President Trump is trying to choke off the country’s lifeline with a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. But the Iranians are betting that his tolerance for political pain is limited.
President Trump is trying to choke off the country’s lifeline with a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. But the Iranians are betting that his tolerance for political pain is limited.
As the nation contended with high inflation, high unemployment and unrest before the war, it became more than just an oil exporter.
Europe is finding itself on the outs with Russia, China and the U.S., in what’s amounting to its very own “Mean Girls” moment.
A New York Times report that the president was accepting a donation of foreign steel for the ballroom was seized on by Democrats.
Soaring energy costs led to the biggest monthly increase in the Consumer Price Index since the peak of the post-pandemic inflation crisis in June 2022.
The cost at the pump made its biggest monthly percentage increase in decades amid lingering tensions over the war in Iran.
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Delta Air Lines, Amazon, the United States Postal Service and others have said they are raising prices because of higher energy costs connected to the war in Iran.
Airlines used to give away most of their nicest seats, but they have increasingly found ways to persuade people to pay a lot for them.
Higher fuel costs are raising food and travel prices, while a shaky stock market tamps down free spenders.