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- Markets Saw Surge In Trades Ahead of Trump’s Surprise Iran Post That Sent Pric...
(AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement on Monday that the U.S. and Iran are engaged in “constructive” talks to potentially end the ongoing conflict sent the stock market into a buying frenzy and led to the Dow closing up over 600 points. CNBC later reported, however, that on Monday morning, about 15 minutes before Trump’s post, some traders appeared to have already gotten the message that relief was coming to the market. “I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING A COMPLETE AND TOTAL RESOLUTION OF OUR HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST,” Trump wrote in a post on social media, which also sent the price of oil spiralling downward, ending the day over 10% lower. “BASED ON THE TENOR AND TONE OF THESE IN DEPTH, DETAILED, AND CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, I HAVE INSTRUCTED THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR TO POSTPONE ANY AND ALL MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST IRANIAN POWER PLANTS AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A FIVE DAY PERIOD, SUBJECT TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ONGOING MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS,” the president concluded. “S&P 500 futures and oil futures flashed an unusual burst of activity early Monday minutes before a market-moving social media post from President Donald Trump,” reported CNBC’s Yun Li, adding: At around 6:50 a.m. in New York, S&P 500 e-Mini futures trading on the CME recorded a sharp and isolated jump in volume, breaking from an otherwise subdued premarket backdrop. With thin liquidity typical of early trading hours, the sudden burst stood out as one of the largest volume moments of the session up to that point. Last April, Trump’s repeated U-turns on his tariff policies, which also sent the market into wild swings, led to accusations of insider trading among those close to Trump. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) “and other Democrats in Congress argue that the timing of Trump’s post raises ‘legal and ethical concerns,’ and that Trump should make clear who knew about his tariff reversal decision before he announced it, and if any of those people let others know about Trump’s decision,” reported Time Magazine at the time. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission declined to comment to CNBC about the trades, which Li concluded “raised some eyebrows because whoever purchased a large amount of stock futures and sold… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Steve Bannon Floats ICE Agents at Airports as a ‘Test Run’ for Monitoring Po...
Steve Bannon suggested that the deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at airports could serve as a “test case” for their use at polling stations in this year’s midterm elections. On Sunday, President Donald Trump announced he would send ICE agents to airports across the country to assist the Transportation Security Administration amid the organization’s funding shortage as part of the ongoing partial government shutdown. TSA employees who show up to work are doing so without pay. More than 400 TSA officers have quit since the shutdown began. The ICE deployment appears to have done nothing to alleviate long security lines at airports. Social media users have posted a slew of videos featuring ICE officers milling about at various airports across the country, and it is unclear what agents are supposed to be doing. On Monday’s War Room, Bannon asked Mike Davis, a conservative legal activist, about the prospect of ICE agents at polling stations on election day. “I want the mainstream media’s head to blow up today,” Bannon said. “We can use what’s happening with these ICE [agents] helping out at the airports. We can use this as a test run, as a test case to really perfect ICE’s involvement in the 2026 midterm election, Sir?” “Yeah, I think we should have ICE agents at the polling places because if you’re an illegal alien, you can’t vote, right?” Davis replied. “It’s against the law. It’s a federal crime for you to vote in federal elections. And so if you are an American citizen, you should be happy that ICE is there because you’re not gonna have illegal aliens canceling out the vote.” Many conservatives have alleged that undocumented immigrants have voted in and even swung elections, even though the evidence for that charge is virtually nonexistent. Bannon has falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged, and he spearheaded an effort to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss. Watch above via Real America’s Voice.The post Steve Bannon Floats ICE Agents at Airports as a ‘Test Run’ for Monitoring Polling Stations On Election Day first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Not Just an Upgrade, “a Transformation”
Host Juan Garcia operates the Quasar mixing console in the KUT Live studio. “This was all about breathing new life into our studios.” A two-year project improved workflows for KUT 90.5 FM and KUTX 98.9 FM in Austin, Texas. KUT Public Media operates both stations. Technology Coordinator Rojith Thomas said, “We began by upgrading two key production spaces. The first was the studio for ‘Texas Standard,’ a daily statewide live news program. The second was ‘Newsmaker,’ which has long been home to podcasts and interviews and now also produces the local live news show ‘Austin Signal.’” After completing those upgrades, they turned their attention to the heart of the operation and gave the main on-air studios for KUT and KUTX a full refresh in mid-2025. Casey Cheek, technical director for the show “Texas Standard,” operates the Quasar mixing console in the Texas Standard studio. “Our goal was clear and ambitious: We wanted to modernize everything with advanced AoIP consoles and infrastructure. This allowed us to streamline workflows, improve reliability and create a flexible setup that is ready for the future.” The technical team was Todd Callahan, Jacob Rockey and Rojith Thomas. Each played an active role in every stage, from testing demo equipment to purchasing and installing the new systems. Thomas coordinated the technical aspects, including planning, integration and overseeing the upgrade process. “In today’s broadcast industry, reliability and flexibility are essential,” he said. “Broadcasters need systems that allow them to operate from anywhere in the world, and who knows, maybe even from space someday. With that vision in mind, our goal was to create a setup that works seamlessly in a hybrid environment.” Racks in the Technical Operations Center. Telos Alliance was the manufacturer and primary vendor, supplying Axia Quasar consoles and related AoIP equipment to replace older Axia Fusion consoles and PowerStations. Dealers Gary Tibbot of Broadcast General Store and Mary Schnelle from Broadcast Depot helped source the hardware. KUT wanted to preserve the traditional experience of having a console at the center of the studio while also enabling full remote control for situations such as live remote broadcasts. “The Axia Quasar console and engine make this possible, giving us the best of both worlds: the familiar hands-on feel of a studio console combined with the ability to manage it from anywhere.” The station has a long relationship with Telos Alliance. It uses Telos Enterprise and Pathfinder routing… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - ‘It Would Have Worked’: Republican Senator Confirms Trump Killed Plan to End...Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) confirmed Monday that President Donald Trump killed a plan that he and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) formulated to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown and quickly restore funding to TSA agents. Airports across the country have faced hours-long backups at TSA checkpoints as agents who can’t afford to work without getting paid have failed to show up to the job. On Monday, Trump gave himself credit for sending ICE agents to airports to help with the backlog. “They’re helping TSA, the agents, and they’re working together, so far very well,” Trump said, adding, “We will also bring out, if we don’t have enough, we will bring out the National Guard where we need it to help out at the airports.” But Kennedy said the problem could have been solved easily had Trump agreed to work with Democrats. Punchbowl News was the first outlet to report on Kennedy’s plan. “Senator Cruz and I came up with a plan,” Kennedy told Fox’s The Will Cain Show. “We said, look, it’s a two-step process. The Democrats have offered to open up everything but ICE. Ted and I said, okay, let’s accept their offer. At the same time, we would offer a bill for reconciliation where we don’t need any Democratic votes to do whatever we wanted to do with ICE And that way we’re out of the shutdown and DHS is back open. “Senator Thune submitted that to President Trump. As is his right, he said no. No deals with the Democrats. So we’re back to square one,” Kennedy said. The senator said that he and Cruz have been working on a “plan B” to “shut down all negotiations with our Democratic colleagues” just like they did when passing the One Big Beautiful Bill. “Look, Senator Thune is the majority leader. As all majority leaders, has total control on the floor. He decides what can be voted on, and I didn’t see any reason going forward with Ted and my’s plan if the president was going to veto it. It would have worked. We could have had TSA paid by the end of the week. But the president said no deal, so my plan B…would be no deal with the Democrats. It’ll take a little longer, but we won’t need any Democratic votes.” Watch the clip above via Fox News.The post ‘It Would Have Worked’: Republican… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
- Newly-Minted CBS News Contributor Andrew Huberman Tells Bill Maher: It’s ‘So... Health expert and new CBS News contributor Andrew Huberman made it clear he does not buy the official story that sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in prison during an appearance on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast on Monday. “He was killed,” Huberman said. “It’s so obvious he was killed and didn’t kill himself.” He shared his opinion on Epstein’s demise midway through a discussion on Epstein’s seedy connections and crimes. Maher did not say anything after Huberman made the comment, allowing his guest to speak for another minute as he listed two suicides — one by an alleged Epstein victim and another by Al Seckel, who was married to Ghislaine Maxwell’s sister — that he believed were fishy. “It very well could be that that these deaths are legitimately suspicious,” Maher said a moment later. The pair discussed Epstein for about 10 minutes at the end of the episode. Maher argued it was easy to understand how Epstein had access to so many A-listers when you realize one thing — “he’s a pimp.” “I can’t believe I have to explain this to everybody. He’s a pimp, okay,” Maher continued. “There are people in this world — a lot of them who are very achievement-oriented, shall we say, in their field, which is either science or finance — who have zero clue how to get a female human into bed.” “Oh, so you think these guys were just too dweeby to get laid.” “Correct,” Maher said. Huberman said a few minutes later the “part that makes no sense” to him is how people were “overlooking the fact that he was a pedophile.” Just knowing that Epstein pleaded guilty to state charges of soliciting a minor for prostitution in 2008 should have made him radioactive from that point forward, Huberman said. His appearance on Maher’s show comes after CBS News announced Huberman as one of 19 new contributors in January. Huberman was signed by new CBS News boss Bari Weiss after he has built a massive following in recent years based on his research-based health and wellness advice, with his YouTube channel now boasting 7.43 million subscribers. Watch him and Maher above.The post Newly-Minted CBS News Contributor Andrew Huberman Tells Bill Maher: It’s ‘So Obvious’ Epstein ‘Didn’t Kill Himself’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Fox Analyst Warns ‘There Still A Lot’ Iran Could Do To Target the US Amid On...Fox News contributor Dan Hoffman, a former CIA chief of station, joined America’s Newsroom on Monday to discuss President Donald Trump’s stunning announcement that the U.S. and Iran have had “concrete” negotiations toward ending the current conflict, something Iran quickly denied. Anchor Dana Perino asked Hoffman for his take on what Trump’s announcement means for the operation going forward. “President Trump saying that he’s instructed the Department of War to postpone any and all military strikes for five days, and then followed up by saying that we’re having — I think it was ‘good talks.’ Iran immediately said we’re not having any talks, and that the president is not telling the truth. Obviously, I have plenty of reason to be skeptical of anything the Iranians say. How do you measure it right now?” Perino asked. “Well, the United States and Israel have decapitated Iran’s leadership, destroyed much of Iran’s ballistic missile capability, their drones, and targeted Iran’s nuclear facilities. However, Iran has demonstrated the ability to continue to launch drone and missile strikes, including at the Diego Garcia base, at a distance farther than many thought Iran was capable of,’ replied Hoffman, adding: And Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz, and I think for every moment the Strait of Hormuz is closed, that’s Iran’s regime demonstrating their resilience. What they’re telling us by doing that is that we can bomb them into oblivion, decapitate their leadership, and force them to go deeper into their security apparatus to find new leaders — but they’re still standing. And they will want to dictate when this war ends and how it ends. At the heart of it, Iran doesn’t want to negotiate with the United States — at least there’s no evidence that they want to — about their ballistic missile nuclear program and support to proxy terrorists. That is the reason why the United States got into this war at the very beginning. So look, this is going to be a critical week for us, clearly. We’ll stand by for evidence that any discussions are happening. But how the war ends will be as important as how it began and why it began. “All right. Well, let me show you — you mentioned the United States being able to eliminate many of the notable Iranian leaders. Let’s put them on the board. So here are all of them, and… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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