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The rich now own a record share of stocks (2024)
www.axios.com

... Percentage of U.S. households' equity and mutual fund shares owned by the wealthiest 10% of the population: 92.8% ...

[see the article for the graph]


Apparently Pres Trump acknowledged his dwindling support in Congress for Mr Pulte ...

Trump names Jay Clayton to serve as director of national intelligence
www.npr.org

... President Trump on Thursday named Jay Clayton, a federal prosecutor and former head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to serve as director of national intelligence.

"Few people anywhere in the Legal Community are respected at the level of Jay," the president wrote in a post on Truth Social announcing the nomination. "I encourage the United States Senate to confirm Jay as soon as possible. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" ...


How much intelligence experience does Mr Clayton have?

Related ...

Epstein Files Update: 5 Key Takeaways in Major New York Times Report
www.newsweek.com

... In a blistering new report, The New York Times presents an account of the Epstein files triggering a behind-the-scenes crisis inside President Donald Trump's White House, with top officials scrambling in secret meetings, fearing backlash from their own political base and debating strategies they knew might not fully deliver transparency.

The report comes after months of fallout tied to the government's handling of the files involving Epstein -- a sex offender and financier who in 2019 died in a New York City jail cell while awaiting his sex-trafficking trial -- beginning with a 2025 Department of Justice (DOJ) memo that found no evidence of a "client list" and fueled backlash among Trump's supporters, followed by the release of millions of pages of records mandated by the Epstein Files Transparency Act. ...


WATCH: Trump says US and Iran 'just made a great settlement,' hours after threatening major strikes

www.youtube.com

PBS 2 mins

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I think what he said was, "we made another killing in the Market, for ourselves and our Friends", and I know it's not really a Peace Plan, but an agreement to maybe Negotiate.... and that whatever we Negotiate might be not as good as the Deal Obama got, but it will be right before the Midterms."

You know, that's what he told MTG is the reason he will never release the Epstein Files; because, he said, "they would hurt friends of mine'.

And we all know that he has only one real friend; Donald Trump.

Trump says US, Iran could sign peace deal as soon as this weekend
www.reuters.com

... President Donald Trump on Thursday said the United States and Iran could sign a peace deal as soon as this weekend that would reopen shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

The agreement, if finalized, would be the most significant diplomatic breakthrough yet to end the three-month war, which has killed thousands of people and sent global energy prices sharply higher.

Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported that Tehran is likely to approve the agreement, though it has yet to give a formal response.

"We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran," Trump told reporters at the White House.

"The Strait will officially open as soon as we sign, which could be soon, very soon, maybe over the weekend in Europe," he said.
Vice President JD Vance could sign for the United States, Trump said. ...



abcnews.com

... 6 minutes ago
Deal is 'very close' after 'breakthroughs,' source says ...


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