US Approves Largest Taiwan Arms Package In History At Over $11BN

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China reacts: This cannot save the doomed fate of 'Taiwan independence'...


Former Harvard Morgue Manager, Wife Sentenced For Stealing And Selling Body Parts

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Several of the buyers have been sentenced to prison or are awaiting sentencing...


Australian Counterterrorism Unit Rams Car, Arrests Five Men Suspected Of Planning Violence

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"The West is full of dangerous Islamists." 


China's 'Manhattan Project' Builds Secret EUV Chip Machine Long Blocked By The West

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Dutch intelligence has warned China uses extensive espionage and recruitment to obtain Western technology.


Fed Inflation Target Nears As US CPI Tumbles More Than Expected In November

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...core CPI lowest since March 2021


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US Judge Plans To Block Hundreds Of Trump Admin Layoffs

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U.S. District Judge Susan Illston also noted she would require the rehiring of about 300 employees at several departments...


EU Will Look 'Weak' If It Doesn't Confiscate Russian Funds, Zelensky Tells Crunch Summit

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Belgian PM warns: "Stealing from a central bank is like robbing an embassy."

 


Trump Media To Merge With Nuclear Fusion Company TAE In $6 Billion Deal

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...an ambitious tie-up the companies said was a bid to help “power America’s technology revolution.”


Silver: Record Overbought, Volatility at Extremes

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Silver monthly RSI at 88!... go figure.

It's Crunch Time For Europe Which Decides Whether To Confiscate Russian Assets

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The EU’s goal is still to grant a €90-140  billion loan to Ukraine to support its economy and military through 2026–27, backed by frozen assets from the Russian central bank that are held mostly in Euroclear (Belgium).


Bessent Forecasts 'Substantial' Tax Refunds, Real Wage Increases Next Year

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...an increase in Americans’ tax refunds would enable the United States to “go back to the kind of economy that we had.”


Activist Investor Elliott Builds Billion Dollar Stake In Lululemon

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Elliott's Paul Singer really knows how to sniff out stocks.


Basis Trade (& Treasury Funding) Is At Mercy Of Mutiny At The Fed

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Those that dissent, however, might soon find that the market’s wrath is more ferocious than the president’s...


Scott Adams Reveals Scary Health Update Amid Cancer Battle

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We’ve MRIed it and looked at it...


JPMorgan Is Bank Behind The Repo Crisis And The Fed's Decision To Launch QE Lite... Again

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"the scale of JPMorgan’s withdrawals was so large as to offset the movement of cash in and out of the Fed by all of the rest of America’s 4,000-plus banks..."


UK Man Jailed For 18 Months For 2 Tweets Viewed Just 33 Times

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 Shouting into the void now a crime...


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Initial Jobless Claims Show No Signs Of Labor Market Distress

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So despite the uptick in the BLS-derived unemployment rate, jobless claims data show no signs of acute distress anywhere.


"It's Unbelievable": Taxpayers' Money Still Flowing To Indicted Fraud Suspect: Minnesota Lawmaker

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The head of a fraud-fighting committee suggested that basic safeguards are still lacking at state agencies despite attempts to quell Minnesota’s fraud epidemic.


Goldman Upgrades Copper Price Forecast Weeks After Warning About "Circular Melt-Up"

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"There is also a risk that the administration goes quiet on copper tariffs and no announcement is made in 2026, and refined..." 


Pentagon Escalates Probe Of Sen. Mark Kelly Over 'Illegal Orders' Video

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The investigation could lead to a court-martial. Kelly’s lawyer said it has 'no legitimate basis'...