Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world US fuel exports have surged to a record level as Europe and Asia lean on American energy supplies to make up for the shortfalls caused by the war in Iran. More than 8.2mn…
President Donald Trump and the U.S. Supreme Court have destroyed decades of progress in American democracy by gutting the Voting Rights Act last week and instituting a gerrymandering war to win more elections in red states. The Democrats have responded by gerrymandering blue states. The result will be fewer Black candidates elected to office and…
The National Weather Service is struggling to recover from last year’s deep staff cuts, raising doubts among some meteorologists about whether the agency is ready for severe storms or hurricane season, which starts next month. One key facility in Oklahoma that leads tornado forecasting and warnings has an unusual five open positions, its website shows….
Oil prices tumbled and stock markets rose on Wednesday as turmoil in the Persian Gulf eased after President Trump’s decision to pause the day-old U.S. operation to escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz. He cited what he called “great progress” toward a peace agreement with Iran. But even as optimism grew for a…
China’s top diplomat met with Iran’s foreign minister on Wednesday and called for greater efforts to open the Strait of Hormuz and for an end to the war, after the Trump administration pressed Beijing to help end Tehran’s chokehold over the waterway. Meeting in Beijing with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister Wang Yi…
The US, Canada and Mexico will co-host the World Cup between 11 June and 19 July. Iran are scheduled to play two games in Los Angeles, against New Zealand on 15 June and Belgium on 21 June, and then Egypt in Seattle on 26 June. US secretary of state Marco Rubio said last week that…
Project Freedom was meant to help restore the flow of oil from the region and the global economy’s eventual return to normalcy by guiding stranded ships out of the Gulf through the largely closed waterway. But if during the “pause”, global shipping firms and the insurance companies working with them are stymied by Iranian interference,…
President Trump, in a sudden reversal, announced on Tuesday evening that the United States was pausing “for a short period of time” efforts to help guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively blocked to most commercial ships for weeks. The president’s announcement came one day after the effort began. He said…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against The New York Times on Tuesday, claiming that the paper had engaged in “unlawful employment practices” and had discriminated against a white male employee who did not get a sought-after promotion. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of…
President Trump keeps looking for the magic formula that will deliver him victory in Iran. First was the airstrike last June intended, he said, to “obliterate” Iran’s nuclear program. Then came the intense February air campaign carried out with Israel and designed, he said, to deliver regime change and a popular uprising. Then he bet…
