New CFTC Prediction Market Proposal Would Ban War And Terrorism Bets While Allowing Sports Markets The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has unveiled a proposed framework for prediction markets that would prohibit contracts tied to violent or harmful events, including terrorism, war, and political assassinations, while largely preserving sports-based markets, according to Bloomberg. Under the proposal, “gaming” would be […]

Even ‘Trust The Election’ Pundits Are Suspicious Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, California’s rigged elections are difficult to defend… California Democrats have rigged another election, and outsider Spencer Pratt has been bumped from the Los Angeles mayoral race.  On Election Day, Pratt’s lead over third-place Nithya Raman was so large that she publicly cried over her loss.  After a week of […]

SpaceX Prices Biggest Ever IPO At $135 Per Share While there was little doubt as to SpaceX’s actual IPO price, which due to its novel structure was always going to be $135, and unlike the proposed IPO price ranges as is customary for other initial offerings, moments ago SpaceX (SPCX) made it official when it filed a free writing prospectus (FWP) which confirmed the company sold 555.6 million shares at $135 each, for a total size of […]

Trump: Iran Deal Should Be Done ‘Pretty Quickly’ But ‘Subject To Settling’ Over Next Few Days Summary Trump Talks Endgame In Iran: Says ‘we’ll have a signing very soon.’ TACO SEASONING: Trump tells NY Post that Iran deal “pretty much all wrapped up,” but FARS news agency says no deal has been approved.  TACO: Trump Cancels Strikes After All Day Bluster About ‘Bigger’ Strikes on Iran Tonight (shocking TACO!) Iran Parliament […]

Defendant In Deadly LA Wildfires Wanted ‘Revenge Against Society,’ Prosecutor Says Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times, LOS ANGELES – More than a year after one of the most destructive fires in U.S. history, attorneys on Wednesday offered opening salvos in a federal jury trial accusing a 29-year-old man of sparking the initial flame that would lead, a week later, to the catastrophic inferno that claimed the lives of […]

Hidden Starship Trade: The Industrial Gas Giant Fueling SpaceX’s Rockets Ahead of the SpaceX IPO, Rothschild & Co Redburn analyst Tony Jones published a note on space propellant economics and identified an industrial-gases giant that is well positioned to dominate the market for rocket propellants and mission-critical launch gases as SpaceX’s Starship launch cadence gains momentum and the broader space economy is set to double […]

16 Academics Sign Letter Calling For Public Inquest Into Epstein Accuser’s Suicide Authored by Rex Widerstrom via The Epoch Times, The death last year of Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre was ruled a suicide by police, but 16 academics have now penned an open letter to the state coroner calling for a formal public inquest into possible domestic violence links. Undated handout file photo issued by the US Department of Justice […]

Karmelo Anthony’s Family Can No Longer Fundraise Off Austin Metcalf’s Death Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, The family of Karmelo Anthony can no longer raise money from supporters through GiveSendGo following the conclusion of his criminal case. The Anthonys were able to raise more than $600,000 in the wake of the then-17-year-old’s prosecution in connection with the fatal stabbing of track star Austin Metcalf […]

New Delhi Furious After Tanker Strike Off Oman Leaves Three Indians Dead, Summons US Envoy In a development that’s unprecedented or at least extremely rare, India on Wednesday summoned a US diplomat in the capital of New Delhi over what it blasted as an illegal “attack” on a vessel off Oman this week. Jason Meeks, charge d’affaires of the US Embassy in New Delhi, was formally summoned by the Indian government to protest the US […]

Ugly, Tailing 30Y Auction Sees Foreign Demand Tumble, Dealer “Backtop” Bid Jump After yesterday’s stellar 10Y auction, which saw the 5th highest Indirect take down on record, today’s reopening of $22BN in 30Y paper (via Cusip UU0) was a mirror image: ugly, poor foreign demand, and tailing. Starting at the top, the auction priced at a high yield of 5.02%, down fractionally from 5.046% last month (which was the first 5% coupon […]

Backroom Detente: A Curious Lack Of Iranian Strikes On UAE, While Others Get Hit President Trump is vowing another consecutive night of even heavier US military strikes on Iran. Yesterday’s salvo involved at least 49 Tomahawk missile strikes, mainly happening against southern coastal areas off the Strait of Hormuz. Amid Iran’s counter-attacks on Gulf nations and reportedly on American bases hosted in these Arab Gulf allied states, […]

Pardoned J6er Sues Government For $18 Million Over Alleged Abuse In Pretrial Detention Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, A former Jan. 6 defendant who alleged torture and other abuse in custody is suing the federal government for almost $18 million. The lawsuit by Ryan Samsel of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was filed late June 9 in federal court in Virginia, six months after he gave the government the legally required […]

FIFA World Cup Gets Underway Across North America The largest, most inclusive, and most widespread World Cup tournament in FIFA’s history kicks off with two games in Mexico today. For the next several weeks, nearly 50 nations will compete in more than 100 games in stadiums spread out across Mexico, the United States, and Canada—the first time FIFA has allowed three countries to co-host the event. Here is a breakdown (via The […]

Emails Show Senior DOJ Officials Questioned Biden-Era Memo To Probe School Board Threats Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, Internal emails from the Biden-era Department of Justice (DOJ) show that senior officials objected to then-Attorney General Merrick Garland’s plan to use the FBI to investigate parents opposed to school policies. Critics at the time said the policy change, which was contained in a memo signed […]

Cato Vs Heritage: Should The US Defend Taiwan? While President Trump has softened his rhetoric on China since his recent visit to Beijing, he has continued to keep the answer to one question close to his chest: would the United States go to war to defend Taiwan if China attempts to seize the island by force? Though perhaps a better question is Should we? Tonight, the Cato Institute and Heritage Foundation join ZeroHedge Debates to […]

Pentagon Lockdown: Multiple Floors Evacuated Over Hazardous Materials Air Quality Incident Several floors and corridors of the Pentagon were locked down and partially evacuated Thursday morning following the detection of a hazardous materials incident and air quality concerns, according to officials and multiple reports. What we know… Floors 2 through 5 in corridors 4 through 7 are currently locked down. Personnel observed […]

House Rejects Short-Term Spy Law Extension As GOP Races To Preserve FISA Surveillance Tool Before Friday Deadline Update (1100ET): A key spy law could expire after the House blocked its short-term reauthorization. The June 11 vote set back an effort to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). President Trump’s selection of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence drove Democratic […]

USPS Proposes Halting Mail Ballot Delivery To States That Refuse Voter Roll Verification Via American Greatness, The US Postal Service (USPS) has proposed a new rule requiring states to share voter information related to mail-in and absentee voting. The proposal follows a March executive order from Trump aimed at tightening regulations governing mail-in voting in federal elections. Trump has made election integrity a central […]

After SpaceX IPO, Jefferies Lays Out Five Takeaways For Space Boom Into 2030s Friday’s SpaceX IPO will be a defining moment not only for capital markets but also for the booming space industry and Elon Musk’s broader industrial empire, which has catapulted America to the lead in the space race against Communist China and Russia. Ahead of the four-times-oversubscribed SpaceX IPO, we explained to readers how to profit from the […]

ActBlue CEO Pleads The Fifth During House Panel Hearing Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times, ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones invoked the Fifth Amendment on Wednesday before the House Administration Committee, surrounding reports that she may have misled Congress about how the platform vets foreign donations. The U.S. Capitol building on June 9, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Wallace-Jones had […]

Bessent Pulls Trigger On Using Frozen Funds To Reimburse Gulf Allies: ‘Iran Will Pay’ US Treasury Secretary Bessent announced on X Thursday morning that Washington is moving forward on a plan to compensate America’s Gulf regional allies for damage sustained during Iranian counterattacks on their energy and civic infrastructure. He made clear that any damage to Gulf allies would be paid for with frozen Iranian funds, which Tehran […]

War And Piece By Michael Every of Rabobank Sorry, Bank of Canada (rates held at 2.25%), Chinese CPI and PPI (1.2% and 3.9% y-o-y headline) US CPI (0.5% m-o-m and 4.2% y-o-y headline, 0.2% and 2.9% core), and the ECB today: you all matter but are just pieces of the global picture one now needs to finish: the war vs. Iran. Changing the recent pattern, President Trump said he would strike Iran again today and did. At time of writing, […]

Iran Threatens Elon Musk’s Gulf-Area Starlink Ground Stations In Suspicious Timing Ahead Of SpaceX IPO Summary: Iran Threatens Musk’s Starlink Ground Bases In Gulf Area Ahead Of IPO   Massive SpaceX IPO Demand Coming From Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds IranIntlbrk is the X handle for Iran International’s breaking-news account and cites Tehran-aligned Fars News Agency, stating that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has […]

AI Price Wars Begin: OpenAI Considers “Drastic Price Cuts” In Pursuit Of Anthropic Customers Earlier today, in a report discussing how “AI bills are out of control”, JPMorgan tech guru and TMT salesman, Mark Schilsky wrote that “most of my high level investor discussions focus on one major topic: when will the party end? Put another way, tech investors have made so much money in Semis so quickly that they are looking for potential […]

US Initial Jobless Claims Jump To 4-Month-Highs The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time jumped to 229k last week (more than the 220k expected) and the highest in four months… Source: Bloomberg Pennsylvania, California, and Minnesota are the states seeing the largest rise in claims last week… Continuing jobless claims also rose last week to 1.795mm Americans – highest in two months, but […]