Trump Panel Recommends FEMA Respond to Fewer Disasters

A White House task force also called for speeding up aid, but some of its ideas would require action by Congress to become reality.

By Scott Dance

Trump’s Affordability Agenda Is Stalling and Voters Are Noticing - Bloomberg.com

Trump’s Affordability Agenda Is Stalling and Voters Are Noticing  Bloomberg.com

Trump halted ‘Project Freedom’ after Saudi Arabia withheld support

Riyadh said it would not allow US warplanes to use its bases or airspace in plan to guide commercial ships through Strait of Hormuz

Iran mocks Trump’s ‘Project Freedom’ as adversaries wrestle over talks to end war

President indicated that deal had materialised, but truth was that Saudi Arabia had stopped US use of its bases When Donald Trump abruptly pulled the plug on “Project Freedom”, the scheme to open the strait of Hormuz, barely a day after it had been announced, he gave the impression that an opportunity for a peace deal had materialised that could not be missed. To the surprise of nobody who has been following the US’s recent adventures in geopolitics, Trump’s spin concealed a lot of the underl...

By Julian Borger in Jerusalem

Trump's counterterrorism strategy makes targeting drug cartels the top priority

President Trump has signed off on a new U.S. counterterrorism strategy that sets eliminating drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere as the administration's highest priority.

By The Associated Press

Why has the US sanctioned Iraq’s deputy oil minister for helping Iran?

The US accuses Ali Maarij al-Bahadly of helping Iran avoid sanctions and export its oil through Iraq.

Powerful Dem’s jabs at Trump come back to haunt her after office raided by FBI: ‘Aged well’

Virginia Democratic lawmaker Louise Lucas faces mockery after FBI raids her office, with critics citing her past "no one is above the law" Trump post.

DOJ investigating $2.6 billion worth of oil bets placed just before Trump’s Iran war announcements, report says

Minutes before Trump said he would delay an attack on Iran in March, traders bet more than $500 million oil prices would fall

By Ariana Baio

Who Cashed In On Trump’s Iran War Posts? DOJ Reportedly Investigating - Forbes

Who Cashed In On Trump’s Iran War Posts? DOJ Reportedly Investigating  Forbes

Poll finds Americans see Canada as more reliable than Trump on trade

'People are fatigued by Trump’s tariff policies,' said Andrew Hale, a fellow at Advancing American Freedom

By Tracy Moran

Trump Says He ‘Wouldn’t Pay’ High World Cup Ticket Prices

Ticket prices for the United States’ opening World Cup match in June exceed $1,000.

Did Saudi 'anger' force Trump to reopen the Strait of Hormuz?

By TOI WORLD DESK

US-Iran ceasefire framework explained: Nuclear issue, Hormuz, key players, what’s left out and oil impact

By Nischai Vats

Diplomatic anchor or strategic space for Iran: Saudi airspace becomes new challenge for Trump

US President Donald Trump’s announcement of Operation Project Freedom angered Riyadh, leading Saudi Arabia to inform the US that it would not allow the US military to fly through Saudi airspace.

US Imposes Sanctions On Iraq's Deputy Oil Minister Over Support To Iran

The deputy minister, Ali Maarij al-Bahadli, "abused his government position to divert Iraqi oil in support of the Iranian regime and its terrorist proxies," State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said.

Nvidia and Apple CEOs likely to receive invites from Trump for upcoming China visit: report

Can Believe Break Into The United States? ‘We’re Going To Have To Prove Ourselves’

For decades, the French music company has cultivated local stars in local markets, helping them find global reach. Now it's ready to enter the most challenging territory of all.

By Josh Glicksman

Boeing Shares Rise As CEO Set To Join Trump On China Trip, Fueling Aircraft Order Speculation

Boeing Shares Rise As CEO Set To Join Trump On China Trip, Fueling Aircraft Order Speculation Boeing shares rose in late-morning trading in New York after CNBC reported that CEO Kelly Ortberg will join President Trump on his trip to Beijing next week for talks with President Xi Jinping. Boeing shares climbed a little more than 2% on the news as traders began to price in the possibility of a Chinese aircraft order, potentially covering both narrow-body and wide-body jets from ...

By Tyler Durden

Around 1,500 ships trapped in Gulf due to Iran war: IMO

As many as 1,500 ships and their crews are trapped in the Gulf due to the Iranian blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, the secretary general of the U.N.'s International Maritime...

Iran War: Iran Pushes Back Against Trump “Deal Is Nigh” as More Evidence of US Failure Emerges, Including Gulf State Mini-Revolt, Even More US Base Destruction, Jet Fuel Price Rise Damage, Conservative Opposition to Trump Climbdown

Today's Iran war news: The US again engages in market-manipulating deal head-fakery as more evidence of its weak position accumulates.

By Yves Smith

Analysis: Even if peace comes to the Middle East now, it will still take a long time for fuel prices to fall

Even if a U.S.–Iran agreement is reached and the Strait of Hormuz reopens immediately, fuel prices are unlikely to return quickly to their early-2026 levels. Markets will need months to be “convinced” that the danger has truly passed. This is the well-known “rockets and feathers” phenomenon The post Analysis: Even if peace comes to the Middle East now, it will still take a long time for fuel prices to fall appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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