Britain and the United States of america taught ukrainian prosecutors , i will start with the fact that the russians once again attacked kharkiv oblast due to airstrikes , a private house was damaged, the Regional Military administration announced that the occupiers also hit with artillery in the village of shiykivka in the izyum district, there were previously no casualties, however, there were victims in kherson, the enemy also hit the korabel microdistrict, under enemy fire, his own car was hit a 65yearold man died on the way to the hospital, a 38yearold man from kherson was hospitalized with leg and arm injuries, and there are already five dead, including a tenyear old girl, as a result of an enemy attack on kryvyi rukh. 53 people were injured, the head of the citys Defense Council Oleksandr Vilkul said that the russians fired two rockets along the crooked movement , one hit the fourstory building of the educational institution, the other hit the multistory building , destroyed flo
Announced 288 arrest were made in a opera ration in operation targeting fentanyl traffickers. They seized products most of which were being sold on the internet. A little over two weeks ago i , announced that the Justice Department had taken significant Enforcement Actions against the largest, most violent and most prolific fentanyl trafficking operation in the world. The sinaloa cartel. I said then that the Justice Department is doing everything in our power and using every authority we have to bring those responsible for the fentanyl epidemic to justice that includes Holding Accountable the drug traffickers who use the dark web to commit their crimes. Drug traffickers are increasingly turning to the dark web to sell Illegal Drugs in exchange for cryptocurrency. They may advertise their drugs on dark net market places as brand name pharmaceuticals. But in reality, the pills are often counterfeit and laced with fentanyl. The drug traffickers are confident that by operating anonymously
Hamas and the role of cryptocurrency in fundraising for terrorist groups. The Senate Committee on inking, housing and urban affairs will come to order. Welcome our new perhaps permanent Ranking Member that at least in her first year on the committee she is Ranking Member today. Earlier this month the world watched in horror as hamas committed will ask of terror against the people of committed brutal acts of terror against the people of israel. The attached teenagers at a visit festival, they took hostages, kids. All of us were horrified. The United States has taken strong actions to support israel as they defend their country against terrorism and to aid civilians in gaza. It is vital to our National Security we provide critical assistance to israel including robust military, economic and human italian aid desperately needed for those harmed by hamass terrorism. We must stand with both ukraine and israel as they fight back against two of the worlds biggest threats. Putin and iranian ba
Looking to end the week on a high note as they shrug off this mornings slightly hotter than expected inflation report. The dow gaining 220 point, the s p 500 up close to 61, and the nasdaq surging ahead 330 right now. Its heading for its best day since february. Its really boosted in particular by big tech earnings. Is alphabet, lets take a look at that. Shares are catapulting to a record high, up almost 10 right now. That comes after posting sales and profit beat. The tech giant surpassing a 2 trillion market cap. This is the first time ever, and its seeing an intraday gain of more than 200 billion. So if that holds, it would be the second largest oneday market cap gain on record for a u. S. Company. Now, alphabet also announced its first ever dividend. Safe to say investors, they are very impressed. Another good one, microsoft. That is attracting the bulls after topping estimates. Its up 2. 5 right now. It all boils down to two letters, a a, i, right . Thats what it always is. The co
Economic houses in place. Theres seeing property is the biggest threat. You may have seen a glimpse of what is to come in 2018 and the treasuries market with that yields surge we saw today. A lot of nervous investors around how much the yield curve has flattened in the face of more positive economic data. I want to bring up this chart really quickly, which shows how much a yield curve has flattened. It is headed toward that in version, usually points to an imminent recession most times. We heard dow fed president fred kaplan say thats usually the ase, how you determine flattening inverted yield curve, and why this time would be any different. That has a lot of investors nervous, are we going to see some sort of tantrum in the bond market . That would be quite shocking to the market. It has been interesting, too, what weve seen overnight, not just the 10year come the 30year. Reform . Signal of tax could we see some type of Economic Growth, or are we going to reach your end and see this