The Treasury Department made it easier Friday for U.S. businesses and farmers to buy Venezuelan fertilizer and oil as their prices rise because of the Iran war, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The bottleneck of tankers in the Persian Gulf because of Iranian attacks has caused the costs of oil and fertilizer, a petrochemical product, to jump. It threatens to spike inflation and raise the cost of food in the U.S. - By reducing sanctions on oil-rich Venezuela, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hopes to increase supplies in the U.S. and lower prices. Zoom in: The Office of Foreign Assets Control, which manages sanctions, took separate actions that authorized U.S. business and farmers to: - Purchase and import Venezuelan petrochemical…
It is unclear from the video alone whether the U.S. or Bahraini military launched the missiles. Iran has frequently accused Persian Gulf countries of allowing their territory to be used as a launchpad for U.S. attacks.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A United Nations (UN) watchdog criticized the United States for alleged “grave human rights violations” tied to immigration enforcement.WHO WAS INVOLVED: The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), President Donald J. Trump, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).WHEN & WHERE: The decision was issued this week; incidents cited […] The post UN Accuses Trump of Human Rights Violations Over Immigration Policies. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A United Nations (UN) watchdog criticized the United States for alleged “grave human rights violations” tied to immigration enforcement. WHO WAS INVOLVED: The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), President Donald J. Trump, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). WHEN & WHERE: The decision was issued this week; incidents cited occurred in the United States, particularly Minnesota. KEY QUOTE: “This United Nations assessment is just as useless as their broken escalator, and their extreme bias continues to prove why no one takes them seriously,” said White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales. IMPACT: The UN panel’s report reignites debate over the funding of partisan…Open
Khalid Azizi, spokesperson for the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran, told NEWSMAX National Correspondent Alana Austin that while opposition forces are carefully monitoring developments on the ground in Iran, there are currently no plans to launch an offensive.
