The U.S. Treasury Department’s Friday January 30 sanctions targeting Iranian regime officials responsible for brutal protest crackdowns revealed extraordinary details about systematic corruption where billions in oil revenues get embezzled through Revolutionary Guard networks while security forces massacre thousands of citizens demanding accountability. Among those sanctioned was Babak Morteza Zanjani, a criminal Iranian investor who previously embezzled […]
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Silver’s 30% Friday plunge erases $200 billion as Warsh nomination triggers historic commodity carnage while ETF launches hit record pace
Silver prices suffered the most catastrophic single-day collapse in modern precious metals history on Friday January 30, plummeting approximately 30% to $80.55 per ounce at session lows as investors fled commodities en masse following President Trump’s nomination of inflation hawk Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve Chairman. The brutal selloff erased roughly $200 billion in market capitalization across […]
Trump names hawkish Kevin Warsh as Fed chair while mortgage rates creep higher as bond vigilantes wake from decade-long slumber
President Trump’s Thursday announcement nominating Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chairman sent shockwaves through bond markets that had hoped for dovish replacement willing to cut rates aggressively despite persistent inflation, with the selection of a known monetary hawk who served on the Fed Board from 2006 to 2011 signaling that the administration recognizes […]
Inside India’s 77th Republic Day: How world’s largest democracy navigates authoritarian threats while Trump administration implodes democratic norms
India celebrated its 77th Republic Day on Sunday January 26, 2026, with the magnificent parade at Kartavya Path showcasing military might, cultural diversity, and constitutional governance at precisely the moment when American democracy faces unprecedented assault from an administration deploying troops against citizens and threatening economic warfare against allies. The choice of European Union leaders […]
Japan’s bond crash forces global yield spike as memory chip shortage drives Korean KOSPI above 5,000 while precious metals crater
Japanese government bonds suffered a spectacular selloff Tuesday January 21 following the Takaichi administration’s announcement of plans to reduce consumption tax on food and beverages for two years ahead of the February 8 lower house election, triggering a fiscal panic that sent ripples through global fixed income markets and demonstrated how political expediency can rapidly […]
Trump threatens tariffs on eight European countries over Greenland as Iran death toll hits 3,900 while Pentagon deploys 1,500 troops to Minnesota
President Trump’s Monday morning threat to impose tariffs on eight European countries that oppose his ambition to annex Greenland escalated already severe transatlantic tensions into potential economic warfare between NATO allies, demonstrating how the administration’s aggressive foreign policy has created simultaneous crises across multiple theaters while domestic military deployments reach levels unprecedented in modern peacetime […]
Follow the Money: Trump guts DOJ anti-corruption units to protect allies while investigating opponents as $2 billion Philippine scandal exposes global kleptocracy networks
The Trump administration’s systematic dismantling of Department of Justice anti-corruption infrastructure reached its logical conclusion in mid-January 2026 when DOJ reduced the Public Integrity Section from over thirty prosecutors to just two members while simultaneously launching investigations into Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for criticizing federal immigration enforcement. The stark juxtaposition […]
ICE shoots American mother dead in Minneapolis as Trump threatens Insurrection Act while Poland wins first United Cup tennis title
The fatal shooting of 37-year-old American citizen Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on January 8, 2026, ignited a political firestorm that overshadowed weekend sports as President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act against protesters while simultaneously celebrating Venezuela oil seizure plans and pushing Greenland annexation. The disturbing […]
Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense spending bomb threatens bond markets as deficit explosion forces rethink of fixed income allocations
President Trump’s Wednesday announcement calling for U.S. military spending to surge to $1.5 trillion in 2027, up from the 2026 military budget set at $901 billion, sent shockwaves through bond markets that were already grappling with elevated yields and concerns about federal deficit sustainability. The proposed 66% spending increase in a single year would blow […]
Follow the Money: Ukraine’s $100 million energy corruption scandal threatens to cut off Western aid as Zelenskyy’s inner circle faces raids while country burns through cash
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promoted his top spy chief to serve as his new chief of staff on Friday, filling a vacancy left by an alleged $100 million corruption scandal that has shaken his government at the worst possible moment. General Kyrylo Budanov, who led Ukraine’s military intelligence agency since 2020 and became a recognizable […]