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LIGNET (The Langley Intelligence Group Network) is a Washington, D.C.-based intelligence and forecasting service with exclusive privileges now made available to the general public through paid membership access. LIGNET's mission is to help subscribers and clients understand and manage geopolitical risk in matters pertaining to their personal lives, wealth and business affairs. Drawing upon unparalleled expertise from a network of former high-ranking intelligence officials from the CIA, NSA, State Department and other federal security agencies, and complemented by a team of experts in geopolitics from across the globe, LIGNET produces world-class daily intelligence reports and assessments each day. Like the President's Daily Brief, LIGNET provides subscribers and clients a decisive competitive advantage in managing risk from an ever-changing global environment.
 
 

Economy
Newsmax Finance - Economy - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 12:49:07 PM
Sales of new U.S. single-family homes tumbled in July as high mortgage rates weighed on the market and continued to sideline potential home buyers, while consumer.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Economy - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 10:14:25 AM
Americans' confidence in the economy declined again this month as the ongoing conflict in Iran keeps gas prices elevated at more than $4 a gallon...[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Economy - Monday, August 24, 2026 12:07:05 PM
This Sovereign-Wealth Framework provides a way to understand America's true balance sheet, citizen equity, and the dynamics of asset growth versus debt growth...[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Economy - Monday, August 24, 2026 09:16:25 AM
The U.S. plans to reopen a border crossing in Arizona to cattle from Mexico on Monday as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to reduce record-high beef.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Economy - Friday, August 21, 2026 10:01:45 AM
The strongest growth in the U.S. services sector in nearly two years powered a sharp acceleration in overall business activity in August, offsetting a slowing of growth.....[Full Story]
Analysis + Money
Newsmax Finance - Investing and Analysis - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 12:44:28 PM
SpaceX plans to build a Starship launch site in southern Louisiana ​in a deal announced on Tuesday with ⁠the state's governor, ​aiming to start construction of ⁠its.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Investing and Analysis - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 09:49:14 AM
Oil prices are falling again on Tuesday, which is helping to ease worries in the bond market and support stock prices...[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Investing and Analysis - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 07:59:25 AM
Bitcoin rose above $80,000 to hit a more than three-month high Tuesday as a soft U.S. dollar, in the wake of the moves by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to calm the.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Investing and Analysis - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 07:15:14 AM
The rally in AI-linked stocks that marked the latest earnings season has shifted the focus of the AI investment story from whether Big Tech's spending spree will pay off.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Investing and Analysis - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 07:04:52 AM
Wall Street futures recovered Tuesday, as technology stocks bounced back ahead of AI heavyweight Nvidia's results and an inflation report key to shaping interest rate.....[Full Story]
Opinion
Frank Gaffney - Thursday, May 09, 2024 04:23:50 PM
The Biden administration is stealthily preparing to surrender our sovereign, constitutional republic and the freedoms it guarantees to the World Health Organization's.....[Full Story]
Frank Gaffney - Friday, April 09, 2021 02:44:12 PM
"Managed decline" is a euphemism for the proposition that the United States is a terminally waning power and must accommodate itself to the inevitable rise of Communist.....[Full Story]
Frank Gaffney - Tuesday, April 06, 2021 04:13:28 PM
What the Fight Over Georgia’s Election Law is Really About..[Full Story]
Frank Gaffney - Wednesday, March 03, 2021 10:08:37 AM
Especially alarming is the relentless inflaming of racial tensions with the reinstitution of virulent "critical race theory" curricula, systematic vilification of white.....[Full Story]
Frank Gaffney - Tuesday, March 02, 2021 10:01:56 AM
The former President laid out his vision for restoring an America in which elections are once again free and fair, our borders secure, our economy vibrant, our enemies.....[Full Story]
Global Talk
Newsmax World - Global Talk - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 01:01:46 PM
At least 47 people were killed and more than 50 others kidnapped after armed men attacked a oncepeaceful community near Haiti's capital earlier this week, the United.....[Full Story]
Newsmax World - Global Talk - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 01:00:47 PM
A Chinese humanoid robot set a new 100meter sprint record of 8.86 seconds in Beijing on Tuesday, beating its robot competitors and the fastest recorded human time.The.....[Full Story]
Newsmax World - Global Talk - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 01:00:12 PM
Lines have grown outside gas stations across Tehran in recent weeks as the United States has tightened its blockade and threatened more severe sanctions, with some.....[Full Story]
Newsmax World - Global Talk - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 11:54:38 AM
Ukraine appears to be slowly losing the war against Russia, ousted Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov told Reuters, warning that Kyiv has a window of several months to.....[Full Story]
Newsmax World - Global Talk - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 11:38:36 AM
A Kremlin adviser has warned that British factories producing drones for Ukraine could become targets of attacks by "unknown sources" after the U.K. agreed to provide.....[Full Story]
In-Briefs
Newsmax Finance - In-Briefs - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 10:07:00 AM
The U.S. banking sector recorded $90.1 billion in profits in the ​second quarter of 2026, climbing 12% ⁠from the ​prior quarter, the Federal ⁠Deposit Insurance.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - In-Briefs - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 07:15:14 AM
The rally in AI-linked stocks that marked the latest earnings season has shifted the focus of the AI investment story from whether Big Tech's spending spree will pay off.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - In-Briefs - Thursday, August 20, 2026 03:29:42 PM
U.S. Treasury yields on Thursday erased some of the prior day's declines, returning to their upward trend despite fresh assurances from Treasury Secretary Bessent of.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - In-Briefs - Tuesday, August 18, 2026 03:17:16 PM
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday proposed a new regulatory framework for crypto assets, the first major step under U.S. President Donald Trump's.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - In-Briefs - Tuesday, August 18, 2026 07:19:58 AM
A selloff in U.S. government bonds picked up pace Tuesday, sending the 30-year Treasury yield to a near two-decade high as fears of an escalation in the Middle East war.....[Full Story]
Street Talk
Newsmax Finance - Street Talk - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 02:15:12 PM
About 14% of employers in the United States have already or plan to drop GLP-1 drugs in 2027, as companies see rising healthcare costs, according to a survey released.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Street Talk - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 02:03:15 PM
Directors at four of the Federal Reserve's 12 banks voted to increase the interest ​rate charged to commercial banks for ⁠emergency loans ​in the days before ⁠the U.S......[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Street Talk - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 01:42:27 PM
Target shares slid as much as 5% after the retailer apologized for and pulled a Halloween costume criticized for evoking Blackface and minstrel shows, renewing concerns.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Street Talk - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 01:25:48 PM
The Trump administration is raising the possibility that the Kennedy Center could eventually be demolished and replaced with an outdoor amphitheater if efforts to.....[Full Story]
Newsmax Finance - Street Talk - Tuesday, August 25, 2026 12:49:07 PM
Sales of new U.S. single-family homes tumbled in July as high mortgage rates weighed on the market and continued to sideline potential home buyers, while consumer.....[Full Story]
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