Oil market, long numb to war risk, confronts weekend of worry
The past two years of escalating tensions in the Middle East have taught oil traders to be sanguine about the risk of disruption to oil supplies. The barrage of headlines has revived…
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RFK Jr. Hands Medicaid Data to ICE as It Ramps Up War on Immigrants
The Trump administration is giving the personal data of Medicaid-enrolled immigrants to the Department of Homeland Security, according to the Associated Press. The Department of Homeland…
MAGA Civil War Erupts as Trump Backs Israel’s Attack on Iran
Israel bombed several Iranian cities and nuclear sites early Friday, and Donald Trump has done nothing but inflame the situation. In a phone call with ABC News’s Jonathan Karl, the…
Trump Is Expanding His Thuggish War on Union Leaders
The arrest and violent manhandling of David Huerta, the president of the Service Employees International Union of California, or SEIU, suggests that Donald Trump, that proud tribune of the…
Chinese carmakers vow to make timely supplier payments as backlash to price war grows
Major Chinese car manufacturers have pledged to make payments to suppliers within 60 days, responding to a recent outcry from steelmakers over long payment times as well as regulatory…
World Bank: Trump’s Trade War Could Destroy the Global Economy
Trump’s trade war won’t just cripple domestic markets—it will slow global gross domestic product growth to its lowest point in 17 years. The World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects report…
Mike Johnson Escalates War Against Newsom After Trump Arrest Threat
“ allowed in 10 to 13 million illegal alien invaders into this country. They all must go home. All. Not some. All must go home. They must be deported. They must go home or we don’t have a…
The Reporting on the Gaza War Is Fundamentally Broken
‘Colonizer’ bad. ‘Colonized’ good. This worldview has warped coverage to an alarming degree. Source link
Trump, German Chancellor Merz discuss ways to end war between Ukraine and Russia
President Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Thursday that they share a common goal of ending the Russia-Ukraine war, though there was less agreement on how to get there.…
China warns BYD, rivals to self-regulate as price war heats up
Chinese officials summoned the heads of major electric vehicle makers, including BYD, to Beijing earlier this week to address concerns about the long-running price war, according to people…
Trump’s War With Leonard Leo Could Expose a Conservative Legal Scam
Though Bove is undoubtedly conservative compared to, say, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, he is not one of the rising stars that the conservative legal establishment had groomed for future…
Biden’s Smirking State Department Spokeman Admits Israel’s War Crimes
Former Biden State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller now admits that Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza. In a Sky News podcast interview released on Monday, Miller—who was…
Marco Rubio Just Opened a New Front in Trump’s War on Higher Education
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to strip Harvard University of the ability to enroll international students. U.S. District Court Judge Allison…
Harvard Scores Huge Win in Escalating War With Trump
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to strip Harvard University of the ability to enroll international students. U.S. District Court Judge Allison…
The MAGA War on Science Is Deadly—and It’s Just Getting Started
Over the past century, universities have emerged as key nodes in the scientific establishment that converts public funds into research. On the whole it has been a spectacularly successful…
The trade war will cost 7 million jobs in 2025, according to a UN report. Here’s the breakdown
The International Labor Organization (ILO), an agency of the United Nations, has downgraded its global employment forecast for 2025, saying “the global economy is growing at a slower pace…
Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Is Locked in a “Cold War”
Tension is bubbling in Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon. The defense secretary’s senior advisers are falling further apart, causing rifts and scandals that are attracting the ire of the White House…
Trump’s Immigration War Hits New International Student Visas
“A Federal Judge in Boston, who knew absolutely nothing about the situation, or anything else, has ordered that EIGHT of the most violent criminals on Earth curtail their journey to South…
Trump’s War on the Administrative State Faces New Resistance
The Humphrey’s decision is not dead yet. Source link
Asia: Stocks fluctuate as traders await next moves in Trump trade war
Equities meandered on Tuesday as investors awaited the latest developments on Donald Trump’s trade war, while the yen rallied after the head of Japan’s central bank flagged more interest…
Chinese plastics buyers resist switch back to US propane despite pause in trade war
Chinese plastics factories left without US raw material when trade relations collapsed earlier this year are holding back from returning to many of those suppliers despite a pause in…
After briefest of respites, global trade war fears return with a vengeance
THE trade war is far from over, and neither is the associated rout in the stock market. The broad S&P 500 had turned positive for the year to date, clawing back from bear-market territory…
On the War in Europe, Trump Has Been ‘Tapping’ the American People Along
There was no plan. Source link
US: Stocks fall on revived Trump trade war worries
Wall Street stocks fell on Friday (May 23) on renewed trade war fears as US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats offset improvements in the US bond market. Trump…