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With the Los Angeles immigration enforcement protests and riots still ongoing and downtown federal buildings remaining closed, Gov. Gavin Newsom urged Californians to 'take peaceful action' against President Donald Trump's orders.
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Fears over the safety of US government bonds have been put to rest — for now
Concerns over what Trump's tax bill will do to the federal deficit have rattled the Treasury market. Nerves were soothed somewhat on Thursday after strong demand at a 30-year auction. Both near- and long-dated bonds rallied, pushing yields lower. The bond market just cleared a key hurdle and put investors at ease about the state of government borrowing — at least for now. The Treasury Department saw solid demand for its anxiously awaited auction of 30-year government bonds on Thursday. It comes a day after a 10-year offering saw similarly strong demand. The Treasury market has been destabilized in recent weeks by concerns over the impact President Donald Trump's tax bill will have on an already-swollen federal deficit. It was those same worries that led to tepid demand at a 20-year auction a few weeks ago, and led to the fixation on this week's offerings. Recent volatility in the 30-year has led some to speculate that the bond — historically considered to be one of the safest investments in existence — was losing it its luster as a safe haven. Despite continued calls for investors to continuing "selling America," US government bonds look fine for the time being. This embedded content is not available in your region. In the end, the government sold $22 billion worth of 30-year bonds on Thursday at a yield of 4.84%. That's 8 basis points below what the 30-year US Treasury yield traded around at the time the auction closed, implying strong demand. Demand was also solid at the 10-year US Treasury auction on Tuesday, when the government sold $39 billion worth of 10-year bonds at a 4.42% yield, which was also lower than expected. Bonds were mired in a sell-off for most of April and May as concerns swirled around mounting debt levels, the impact of tariffs on the US economy, and the GOP tax bill, which is expected to add trillions to the budget deficit over the coming decade. Treasury bonds are thought of as an ultra-safe corner of US financial market. Soft demand is a sign investors may be too skittish about the US macro picture to pick up government debt — something that would be unusual and reflect extreme fear about the macro outlook. Read the original article on Business Insider Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
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23 minutes ago
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With Israel Strike, Mark Levin Wins MAGA Battle Over Trump's Iran Policy
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. When Israel carried out what Jerusalem described as a "preemptive strike" against Iran early Friday local time, it also capped a long-running foreign policy battle being waged within President Donald Trump's inner circle. The winner was Fox News host and MAGA acolyte Mark Levin, who has repeatedly called for the Trump administration to abandon nuclear talks with Tehran and give Israel the green light to strike Iran. The Context Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Thursday that the country is under "a special state of emergency" after the Iran strike and warned of potential drone and missile attacks against Israeli civilians. An Israeli military official told Newsweek that the strikes were part of what's been dubbed "Operation Rising Lion," carried out in response to intelligence Israel says it has indicating Iran has enough material to produce up to 15 nuclear bombs. Mark Levin speaks, with President Donald Trump behind him, during a ceremony to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Attorney General Edwin Meese, in the Oval Office of the White House on October... Mark Levin speaks, with President Donald Trump behind him, during a ceremony to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Attorney General Edwin Meese, in the Oval Office of the White House on October 8, 2019, in Washington, D.C. More Alex Brandon/AP The operation was said to involve dozens of strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities and military sites, commanders and personnel. Iranian state media confirmed later Thursday that General Hossein Salami, head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, was killed in the strikes, along with at least four senior officials. What To Know Levin took a victory lap on Fox News' eponymous show Hannity after Israel announced its strikes, telling host Sean Hannity: "The Iranians are about to get their asses kicked and it's been coming since Jimmy Carter." "They think this is Joe Biden's administration, that they would get away, get nuclear weapons and then the world would sit there, wouldn't know what to do about it," he said, adding that Israel "is not going to sit there and take it." Iranian officials have repeatedly denied seeking a nuclear weapon, while Israel has neither confirmed nor denied already possessing nukes. In recent days, Iran has threatened to unveil a trove of documents allegedly related to Israel's nuclear weapons program. "Thank God we have Donald Trump as President of the United States," Levin told Hannity on Thursday night. "Thank God Israel has Benjamin Netanyahu as the prime minister." Steve Witkoff, Trump's Middle East envoy who was in charge of the nuclear talks, was Levin's biggest foil leading up to the strike. The Mark Levin Show host has not only called Witkoff a "fifth column isolationist," but also mocked Witkoff online, writing on X, formerly Twitter: "Nobody believes war is the only way. We wait with great interest to see the deal you're negotiating with the warmonger Iranian terrorist regime." "In the meantime, rather than sloganeering against patriotic Americans who love our country, use your name-calling for the terrorist regime that has murdered Americans, tried to assassinate our president, chants 'death to America,' and has lied its way toward a nuclear bomb," he added. "There is zero credible intelligence that suggests Iran is anywhere near building a bomb, or has plans to. None," former Fox News host Tucker Carlson posted to X. According to Politico, Levin also had a private lunch with Trump on June 4, when he told the president that Iran was days from developing a nuclear weapon, contradicting U.S. intelligence. Hours after the reported lunch, Levin received blowback from staunch isolationist Carlson, who wrote on X: "So why is Mark Levin once again hyperventilating about weapons of mass destruction? To distract you from the real goal, which is regime change — young Americans heading back to the Middle East to topple yet another government." What People Are Saying U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a statement Thursday: "Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region." Rubio added: "Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for its self-defense. President Trump and the Administration have taken all necessary steps to protect our forces and remain in close contact with our regional partners. Let me be clear: Iran should not target U.S. interests or personnel." Trump posted to Truth Social on Thursday: "We remain committed to a Diplomatic Resolution to the Iran Nuclear Issue! My entire Administration has been directed to negotiate with Iran. They could be a Great Country, but they first must completely give up hopes of obtaining a Nuclear Weapon. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" Israel Defense Forces posted to X on Thursday: "The IDF launched a preemptive, precise, combined offensive to strike Iran's nuclear program. Dozens of IAF jets completed the first stage that included strikes on dozens of military targets, including nuclear targets in different areas of Iran." The post continued, "Today, Iran is closer than ever to obtaining a nuclear weapon. Weapons of mass destruction in the hands of the Iranian regime are an existential threat to the State of Israel and to the wider world. The State of Israel has no choice but to fulfill the obligation to act in defense of its citizens and will continue to do so everywhere it is required to do so, as we have done in the past."
The Hill
26 minutes ago
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The Latest: Israel attacks Iran
Israel attacked Iran's capital early Friday, in strikes that targeted the country's nuclear program and raised the potential for a larger war between the two bitter adversaries. An Israeli military official said that the Israeli Air Force targeted Iranian nuclea r and military sites, without identifying them. The official spoke to journalists on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing operation. Air-raid sirens preventatively rang out in Israel. The attack comes as tensions have reached new heights over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program. The Board of Governors at the International Atomic Energy Agency for the first time in 20 years on Thursday censured Iran over it not working with its inspectors. Iran immediately announced it would establish a third enrichment site in the country and swap out some centrifuges for more advanced ones. Israel for years has warned it will not allow Iran to build a nuclear weapon, something Tehran insists it doesn't want — though officials there have repeatedly warned it could. ___ Here's the latest: Israel's strikes come days before a sixth round of talks were planned between Iran and the US over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program this Sunday in Oman. U.S. President Donald Trump's new administration has been seeking a deal that would halt Iran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. It wasn't immediately clear how the strikes would affect plans for the talks. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Israel acted unilaterally in striking Iran, but Friday morning, Iranian state television aired footage of people chanting 'Death to Israel' and 'Death to America.' The strike on Iran pushed the Israeli military to its limits, using its aging air-to-air refuelers to get its fighter jets close enough to attack. It wasn't immediately clear if Israeli jets entered Iranian airspace or just fired so-called 'standoff missiles' over another country. Israel has previously attacked Iran from over the border in Iraq. People in Iraq heard fighter jets overhead at the time of the attack. People in Iran's capital, Tehran, heard another round of explosions Friday morning after an initial Israeli attack. It wasn't immediately clear if it was air defense systems going off or another attack. Iranian state television has confirmed the head of country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Hossein Salami, was killed in an Israeli strike. An anchor read a statement saying: 'The news of assassination and martyrdom of Gen. Hossein Salami was confirmed.' The anchor did not elaborate. The Guard is a major power center within Iran's theocracy, with vast business interests and oversees the nation's ballistic missile arsenal. Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, says Israel launched Operation 'Rising Lion' against Iran's nuclear and missile infrastructure with the aim of eliminating an existential and immediate threat to the citizens of Israel and the entire world. The Iranian regime is blatantly violating international agreements, advancing towards nuclear weapons, and operating a regional terror network, he said. Speaking to the UN Secretary-General and members of the Security Council, Danon said: 'This is a moment to make moral decisions. Stand by Israel – or you will be partners in a dangerous silence.' Benchmark Brent crude oil prices have spiked by more than 8% over the Israel's strikes on Iran, which have targeted the country's nuclear program and raised the potential for an all-war war. Iran's state-run IRNA news agency is quoting an anonymous official saying Iran will offer a 'decisive' response to Israel's attack. The report did not elaborate. However, Iranian state television put a black band over the corner of its broadcast, suggesting the attack had been significant enough to spark public mourning. Black smoke rose Friday over Iran's main nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz though it wasn't clear how bad the damage was. Iranian state television briefly showed the live picture with a reporter. Natanz is partially above ground, partially below ground, with multiple halls of centrifuges spinning uranium gas for its nuclear program. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had said Israel targeted the site in Friday's attack. Natanz previously has been targeted by the Stuxnet cyberattack and multiple sabotage campaigns likely carried out by Israel. An Israeli security official says that Netanyahu and other top officials decided on Monday that the operation would start today. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record. By Josef Federman Australia and New Zealand's governments condemned the Israeli strikes on Friday. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said she was 'alarmed by the escalation' between Israel and Iran, which she said risked further destabilizing an already volatile region. New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the strikes were 'a huge concern' for his government and 'potentially catastrophic' for the Middle East. 'The risk of miscalculation is high,' he said. The two countries were among five that enacted travel and financial sanctions on two far-right Israeli government ministers Wednesday, accusing them of 'inciting extremist violence' against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Iranian state television says the head of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Hossein Salami, is feared dead after an Israeli attack. It added that one other top Guard official, as well as two nuclear scientists, were also feared dead. The report offered few other details. Iran's Revolutionary Guard, created after its 1979 Islamic Revolution, is one of the main power centers within the country's theocracy. It also controls Iran's arsenal of ballistic missiles, which it has used to attack Israel twice during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. An Israeli attack on Iran has set the headquarters of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard ablaze, state television reported Friday. A reporter on air said he was unable to get closer due to the intensity of the fire in Iran's capital, Tehran. Multiple sites in the capital had been hit in the attack, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said targeted both sites of and officials leading Iran's nuclear program and its ballistic missile arsenal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel targeted Iran's main enrichment facility in Natanz and the country's ballistic missile program, as well as top nuclear scientists and officials. He said Iran was working on a new plan to destroy Israel after its old plan, its circle of proxies, failed. He called it an intolerable threat that must be stopped. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, called the Israeli strike 'a reckless escalation that risks igniting regional violence.' 'These strikes threaten not only the lives of innocent civilians but the stability of the entire Middle East and the safety of American citizens and forces,' he said. Reed added: 'I urge both nations to show immediate restraint, and I call on President Trump and our international partners to press for diplomatic de-escalation before this crisis spirals further out of control.' Dozens of commercial airliners were in Iranian airspace as the strikes took place, according to flight tracking websites. More than an hour after the Israeli attack, some were still making their way out of Iranian airspace, but some abruptly altered course to more quickly exit the area. Many nations' jets already did not overfly Iran because of regional tensions. The extent of Israel's strikes remained unclear early Friday. Explosions could be heard across Tehran, Iran's capital city. There were some images circulating of damaged residential buildings. Iranian state television also was being careful in how they described the assault, suggesting that some areas outside of Tehran that had also been hit. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an address on YouTube that the country launched 'a targeted military operation roll back the Iranian threat to Israel's very survival.' He added that the attacks will continue 'for as many days at it takes to remove this threat.' Israel closed its airspace in anticipation of Iranian retaliation. Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that attacks were expected. 'In the wake of the state of Israel's preventive attack against Iran, missile and drone attacks against Israel and its civilian population are expected immediately,' he said in a statement. The statement added that Katz 'signed a special order declaring an emergency situation in the home front.' 'It is essential to listen to instructions from the home front command and authorities to stay in protected areas,' it said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Israel took 'unilateral action against Iran' and that Israel advised the U.S. that it believed the strikes were necessary for its self-defense, while warning Iran not to target U.S. forces in retaliation. In a statement, he said: 'Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region. Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for its self-defense. President Trump and the Administration have taken all necessary steps to protect our forces and remain in close contact with our regional partners. Let me be clear: Iran should not target U.S. interests or personnel.' An Israeli military official says that his country targeted Iranian nuclear and military sites, without identifying them. The official spoke to journalists on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing operation. The Israeli official said Iran poses three threats to state of Israel: First, he alleged that the Iranian government is advancing a 'secret program' to develop nuclear weapons. The U.S. intelligence community assesses that Iran is not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon. Second, the Israeli official said, Iran has thousands of ballistic missiles. Finally, he said Iran has been distributing weapons and arms to proxy groups across the region like Hezbollah and Hamas. — Josef Federman As the explosions in Tehran started, President Donald Trump was on the lawn of the White House mingling with members of Congress. It was unclear if he had been informed but the president continued shaking hands and posing for pictures for several minutes. Earlier in the day, Trump said an Israeli attack over Iran's nuclear program was not imminent 'but it looks like it's something that could very well happen.' The U.S. has been preparing for something to happen, pulling some diplomats from Iraq's capital and offering voluntary evacuations for the families of U.S. troops in the wider Middle East. The White House did not have an immediate comment Thursday night.
