David Perdue says China has escalated its rare-earth controls to include criminal penalties, asset seizures, and exit bans.

Oil puts are bid. Credit protection is bid. MOVE is screaming. VIX is asleep. Quite the setup.

Power plants knocked offline near Damascus International Airport...

The package of 21 bills also includes a revised ban on officers wearing masks after a federal judge blocked California's first one.

"In America, the people rule - and we must ensure that their voice remains sovereign," the secretary of war's memo said.

Stock generally flat after hours after lack of another blowout report. 

AI is about to make bank code cheap. I think depositors keep most of the savings.

On Instagram he traded nude photos with accounts showing attractive women, photos taken with his Fed-issued phone, sometimes in the gym at Fed headquarters....

REAR VIEW: Softer-than-expected US PCE; US GDP revised higher; US Goods Trade Balance deficit widens; US ADP beats; Yemeni armed forces reportedly attacked Abqaiq oil city in eastern Saudi Arabia; Senior source said mediators conveyed Washington’s response to the Iranian Foreign Minister; EIA crude stocks show bigger-than-expected build; Softer-than-expected Aussie CPI.

A building project that nearly doubled in cost thanks to poor planning, no price cap and "inflation" is a perfect metaphor for the institution it will house.

Lottery-funded Islamophobia session put Reform's leader next to a racial assault...

Pentagon announces close of Operation Inherent Resolve 'counter-ISIL' mission...

A supervising teacher secured it, and the center contacted police.

Three months ago (with Leopold pushing Total Return Swaps into overdrive) sentiment was "11/10" and Micron still blew out. Can it do it again?

The new jet is projected to be ready by the 2030s.

Just the beginning...

In ten months the plan went from 10 reactors for $80 billion to 8 reactors for $120 billion. There are still no sites, and Seoul's Westinghouse stake target has dropped to about 7%. The most nuclear thing about the US nuclear renaissance are the cost overruns.