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Berlin Accused Of Prioritizing Migrants Over Merit In Hiring Judges & Prosecutors
18.03.2026, 10:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Berlin Accused Of Prioritizing Migrants Over Merit In Hiring Judges & Prosecutors Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, A diversity hiring policy affecting the recruitment of judges and public prosecutors in Berlin has come under renewed scrutiny after the city’s justice senator warned that the system may conflict with Germany’s constitutional...
Russia Touts Capture Of A Dozen Ukrainian Settlements In Opening Weeks Of March
18.03.2026, 07:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Russia Touts Capture Of A Dozen Ukrainian Settlements In Opening Weeks Of March The Russia-Ukraine war, now at the start of its fifth year, has largely fallen from daily global headlines, given the world's attention - and markets - seem wholly focused on the fast-moving events of the Iran war, and the standoff in the Strait of Hormuz. While many pundits...
Trump Admin Seeks Alternative Fertilizer Supplies
17.03.2026, 23:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Admin Seeks Alternative Fertilizer Supplies Authored by Evgenia Filimianova via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Trump administration is working on securing alternative fertilizer supplies for U.S. farmers as conflict with Iran threatens shipping through the Gulf, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on March 17. A tractor spreads...
Trump Signs Order Assigning Vance To Head Anti-Fraud Task Force
17.03.2026, 18:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump Signs Order Assigning Vance To Head Anti-Fraud Task Force Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on March 16, officially creating an anti-fraud task force headed by Vice President JD Vance, a job that could be one of the most important in the country, the president said during an Oval Office...
Bitcoin's Ownership Base Is Maturing, Reducing Reliance On Retail: Analysts
17.03.2026, 16:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Bitcoin's Ownership Base Is Maturing, Reducing Reliance On Retail: Analysts Authored by Micah Zimmermann via BitcoinMagazine.com, Bitcoin investors have shown surprising resilience despite recent market turbulence, fueled by institutional investors and aggressive corporate treasury buyers. Analysts say this trend highlights a structural shift in ownership...
US Pending Home Sales Barely Bounce Off Record Lows Despite Tumbling Rates In Feb
17.03.2026, 15:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Pending Home Sales Barely Bounce Off Record Lows Despite Tumbling Rates In Feb After reaching a record low last month - with the decline blamed on weather - pending home sales bounced modestly in February (up 1.8% MoM vs -0.6% MoM exp and -10.% MoM prior). Year-over-year home sales continue to decline (down 0.6% YoY)... Source: Bloomberg ...just...
Futures Rebound From Overnight Selling To Trade At Session Highs Amid Constant Iran Newsflow
17.03.2026, 13:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Rebound From Overnight Selling To Trade At Session Highs Amid Constant Iran Newsflow Stock futures have reversed overnight losses and traded at session high, just above the flatline, despite diesel topping $5 a gallon - the highest since 2022 - with Iran expanding attacks on energy infrastructure around the Middle East and Israel targeting military...
"Not Our War": 'Allies' Shun Trump Coalition; Iran Security Chief Allegedly Killed As Oil Infrastructure Attacks Escalate
17.03.2026, 13:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Not Our War": 'Allies' Shun Trump Coalition; Iran Security Chief Allegedly Killed As Oil Infrastructure Attacks Escalate Summary: Israel claims major decapitation strike: Says Ali Larijani and Basij chief Gholamreza Soleimani were killed, but Iran disputes. Iran rejects ceasefire, vows escalation: Leadership says it’s not "the right time for peace"...
European Nations Pull Their 'Anti-ISIS' Mission Troops Out Of Iraq
17.03.2026, 07:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - European Nations Pull Their 'Anti-ISIS' Mission Troops Out Of Iraq Spain has quietly pulled its special forces out of Iraq after deteriorating security conditions made it impossible to continue operations safely, the Spanish Ministry of Defense confirmed Sunday. Spain currently has about 300 troops deployed in Iraq as part of the US-led coalition against...
"Problem Is Solvable": Airline CEOs Urge Congress To End Shutdown, Pay TSA Workers
16.03.2026, 17:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Problem Is Solvable": Airline CEOs Urge Congress To End Shutdown, Pay TSA Workers The Department of Homeland Security's social media team on X spent the weekend blaming Democrats for the travel chaos unfolding at airports nationwide, as TSA agents failed to report to work during a funding lapse caused by Senate Democrats' refusal to fund the DHS budget...
Boasberg's Law: Why The Quashing Of The Powell Subpoenas Leaves More Questions Than Answers
16.03.2026, 16:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Boasberg's Law: Why The Quashing Of The Powell Subpoenas Leaves More Questions Than Answers Authored by Jonathan Turley, Last week, Chief Judge James Boasberg delivered a blow to the criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell by tossing out grand jury subpoenas. Boasberg declared the investigation overtly political and coercive, without any...
Key Events This Week: Central Banks Galore, PPI, And The War In Iran
16.03.2026, 14:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Key Events This Week: Central Banks Galore, PPI, And The War In Iran After Friday's revelation that it was the first consecutive monthly Friday 13th for 11 years, DB's Jim Reid writes that today's nearly-as-impressive revelation is that this week sees the Fed, ECB, BoJ and BoE all meet in a single calendar week for the first time since December 2021...
Futures Jump, Oil Slides On Fresh Hormuz Hopes
16.03.2026, 13:39 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Jump, Oil Slides On Fresh Hormuz Hopes Stock futures are higher AS energy prices dip modestly even as the war in the Middle East enters a third week, with Trump’s endgame unclear amid requests for international help to reopen the SoH. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are up 0.8% and and Nasdaq futures gain 1.0% with all Mag 7 names higher in...
Anduril Lands $20 Billion Pentagon Contract For "Modern Battlefield" Hardware
15.03.2026, 18:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Anduril Lands $20 Billion Pentagon Contract For "Modern Battlefield" Hardware Nine days after Axios reported that Palmer Luckey's Anduril was raising around $4 billion at a $60 billion valuation led by a16z and Thrive Capital, Luckey landed a major enterprise contract with the US Army worth up to $20 billion over 10 years. Photo: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg...
Trump 'Not Ready' For Iran Deal; US Urges Citizens To Flee Iraq, Israel Reportedly 'Critically Low' On Interceptors
15.03.2026, 17:19 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Trump 'Not Ready' For Iran Deal; US Urges Citizens To Flee Iraq, Israel Reportedly 'Critically Low' On Interceptors Summary: Iranian retaliation accelerates, including use of cluster munitions, especially against Israel Gulf countries reported new attacks Sunday morning, a day after Iran called for the evacuation of three major ports in the United Arab...
Iran War Exposes America's Unfixed Supply Chains
15.03.2026, 01:11 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran War Exposes America's Unfixed Supply Chains Authored by David Dayen via The American Prospect, One of the more fascinating sidelights of our war of choice in Iran is how it has reinforced the devastating consequences of our hollowed-out industrial base, consolidated commercial sector, and overreliance on long intermediated supply chains. Arleigh...
When Do Protest Observers Become Lawbreaking Participants?
14.03.2026, 16:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - When Do Protest Observers Become Lawbreaking Participants? Authored by Ben Weingarten via RealClearInvestigations, When an ICE agent shot and killed Minneapolis resident Renee Good after she allegedly obstructed immigration authorities with her vehicle, disobeyed their commands, and attempted to flee – drawing fatal fire from an officer nearly struck...
CDC: Little-Known Virus With No Vaccine Spreading In US
13.03.2026, 23:57 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - CDC: Little-Known Virus With No Vaccine Spreading In US Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is spreading in the United States, including in California and the Great Lakes region, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A person receives a vaccine in Los Angeles in a file...
'President Boasberg' Protects Powell, Quashes DOJ 'Pressure Campaign' Subpoena Over Fed Renovation
13.03.2026, 20:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'President Boasberg' Protects Powell, Quashes DOJ 'Pressure Campaign' Subpoena Over Fed Renovation Another day, another activist judge deciding they're the president... On Friday, chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has blocked subpoenas issued by the Trump Justice Department to Federal Reserve Chair...
META Delays AI Rollout Because It Sucks, May License Gemini; Musk Reboots xAI 'From The Foundations Up'
13.03.2026, 20:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - META Delays AI Rollout Because It Sucks, May License Gemini; Musk Reboots xAI 'From The Foundations Up' Mark Zuckerberg bet the farm on AI supremacy, and this year's crop is infested with bugs. According to a new report, Meta has quietly pushed back the launch of its next-generation foundational AI model, internally code-named Avocado, from this month...
Michigan Synagogue Attack Suspect Was Naturalized US Citizen From Lebanon, CNN Immediately Blamed Trump
13.03.2026, 17:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Michigan Synagogue Attack Suspect Was Naturalized US Citizen From Lebanon, CNN Immediately Blamed Trump An armed man who allegedly rammed his truck into a Michigan synagogue on March 12 has been identified as a naturalized United States citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials. Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, was fatally shot by security officers...
Weekend At Bernie's In Iran As IRGC Now Run The Country, Use Strait As Toll Road
13.03.2026, 16:44 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Weekend At Bernie's In Iran As IRGC Now Run The Country, Use Strait As Toll Road By Ben Picton, senior market strategist at Rabobank Mine, Yours Major US, European and Asian equity indices all closed in the red yesterday as Brent crude prices again breached the $100/bbl level. Ten year sovereign yields were sharply higher for most countries (Sweden...
Futures At Session Highs After Oil Drops Below $100 On India Hormuz Transit Hopes
13.03.2026, 13:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures At Session Highs After Oil Drops Below $100 On India Hormuz Transit Hopes US stock futures rebounded from their overnight selloff, and were trading near session highs after three days of losses on Wall Street as Brent slipped below $100 a barrel and investors waited to see if the war in the Middle East would escalate further. The catalyst for...
Ten Maersk Ships 'Trapped' In Persian Gulf
13.03.2026, 12:21 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ten Maersk Ships 'Trapped' In Persian Gulf Authored by Stuart Chirls va Freightwaves.com, The closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran has effectively trapped 10 Maersk ships in the Persian Gulf, its chief executive said. In separate interviews with CNN and the Wall Street Journal, Vincent Clerc said the Danish carrier’s ships “cannot get out,”...
FDA Unveils New Platform For Tracking Side Effects
13.03.2026, 03:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - FDA Unveils New Platform For Tracking Side Effects Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Food and Drug Administration on March 11 made public a new, consolidated platform for tracking side effects experienced by people following receipt of vaccines and drugs. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in White Oak, Md...
Will Johnny Ever Learn To Read? Pushback Against Science Of Reading Mandates
13.03.2026, 02:50 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Will Johnny Ever Learn To Read? Pushback Against Science Of Reading Mandates Authored by Vince Bielski via RealClearInvestigations, Half a century after the book “Why Johnny Can’t Read” sounded an alarm about the rise of illiteracy in the U.S., it has only gotten worse: A quarter of all young adults, many of them high school graduates, are now functionally...
Eric Swalwell Rents Room Linked To Former Staffer To Claim California Residency
13.03.2026, 02:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Eric Swalwell Rents Room Linked To Former Staffer To Claim California Residency Rep. Eric Swalwell has primarily been living in Washington, D.C. for years, and now that he’s running for governor of California, he’s hit a snag over residency. According to reports, Swalwell is renting a single room in a home in the eastern Bay Area that’s occupied...
Nearly 20% Of House Hunters Looking To Relocate: Report
12.03.2026, 15:59 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nearly 20% Of House Hunters Looking To Relocate: Report Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In the fourth quarter of 2025, 18.8 percent of house hunters across the United States were looking to relocate to a different part of the country. A house for sale in Washington on May 19, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times...
"The Situation Is Dire": Half Of Available Global LNG Tankers Are Trapped In The Persian Gulf
12.03.2026, 15:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "The Situation Is Dire": Half Of Available Global LNG Tankers Are Trapped In The Persian Gulf There are thousands of ships in the global oil tanker fleet, by some estimates nearly as many as 9000 (and that excludes sanctions vessels). Just a fraction of these are either waiting to enter the blockaded straits of hormuz, or to leave it. By contrast...
Futures Tumble As Oil Jumps Above $100 On Iran War Chaos
12.03.2026, 13:33 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Tumble As Oil Jumps Above $100 On Iran War Chaos US futures are sharply lower, as oil briefly surges back over $100 while markets start to accept the view that the Iran war will not end this week, and possibly any time soon. As of 8:15am ET, S&P and Nasdaq futures are down 0.7% and R2K futures slide more than 1%. Futures dropped more than 1%...
Carson Block Turns Bearish, Says AI Threatens 15% Of US Knowledge Jobs
12.03.2026, 12:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Carson Block Turns Bearish, Says AI Threatens 15% Of US Knowledge Jobs Carson Block says artificial intelligence has completely changed how he views markets over the past several weeks, according to Bloomberg. In a conversation with Barry Ritholtz at the Future Proof Wealth Management conference in Miami Beach, the founder and chief investment officer...
Sixth Ship Struck: Oil Tops $100 As Tanker Attacks Escalate Hours After Trump's "We Won"
12.03.2026, 12:24 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Sixth Ship Struck: Oil Tops $100 As Tanker Attacks Escalate Hours After Trump's "We Won" Brent crude futures in Asian trading jumped above $101/bbl overnight, despite news of a planned record emergency SPR release by the International Energy Agency's 32 member countries, in an effort aimed at capping triple-digit oil prices. Today's focus is on reports...
Starmer's Mandelson Mess Explodes: PM Knew About Epstein Friendship
12.03.2026, 07:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Starmer's Mandelson Mess Explodes: PM Knew About Epstein Friendship Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Another day, another layer peeled back from the rotten core of establishment cronyism, as Keir Starmer faces a torrent of revelations about his handling of Peter Mandelson’s Epstein ties. With payoffs, lies, and deep state cover-ups on...
AI Won't Fix America's Looming Debt Crisis
12.03.2026, 02:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - AI Won't Fix America's Looming Debt Crisis Authored by David Youngberg via TheDailyEconomy.org, Last month, Congress sparred with the president over a partial budget, but with few real cuts, America’s slow march toward an epic debt crisis went on undeterred. With over $38 trillion in debt and interest payments exceeding defense or Medicare spending...
Hudson River NJ-NY Rail Tunnel Faces New Halt Without Federal Funds
12.03.2026, 02:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hudson River NJ-NY Rail Tunnel Faces New Halt Without Federal Funds Construction on the planned $16 billion rail tunnel under the Hudson River could halt again within two to three months unless federal funding resumes, the project’s developer warned last week, according to Bloomberg. The project, led by the Gateway Development Commission, would build...
Ron Paul Fears The Dollar Will Be A Casualty Of The Iran War?
11.03.2026, 22:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Ron Paul Fears The Dollar Will Be A Casualty Of The Iran War? Authored by Ron Paul, President Trump’s unconstitutional and unjust war against Iran is setting back his “affordability” agenda. The war has caused a big rise in gasoline prices. Among the related concerns is the hindering of the movement of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, the only...
In Massive News For SAVE Act, Cornyn Flips On Filibuster To Push Through Voter ID
11.03.2026, 20:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - In Massive News For SAVE Act, Cornyn Flips On Filibuster To Push Through Voter ID Up until today, establishment poster boy Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) was a chief obstacle to killing the filibuster so that Republicans could pass the SAVE Act, which would require photo ID to be able to vote in US elections. Now, Cornyn has suddenly abandoned his sacred...
WTI Extends Gains, Shrugs Off SPR Release Amid Crude Build, Dip In US Production
11.03.2026, 15:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - WTI Extends Gains, Shrugs Off SPR Release Amid Crude Build, Dip In US Production Oil prices are higher this morning, shrugging off the well-telegraphed (and practically useless) SPR release. "Oil prices remain volatile and risk sentiment fragile and trading is on the headlines and rapidly evolving conflict in the Middle East," noted Neil Wilson, Saxo...
Iran Sleeper Cells 'Activated'; Threaten To "Eliminate" Trump
11.03.2026, 14:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran Sleeper Cells 'Activated'; Threaten To "Eliminate" Trump Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, US intelligence intercepts reveal Iran may be triggering covert operatives abroad, as Tehran issues direct warnings to President Trump following the airstrike death of its former supreme leader. U.S. intelligence has intercepted an encrypted message...
Stocks Drop As Oil Rebounds Over $90 On Escalating War, Ignoring Looming SPR Release
11.03.2026, 13:28 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Stocks Drop As Oil Rebounds Over $90 On Escalating War, Ignoring Looming SPR Release US equity futures remain extremely illiquid, jittery and volatile, and are down 10bps near the morning lows, erasing a 0.5% gain after earlier rebounding on hopes the upcoming SPR release will keep oil lower (it has so far failed to do that). Global equities saw a leg...
Hegseth Warns "Most Intense Day" Of Operation Epic Fury Imminent As IEA Plans Largest-Ever SPR Dump
11.03.2026, 12:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Hegseth Warns "Most Intense Day" Of Operation Epic Fury Imminent As IEA Plans Largest-Ever SPR Dump America-Israel's Operation Epic Fury entered its 12th day, with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth indicating that the most intense phase of U.S. strikes is expected on Wednesday. Tehran responded with retaliatory strikes against Gulf neighbors, as Goldman's...
Public Bitcoin Miners Are Dumping Crypto For AI, A Historic Mistake
10.03.2026, 23:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Public Bitcoin Miners Are Dumping Crypto For AI, A Historic Mistake Authored by Juan Galt via BitcoinMagazine.com, There is no doubt about it, this is the age of AI. Corporations are cutting their workforces in half to invest cash flow into hardware, while the stock market remains near all-time highs, mostly thanks to FAANG. OpenClaw, a self-hosted...
AP Shills For Big Pharma Antidepressants With 'Bewildering' Hit Piece
10.03.2026, 22:55 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - AP Shills For Big Pharma Antidepressants With 'Bewildering' Hit Piece Check this out... The Trump FDA's top drug regulator, Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg, is working to hire a researcher and friend who strongly believes the agency should add new warnings about antidepressants and pregnancy risks. So what does the Associated Press do? They pen a hit piece...
World's Biggest Hedge Funds Crushed By Oil Price Surge
10.03.2026, 16:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - World's Biggest Hedge Funds Crushed By Oil Price Surge We knew something was off when Bloomberg reported yesterday that Balyasny's chief commodities strategist, Damien Courvalin, whom the multi-strat hedge fund poached from Goldman in 2023 after a 16-year span at the bank where he led the bank’s oil research and become one of the most prominent...
US Existing Home Sales Bounced In February As Mortgage Rates Tumbled
10.03.2026, 15:09 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Existing Home Sales Bounced In February As Mortgage Rates Tumbled Despite tumbling mortgage rates, existing home sales plunged (the most since COVID) in January, with some blaming 'below-normal temperatures' despite The West suffering the biggest declines (and unaffected by the winter storms). Consensus was for a modest 0.8% MoM decline in February...
IRGC Says Iran, Not US, Will Determine War's End As Trump Threatens Strikes '20 Times Harder' If Hormuz Transit Blocked
10.03.2026, 14:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - IRGC Says Iran, Not US, Will Determine War's End As Trump Threatens Strikes '20 Times Harder' If Hormuz Transit Blocked Summary: Pentagon claims "winning": After ten days into Operation Epic Fury, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth lists objectives that include destroying Iran's missile infrastructure, defense industry, navy, and ensuring Tehran is "permanently"...
As Trade Growth Surged, Goldman's One-Delta Desk-Head Asks "Is China Done Exporting Deflation?"
10.03.2026, 12:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - As Trade Growth Surged, Goldman's One-Delta Desk-Head Asks "Is China Done Exporting Deflation?" China's trade growth accelerated sharply in January-February (exports: +21.8% yoy, imports: +19.8% yoy) and came in well above consensus expectations, prompting Goldman's Rich Privorotsky to ask: Rebounding aggressively. China exports were strong and CPI...
Anthropic Sues Pentagon Over 'Supply-Chain Risk' Designation
10.03.2026, 12:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Anthropic Sues Pentagon Over 'Supply-Chain Risk' Designation Authored by Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Artificial intelligence (AI) developer Anthropic sued the Department of War on March 9, following the federal government’s designation of the company as a supply chain risk. The Anthropic logo, in this photo illustration. Dado...
"Legacy Of Imbeciles": Corpus Christi Careens Toward Water-Shortage Catastrophe
10.03.2026, 02:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Legacy Of Imbeciles": Corpus Christi Careens Toward Water-Shortage Catastrophe Submitted by Dylan Baddour via Inside Climate News (emphasis ours), The imminent depletion of water supplies in Corpus Christi threatens to cut off the flow of jet fuel to Texas airports and other oil exports from one of the nation’s largest petroleum ports, triggering...
Watch: Antifa Activist Accidentally Sets Himself On Fire While Burning American Flag
09.03.2026, 22:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Watch: Antifa Activist Accidentally Sets Himself On Fire While Burning American Flag In a stroke of karmic hilarity, an Antifa activist briefly caught fire while attempting to burn an American flag outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Oregon. The incident, which occurred last week, was captured on video during a...