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Source: Zero Hedge Summary: Trump says 'US must respond' after Iran downed Apache over Strait Trump says Washington and Tehran are in the "final throes" of cementing a deal, "two or three days" Iran shoots down US Apache helicopter over Strait, crew safe Despite Trump calls for Israeli ceasefire, casualties are rising in southern Lebanon So much for the early hopes of an imminent deal... Trump Reacts to Apache Downing, Threatens Response Following earlier reports that a US A

Source: Zero Hedge Back in January, when we profiled Meta's landmark $27.3 billion SPV deal named "Beignet" for the Hyperion data center located in Louisiana, in which Blue Owl provided the private credit, we said to "expect hundreds of billions of these in 2026." Fast forward five months when we now read that Apollo and Blackstone have finalized a $35BN private credit deal that will help finance Anthropic’s growth plans, even as traditional "banks are choking" on the amount

Source: Hal Turner This morning, Bank of America advised investors to "lock in profits," citing "too many red flags" in the stock market. The only way to "lock in profits" is to sell what's being held. It seems to me that Bank of America sees the catastrophe headed right at us over the crude oil; situation. For most rational, thinking people, there's no way AT ALL to avoid a full blown economic collapse. As crude oil stocks head toward "tank-bottom" and then reserve gasoli

Source: Press TV Yemeni armed forces on Monday morning launched a ballistic missile strike targeting the occupied Palestinian territories. Yemeni armed forces on Monday morning launched a ballistic missile strike targeting the occupied Palestinian territories, forcing the Israeli regime to completely halt all flights at Ben Gurion International Airport while activating air raid sirens across Tel Aviv and central and southern occupied Palestine. According to the Israeli occupa

Source: Press TV Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, has announced the establishment of a formidable new Axis of Resistance security belt stretching from the Strait of Hormuz to Bab el-Mandeb and from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea. General Qaani praised the heroic and timely operations by Yemen, high

Source: Press TV The Chairperson of the IAEA’s Board of Governors for 2025–2026 David Grainge Biggs is seen on two screens (C) as he opens the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors’ Meeting at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria on June 8, 2026. (Photo: AFP) Iran has strongly condemned Washington’s “ridiculous” attempt to justify aggression against the Islamic Republic by drafting a resolution to be submitted to the Board of Governors of the In

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Source: RT News The pilots of the Apache attack helicopter have been rescued, President Donald Trump has said An American AH-64 Apache helicopter flying above the Strait of Hormuz during a patrol mission. © X / US Central Command S President Donald Trump has confirmed media reports of a US Army Apache attack helicopter going down near the Strait of Hormuz amid Washington’s efforts to curb oil shipments by Iran. The Apache choppers are one of the key aircraft used by the US mi

Source: RT News The plan reportedly calls for the military’s four death-row inmates to be executed within 150 days of presidential approval The US Army is preparing to carry out its first executions of death-row service members since 1961 if President Donald Trump orders them, ABC News reports, citing an internal planning document. Trump has advocated wider application of the death penalty as a deterrent against violent crime. ABC News reported on Saturday that the plan – kno

Source: Ken Klippenstein Quick Reaction Force specializes in 'forced entry' When the Pentagon announced that the 82nd Airborne was deploying to the Middle East in March, it concealed a key detail: some of the paratroopers were headed to Israel, as revealed in an Army deployment order I obtained. A military source involved in war planning tells me the deployment is tied to new U.S.-Israeli joint contingency plans, completed since February, for seizing Kharg Island and carving

Source: Hal Turner The latest Global Oil Reserves Report is out from JP Morgan Commodities Research, and the numbers are nothing short of catastrophic. As seen on the chart below, as of June, 2026, Global Oil Reserves are down to about 7.7 Billion Barrels. The chart makes clear the planet will drop to 7.4 Billion barrels "by" July. When the world drops to 6.8 Billion barrels . . . . . . . . . it's over. No more refining will be possible because we will hit "tank bottom." Y

Source: Hal Turner A strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake has occurred just off the western tip of Cuba. It was felt throughout Florida.

Source: Lawrence and Associates Underage drinking and driving is extremely dangerous and puts both the driver and everyone on the road at risk. Beyond the safety issues, teens who drink and drive can also face significant legal consequences that affect their driving privileges, education, and future opportunities.. Zero-Tolerance Laws and the Legal Drinking Age Zero-tolerance laws make these consequences even stricter for minors. While the legal blood alcohol content (BAC) li

Source: Daily Mail HMS Agamemnon, part of the Astute Class of nuclear-powered submarines, ahead of its Commissioning Ceremony, which formally marks the ship's entry into the Royal Navy's service, at BAE Systems in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria The Royal Navy's entire available fleet of hunter-killer submarines is stuck in port unable to sail – leaving Britain at risk from Vladimir Putin's Russia. In a fresh humiliation for Britain's Armed Forces, all five of its Astute class su

Source: Hal Turner The primary Stock Market in South Korea - KOSPI - put a complete HALT to all Stock Trading minutes ago as the market plunged 8.4% at the opening bell. More on the cause, as I get it. UPDATE 11:23 PM EDT -- Panic selling ripped through tech-heavy stocks. Investors retreated from artificial intelligence-related shares that had fueled blistering gains in recent months. South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI index, the world’s best-performing major stock market this

Source: Hal Turner A massive Magnitude 7.8 earthquake has struck the Philippines, slightly off its southern coastline at a shallow depth of only 55km. Localized Tsunami waves struck shortly after the quake, which levelled buildings, knocked down telephone poles, ripped roadways apart. Widespread reports of severe damage. The initial quake was followed by several strong and very sharp aftershocks, themselves Magnitude 6.0 and lower.

Source: Hal Turner UPDATED 10:20 and 10:44 and 11:04 PM SEE BOTTOM: --- The Israeli Defense Force(IDF) is offensively attacking Beirut Lebanon, again. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned last week that Tehran would “respond with force” if Dahiyeh in Beirut were struck: All eyes are on Tehran to see if they make good on their word. UPDATE 10:40 AM EDT -- Iranian state media is reporting that the Supreme National Security Council has called an emergency session fol

Source: Hal Turner Stocks, Commodities, Crypto -- ALL DOWN today, and no one is saying exactly why. Here's how it went: S&P 500 down -1.65%, wiping out $1.14 trillion. Nasdaq down -2.60%, wiping out $1.11 trillion. Gold down -3.38%, wiping out $1 trillion. Silver down -6.9%, wiping out $280 billion. Bitcoin down -6.31%, wiping out $80 billion. In total $2.5 TRILLION wiped out in a single session. These were not isolated moves. Everything started breaking at the same time.

Source: CENTCOM, Hal Turner

Source: Hal Turner The US House of Representatives has approved a bill on sanctions against Russia and aid to Ukraine. The Ukraine Support Act passed by a vote of 226–195.18 Republicans, 207 Democrats, and 1 independent voted in favor.Additional military assistance will be provided to Ukraine, and the U.S. will be imposing tougher and expanded sanctions on Russia. This bill addresses the war between Russia and Ukraine by (1) providing assistance to Ukraine and certain Europea