Since President Trump is fond of touting his stock market record, here’s what the S&P 500 has done since inauguration for him vs. during same period in Barack Obama’s presidency.
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Bonus Quote of the Day
“Our first and last word has always been, is, and will be this: someone like us will never come to terms with someone like you — not now, not ever.”…
Iran Won’t Accept U.S. Effort at Ceasefire
CNBC: “Iran will not accept a ceasefire offer from the United States, Iranian state media reported Wednesday.” “The FARS News Agency state media outlet, citing what it called an informed…
More Workers Struggling Than Thriving
Gallup: “For the first time since Gallup began tracking the life evaluation of the U.S. workforce, more workers report struggling in their lives (49%) than thriving (46%): a stark reversal…
Iran War Sends U.S. Borrowing Costs Soaring
Financial Times: “Investors are rushing out of US debt as the war in Iran ignites worries about a fresh burst of inflation, sending the country’s borrowing costs surging by the…
Goldman Sachs Sees Long Term Spike in Oil Prices
Financial Times: “Goldman Sachs energy analysts have been notably more optimistic than many of their Wall Street rivals lately. No longer. Judging by a note that the investment bank pushed…
Mysterious Trading Patterns Follow Trump Into War
“An epidemic of suspicious trading has emerged around President Trump’s most consequential decisions — each time, just minutes or hours before he rattles global markets,” Axios reports. “As the Iran…
Raskin Has ‘Damning’ Memo on Trump’s Classified Docs
“Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) told Attorney General Pam Bondi in a letter Tuesday that her department provided him with a ‘damning’ memo containing new allegations about President Trump’s handling of…
A MAGA Rebellion Against ‘Arkansas Alcatraz’
Wall Street Journal: “Plans for a 3,000-bed prison on 815 acres of rocky pasture south of the broad Arkansas River, led by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, face an unlikely…
Young Graduates Face Grimmest Job Market in Years
New York Times: “The unemployment rate for college graduates ages 22 to 27 soared to 5.6 percent at the end of last year, up sharply over the past three years…
Trump Would Consider Job for Ron DeSantis
President Trump said he’d consider a role for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in his administration after DeSantis leaves office early next year, NewsNation reports. Save to Favorites
Quote of the Day
“I didn’t go down there and spend two hours with the president to get him to where a deal was, to only have it changed. We can’t function that way.”…
Republicans Are Mad at Brian Kemp Again
NOTUS: “Heading into the midterms, Republicans thought Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp was their best chance to beat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.” “But Kemp declined to run, and is now, much…
Trump Gets a Daily Video Montage on the War
“Each day since the start of the war in Iran, U.S. military officials compile a video update for President Donald Trump that shows video of the biggest, most successful strikes…
Most Say U.S. Military Action Has Gone Too Far
“Most Americans believe recent U.S. military action against Iran has gone too far, and many are worried about affording gasoline,” according to a new AP-NORC poll. “While Trump is deploying…
Democrats’ Other Challenge Is Geographic
Wall Street Journal: “Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, the top Democrat in the House, are both denizens of Brooklyn. The two men reportedly live just 0.7 miles apart in a uniquely…
Trump Had Business Motive for Keeping Classified Docs
“Special counsel Jack Smith gathered evidence that then-candidate Donald Trump took many top-secret documents that related to his worldwide business interests, and investigators considered this a likely motive for Trump…
Iran Says ‘Non-Hostile’ Ships Can Sail Through the Strait
“Iran has told the United Nations’ maritime organization that ‘non-hostile’ ships may pass safely through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that has been effectively closed to tankers since…
New Party-Line Bill Faces Long Odds
Politico: “The renewed push for budget reconciliation — spawned out of a Monday meeting between President Donald Trump and a group of GOP senators — marks the best shot Republicans…
The Oil Supply Crunch Is Spreading
“For a glimpse of how much higher energy prices could still soar, look beyond the prices Wall Street analysts normally track for West Texas Intermediate in the U.S. and Brent…
Iran Says Trump’s Peace Talk Is a Another Trick
Iranian officials have told the countries trying to mediate peace talks with the U.S. that they have now been tricked twice by President Trump and “we don’t want to be…
