There will be a reckoning at some point if polities do not get their economic houses in order... But the recent leg up in yields has not primarily been about that...

"MAXXED OUT at $9.999!! GasBuddy data showing 5 stations..." 

By Molly Schwartz, cross-asset macro strategist at Rabobank

 As Tehran has set six conditions for ending the war...

“Notably, even Republicans, who generally supported economic policy under the current administration, have exhibited a marked decline in favorability.’’

Houthis filmed capturing US-supplied equipment...

Says AI Growth Zones will benefit communities...

“We had the Oracle numbers as a reminder that there’s a tech story that’s still very, very vibrant. That’s what investors keep coming back to. We know for at least the next two quarters that earnings are going to be really robust.”

Fat black woman statue now shares Trafalgar Square with Nelson...

...the market is at...an impasse

"Consensus across the floor, given parameters laid out by the Fed Leadership, sees 25bp or above on Core CPI as the threshold above which the Fed acts." 

...roughly 34 arrests per day.

Just chaos...

CISA, NSA, and FBI say DeepSeek, Alibaba, and others pulled billions of tokens from Claude, GPT, Gemini, and Grok...

Producing and distributing pornography remains illegal in Ukraine and can carry years in prison, yet tax authorities began demanding money from Ukrainians earning income through adult platforms...