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 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

US and Iran close to temporary truce, Pakistani officials claim

Latest briefings float hope of basic deal that would keep peace and free shipping while further negotiations continue Middle East crisis – live updates The US and Iran are close to a temporary agreement to halt the war in the Middle East, officials in Pakistan claimed on Thursday, as diplomatic activity gathered fresh momentum after a near breakdown of the current ceasefire earlier this week. Officials on Islamabad said a very basic “interim” deal could be reached as early as this weekend a...

By Jason Burke in London and Saeed Shah in Islamabad

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

US sanctions Iraqi minister accused of aiding Iran oil sales

US sanctions target Iraq's deputy oil minister for allegedly aiding Iran in bypassing restrictions on oil exports.

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

US-proposed Iran resolution at UN faces likely vetoes from China, Russia

A Chinese veto would be awkward ahead of US President Donald Trump's trip to China next week, where the Iran war is likely to be high on the agenda.

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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