How Iran and Venezuela strikes transform the Trump-Xi trade talks
CNBC
The Iran war and the U.S. attack in Venezuela show a Trump administration more willing to eschew diplomacy and take military action.
China's opposition to the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran is stoking tensions between Beijing and Washington just weeks before a high-stakes meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
The Middle East offensive, which has killed China-friendly Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a slew of other Iranian officials, shows the U.S. doubling down hard on its willingness to eschew diplomacy and launch high-risk military operations in pursuit of its global goals. The war began less than two months after the U.S. attacked Venezuela to capture the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, and his wife, who are now both in custody in New York City.
The actions also show that, even as a tumultuous trade war between the U.S. and China has settled into an uneasy detente, the Trump administration is willing to rock the boat in countries where Beijing exerts significant influence.
Trade analysts said that with Washington's focus on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, prospects for a major trade breakthrough are limited.
The email solicitation to benefit Trump’s PAC also offers donors “private national security briefings.”
FCC Chair Brendan Carr blasted broadcasters shortly after President Donald Trump called reports that Iran struck five U.S. tanker planes "fake news."
The judge is not forcing the board to let Ohio Rep. Joyce Beatty, an ex officio member through her position in Congress, vote at Monday's session.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has said he is being investigated ostensibly for comments he made about the pricey renovations of the Fed's headquarters.
The United States government could end up paying $165 billion of more in refunds for Trump's IEEPA tariffs that the Supreme Court ruled were illegal.
Iran's threat to the Strait of Hormuz can't be fixed by releasing oil from strategic petroleum reserves.
The House Oversight Committee has called in Tova Noel, who was working at the time of Jeffrey Epstein's death, for a deposition later this month.
Oil prices have skyrocketed in the days since President Donald Trump's war on Iran began.
Russian leaders told President Trump they aren't sharing intelligence with Iran as it fights the U.S. and Israel, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said this week.
It comes at a time when the Caribbean island is grappling with a worsening economic crisis.
Analysts say any attempt to attack or seize Iran’s strategic oil hub is likely to be fraught with risk.
The Strait of Hormuz, the world's most critical chokepoint for oil shipments, has been effectively closed since the U.S. and Israel began the war on Iran.