Countries across South Asia are imposing emergency measures like rationing energy, closing universities, cutting short workweeks and even changing the way crematoriums work to deal with the fallout from the Iran war . Why it matters: Yes, the war is raising gas prices for Americans and causing a political headache for President Trump — but it's also creating a deeper crisis abroad that governments and businesses are scrambling to manage. The big picture: It's the latest global economic shock in a turbulent decade. - The 2020s have seen a pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the resulting inflation, and, more recently, Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs, which rocked markets and panicked some countries. Between the lines: The laws of…
Billionaire Rick Jackson filed to run for Georgia governor at the last minute even though another Republican had been endorsed by President Trump . But Jackson made a move that helped put him in contention: He gave $1 million to Trump's political operation. Why it matters: Now Jackson , a political neophyte, is atop GOP polls and the latest wealthy individual to endear themself to Trump by funneling massive sums to the president's pet causes. - Deep-pocketed individuals and companies seeking endorsements, pardons and crypto deregulation have poured money into Trump's political operation, his White House ballroom project and his inaugural committee, among other things. - Many contributors have then gotten favorable treatment from the…
Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old from the West Bank who has lived in New Jersey since 2016, had been held in a U.S. immigration detention center in Texas since last March.
“The only war Trump had an exit plan for was Vietnam,” Kimmel remarked after the president said he would end the war in Iran when he “feels it in his bones.”
With the Xi-Trump summit now almost certainly delayed, and tensions rising over the war in Iran, vital issues for both the U.S. and China are also being cast into uncertainty.
Instead of obsessing over the fictional Cheburashka, Russians should be focused on more important things like the rebirth of a Russian empire, influential conservatives say.
Oil had not flowed through the pipeline since a 2015 rupture caused an environmental disaster on California’s Central Coast. It sets up a new fight between the Trump administration and state officials.