US politics

Oil prices rose nearly 3% on Wednesday, with the Brent contract hitting a one-month high, on concerns that an extended blockade of Iranian ports would prolong supply disruptions.

Trump urges Iran to sign a deal after report suggests US may extend blockade

Oil prices rise on Hormuz disruption fears while conflict resolution efforts remain at a standstill

Trump (centre), flanked by Todd Blanche, acting US attorney-general (left) and Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, meeting the media at the White House after the shooting incident on Apr 25.

Trump and the recurring assassin

Shooting on Apr 25 is third assassination attempt on the US president in under two years

Kevin Warsh, a Fed governor from 2006 to 2011, has promised to overhaul the Fed’s approach to monetary policy.

US Senator Tillis says he’s ready to advance confirmation of Warsh as Fed chair

REPUBLICAN Senator Thom Tillis on Sunday said he would allow Senate confirmation of Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh to go forward after the Department of Justice on Friday dropped an investi...

The flood of cash comes as polls show Trump’s 2024 coalition fraying.

Trump, GOP stockpile US$1 billion in cash ahead of US midterms

Since the resounding Democratic losses in 2024, some top donors have been loathe to open their wallets again

Former US Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 15, 2025.

US Labour Secretary steps down amid internal investigation

LORI Chavez-DeRemer, President Donald Trump’s embattled labour secretary, stepped down Monday as multiple scandals and investigations closed in on her.

Congress is expected to have a fuller debate on the war when the bill comes due for its cost.

US House again rejects democratic attempt to limit Iran war

The vote follows a similar 47 to 52 defeat for a war powers resolution in the Senate on Wednesday

Tuesday’s surprise visit has the potential to further delay Kevin Warsh's nomination as Federal Reserve chair in Congress.

US prosecutors made unannounced visit to Federal Reserve in DC

US PROSECUTORS made a surprise visit to the Federal Reserve’s offices in Washington Tuesday amid the Justice Department’s investigation into Chair Jerome Powell and a renovation project at the central...

About 45% of Americans are “extremely” or “very” concerned about being able to afford petrol in the next few months, up from 30% shortly after Trump won re-election. 
THE BOTTOM LINE

A war the public didn’t ask for

Rising fuel prices in the US cut across party lines in a way that military strategy does not

Political resistance has held up Kevin Warsh’s nomination in the US Senate.

US Senate committee plans Warsh’s Fed nomination hearing as soon as week of April 13, Punchbowl reports

THE Senate Banking Committee is planning to hold its hearing on the nomination of Kevin Warsh as chair of the Federal Reserve as soon as the week of April 13, Punchbowl News reported on Sunday, citing...