to those who loved themselves the most…”

"We were simply harvesting olives in a grove near Nehalim in the West Bank..." 

Two of the last two Ukrainian central bank governors have now had anti-graft detectives at the door. The last time Kyiv's politics got this messy, the gold went missing too.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg's latest hit piece on the NIH and Secretary Kennedy relied on a leak from a top pharma lobbyist. The Times forgot to mention his daytime job.

Taking note of Trump latest maneuvers in US-Russia relations...

The action targets California's Medicaid payments directed toward personal care services.

Compute demand is significantly greater than supply, so the speed of the data center buildout matters...

Trump Jr. made his objections known...

Rut roh...

...she had told the department to look at "all options to eliminate continued fraud, waste and abuse."

...the dollar let go of silver's throat for a few days, and silver still couldn't breathe, because the AI and solar trades that were supposed to be its bull case are now getting carted out on stretchers...

Investigations, impeachments, and obstacles to nominees could all be on the table. Yet the Democrats themselves are divided...

Awkward moment in the Oval...

How many more of these savages are hiding in plain view?