The Home Construction ETF (ITB) led the market the first seven months of the year, but fell on hard times the last two months and reversed its long-term uptrend. Today’s…
United Nations to vote on resolution condemning Hamas attack and all violence against civilians
The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote on a resolution Wednesday that will condemn ‘the heinous terrorist attacks by Hamas’ on Israel as well as all violence against…
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are gearing up for another vote on a new speaker late on Wednesday morning. Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, House Republicans’ candidate for the…
GOP senators ramp up push to refreeze $6B in Iranian funds: ‘Hamas is just the puppet’
Calls from Capitol Hill lawmakers to freeze the $6 billion in Iranian funds reached through controversial negotiations increased this week. Nearly 20 GOP senators are calling on the Biden administration…
Bernie Sanders says blast at Palestinian hospital an ‘unspeakable crime’ as IDF, Hamas trade blame
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that the rocket strike against a hospital in Gaza that killed hundreds of Palestinians is an ‘unspeakable crime’ and called for both Israeli forces…
US refrains from placing preconditions on weapons sent to Israel, unlike those sent to Ukraine
Pentagon officials say weapons sent to Israel for defense against attacks from Hamas were sent without any preconditions, unlike weapons sent to Ukraine. During a press briefing on Tuesday, Deputy…
Lebanese protesters gather near U.S. embassy in Beirut after Gaza hospital hit by rocket: Reports
Hundreds of protesters reportedly gathered at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday night after a rocket hit a hospital in the Gaza Strip. The protest came after a…
Hundreds killed in blast at Gaza Strip hospital; Israel says Islamic Jihad’s ‘failed rocket launch’ to blame
A Hamas-run hospital that was treating wounded Palestinians and sheltering many others in the Gaza Strip was hit by an airstrike Tuesday, killing hundreds of people, though Israel Defense Forces…
Law firm rescinds job offers to Harvard students who signed Israel letters
Top U.S. law firm Davis Polk announced in an internal email that it had rescinded letters of employment for three law students at Harvard and Columbia universities who signed on…
Trump appeals partial gag order against him in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Jan 6 case
Former President Trump’s legal team formally appealed the partial gag order issued against him on Monday by the federal judge presiding over Special Counsel Jack Smith’s case related to the…