Well, good morning. And as you may have noticed, the chairman and I are joined today by the CENTCOM commander, Admiral Bradley Cooper. He just returned from the front lines to see the troops and meet with allies and this morning briefed us just before this briefing on the latest on all aspects of Operation Epic Fury.So after the chairman concludes, we'll ask Admiral Cooper to share a quick update on the ground truth from his trip to the region as he continues to implement an ironclad blockade and ensures th ...

Walk around any UK city or university town and you'll see evidence of the massive rise in privately built student housing. But that sector is running into some problems and investors are getting worried about the oversaturation of student accommodation. Over the past few decades, UK student housing has been incredibly profitable.Big institutional investors like Blackstone and Brookfield along with pension managers and sovereign wealth funds all invested heavily in the sector. It was driven by a rise in univ ...

And tributes are pouring in today for legendary Cuban singer Selia Cruz after she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cruz is known as the Queen of Salsa. She died in 2003, but is still making history.Cruz was just honored with the Early Influencer Award, becoming the first primarily Spanish language artist to earn a spot in the Rock and Roll. ...

Two suspects in that attempted bombing outside Gracie Mansion have pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors accused those men of throwing an explosive during protests outside the mayor's home in New York. That device never went off.Both men face multiple charges, including supporting a terrorist organization. They'll be back in court in June. ...

The way you maintain meritocracy and excellence is to make sure that each person you bring in, and for us this means all of our faculty, all of our staff, all of our students, we have to consistently focus on excellence. Um, there was a colleague of mine at Duke who had a sign in his office that said, "If you have a take a lick of the uh lollipop of mediocrity, you will suck forever." >> Uh, that's pretty good. >> And I I always liked that.Hey everybody, we have Sally Cornbluth on the pod today. She's presi ...

It's an extraordinary claim by the Ukrainian leader. For the first time since the war began, Vladimir Zalinski says Ukrainian forces were able to retake territory seized by the Russians using only an army of robots. Zilinski appearing in a heavily produced video address said the enemy position was captured by ground systems and drones without infantry involvement and without losses on the Ukrainian side.In January, defense manufacturer Dev Droid posted this video saying it showed a ground robot equipped wit ...

the presence of just two orcas that would drive away hundreds of them. >> The predator eats the prey and that has an impact on some of the numbers. But one of the biggest things with predation is the fear of predation or the risk of predation and what we call the landscape of fear.>> But gazelle don't disappear because a lion is killing some gazelle. >> They've evolved alongside of their predator. White sharks have not. White sharks have been the top dog.This was a novel predator for them. They were not use ...

New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani is backing a new plan to tax some of the city's richest residents. When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich. Today, we're taxing the rich.I'm thrilled to announce we've secured a pie-de-terre tax, the first in New York's history. This is an annual fee on luxury properties worth more than $5 million, whose owners do not live full-time in the city. Like for this penthouse, which hedge fund CEO Ken Griffith bought for $238 million.This pie-de-terre tax is speci ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine hold a press conference on the Iran conflict, days after the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz went into effect. #Trump #Iran #WSJ ...

>> NEWSMAKERS AND MARKET MOVERS. THIS IS THE POLLS. -- PULSE.ANNA: THE U.S. AND IRAN ARE CONSIDERING A TWO WEEK CEASE-FIRE EXTENSION TO ALLOW MORE TIME TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL. MEDIATORS ARE SEEKING FRESH TALKS TO OVERCOME ISSUES PREVENTING A LONGER-TERM AGREEMENT ENTERED IN DISRUPTIONS TO STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. LEADERS OF ISRAEL AND LEBANON WILL SPEAK TOMORROW AFTER THE FIRST HIGH-LEVEL TALKS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IN DECADES.JULY NEVER TOUCHY IN DUBAI CAN BRING US UP TO SPEED ON ALL T ...