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President Donald Trump on Thursday said that “the war in Iran is going along swimmingly.””It should be ending pretty soon,” Trump said at an event in Las Vegas, echoing similarly rosy predictions about the end of the war that he has made since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran in late February.”It was perfect. It’s perfect. It was the power we have,” the president said. “We had the most powerful military anywhere in the world.”The president’s appearance was to promote his “no tax on tips” policy, which eliminated the federal income tax on tip-based wages for many…
The PM is facing calls to resign over the revelation that Lord Mandelson did not pass security checks. Source link
Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-Calif., attends a news conference with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus during the House Democrats’ 2025 Issues Conference at the Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Virginia, March 13, 2025.Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesRep. Sam Liccardo, D-Calif., is probing whether the nation’s top financial regulators are examining a number of trades placed moments before President Donald Trump provided a major update on the Iran war. In a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins and Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Michael Selig being sent Friday and shared exclusively with CNBC, Liccardo said…
The decision to send Peter Mandelson to Washington has become a scandal that just won’t go away for Labour. Source link
Kevin Warsh’s newly released financial disclosures shed light on the Federal Reserve chair nominee’s vast wealth, but also raise questions about parts of his holdings that aren’t fully revealed in the paperwork. That could be a challenge for Warsh as he seeks to overcome a legacy of ethics scandals under the current chair, Jerome Powell.Warsh in filings to the Senate Tuesday disclosed owning assets worth roughly $135 million to $226 million. That is in addition to what Forbes estimates as a $1.9 billion fortune held by his wife, Jane Lauder, granddaughter of the cosmetics founder Estée Lauder.But Warsh’s disclosures don’t…
Speculating about why Foreign Office officials awarded the clearance, she said it was possible there was a view the risks associated with Mandelson were “priced in”, and it was for them to do “what the prime minister wanted”, before putting in place “any mitigations in place to make sure there weren’t any security concerns”. Source link
Iran on Friday declared the Strait of Hormuz is open to commercial ships during the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, but confusion quickly emerged about whether the sea lane was really open without conditions. “In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire,” Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on social media. However, vessels must transit through a “coordinated route” announced by Iran’s maritime authorities, Araghchi said. It is unclear whether Tehran will force ships to pay a toll to pass the…
Dugdale, who is currently chairwoman of Shelter in Scotland, said she was “thrilled and honoured” to secure the post. Source link
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks as U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Donald Trump’s trade policy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 8, 2025.Kevin Mohatt | ReutersThe House and Senate on Friday approved a short-term extension of a section of federal law that allows the warrantless surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence, though a renewal beyond the end of this month remains in jeopardy.President Donald Trump signed the bill on Saturday.Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 was set to expire on Monday and allows the government to collect the communications of…
Is the UK’s second city about to see the biggest political shake-up in more than a decade? Source link