Trump’s strikes on Iran, and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, have driven oil prices up, with a barrel of Brent crude, a major oil benchmark, hitting a four-year high of $126 on Thursday. It has since fallen back to $111 but it was trading at around $73 before the war broke out […]
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The shutdown caused chaos in airports across the US as politicians feuded over funds for Trump’s immigration crackdown.source
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May Day events took place across the United States in major cities like Seattle, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington DC. More than a thousand protesters in the Los Angeles May Day Coalition marched through the streets of the city’s downtown in support of workers’ rights. Meanwhile in New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani praised […]
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Musk must meet a range of ambitious milestones at Tesla to justify the monster pay packet – so far he has not.source
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From burglary to ransom, Oscar-winners like Frances McDormand, Jared Leto, Whoopi Goldberg and Olympia Dukakis have lost their coveted statuettes.source
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In a brief post on Truth Social, the US president wrote: “I will soon be reviewing the plan that Iran has just sent to us, but can’t imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over […]
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Acting AG Todd Blanche said the case was investigated for months, adding “it’s serious when you threaten the president.”source
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A lower court has limited mail-order access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which the drug’s maker says will cause “irreparable harm”.source
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Both Bushes and Reagan won authorisation for wars, but Obama and Clinton ducked the requirement.source
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The president writes that hostilities “have terminated” because of the ceasefire, arguing he does not need congressional authorisation.source
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