A very optimistic but unconfirmed early Thursday report: Sentiment in early morning trade was lifted after Al Arabiya reported that "the coming hours will witness a breakthrough for the situation of the ships stuck in the strait". Read More.
Adm. Brad Cooper told reporters on Monday that the U.S. destroyed six Iranian boats that were threatening commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Read More.
The DOJ accuses the Southern Poverty Law Center in a sweeping indictment of secretly funding extremist figures tied to the Ku Klux Klan and other neo-Nazi groups via shell accounts and prepaid cards. Read More.