Iran War Lifts Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge to Highest Level Since May 2023
The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index rose 3.8 percent in April from the same time last year.Read More
Why Texas Students Are Being Tackled and Tasered, and Trump’s Latest Target for Retribution
Plus, inside the hunt for cheap gas.Read More
Oil Prices Climb on Renewed Hostilities in Middle East
Oil prices jumped after the U.S. said it shot down four Iranian attack drones, casting doubt once again on the prospects for a peace deal.Read More
The Mideast Is Baffled by Trump’s Call to Expand Abraham Accords
The president said more countries should be required to recognize Israel as part of a deal to end the war with Iran. Analysts say the chances of that happening are close to zero.Read More
Lebanese Resigned to a Long War, Even if U.S. and Iran Make a Deal
Few in Lebanon believe that diplomatic efforts to end the wider war will bring peace to their country, as clashes between Israel and Hezbollah intensify in the south.Read More
Iran War Live Updates: Iranian Military Says It Targeted a U.S. Base in Retaliation for Strikes
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps did not say which base it had targeted early Thursday, after U.S. strikes in the country’s south. The exchanges threaten a fragile cease-fire.Read More
James Talarico Opens Texas Senate Campaign Against Ken Paxton With Houston Rally
Personal attacks and a packed campaign rally set the tone for what is likely to be a rancorous contest for U.S. Senate between James Talarico and Ken Paxton in Texas.Read More
Trump Threatens Oman Over the Strait, Then Says, ‘They’ll Be Fine.’
President Trump said there would be serious repercussions if Iran and Oman move forward with a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz.Read More
Trump Says He Feels No Political Pressure to Make an Iran Deal
President Trump held out hope for a peace agreement, but said high oil prices would not force his hand.Read More
Massie Visits Greene in Costa Rica for Fishing and ‘Spicy’ Political Talks
The two Republican critics of President Trump – Thomas Massie, who lost his House primary last week, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned from Congress – met up in the tropics.Read More