Brent crude oil prices, the global benchmark, surged above $125 per barrel on Thursday morning, as President Donald Trump mulls an extended blockade of Iranian ports. Kristie Lu Stout reports.
April 30, 2026
The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s order as it tries to cut the number of vaccines recommended for every child in the United States
April 30, 2026
The Trump administration fired the entire board that oversees the National Science Foundation, raising an age-old question about the separation of science and state.
April 30, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faces a second day of grilling from Democrats on Capitol Hill, with senators getting their first opportunity to confront or praise the Pentagon chief over his handling of the Iran war
April 30, 2026
U.S. banks say they are largely in the dark about an expected White House order requiring them to collect data on
April 30, 2026
Beijing rolled out new trade rules this month that have alarmed U.S. businesses and which analysts say could seriously undercut American efforts to
April 30, 2026
The Trump administration on Wednesday appealed a federal judge's ruling blocking key elements of Health Secretary Robert F.
April 30, 2026
US will deny visas to applicants who say they fear persecution at home
April 30, 2026
The U.S. government's effort to renew its warrantless domestic surveillance powers cleared the House of Representatives
April 30, 2026
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April 30, 2026
The Trump administration is expected to issue the first tariff refunds by around May 11, according to an order filed on Tuesday in the U.S.
April 30, 2026
The Trump administration rejected all four women farmers chosen by their peers to represent them in an industry group called the United Soybean Board
April 29, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced withering questioning in his first appearance before Congress since the Trump administration went to war against Iran
April 29, 2026
The United States' war in Iran has cost $25 billion so far, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday, providing the first official estimate of the military's price
April 29, 2026
Kevin Warsh, U.S.
April 29, 2026
The House has taken a crucial step toward funding the Department of Homeland Security
April 29, 2026
The U.S. State Department accused China of violating Panama’s sovereignty over a port dispute in the Central American nation, triggering another fierce back-and-forth on Wednesday as the Chinese government called the Trump administration hypocritical
April 30, 2026
The Supreme Court is weighing arguments over the Trump administration’s push to end legal protections for Haitians and Syrians as migrants fleeing war and natural disaster
April 29, 2026
The Trump administration is spending nearly $2 billion to get energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects
April 29, 2026
When a home healthcare aide doesn’t show up, the consequences are immediate and can be dire.
April 29, 2026
A coalition of historic preservation and architecture groups will ask a judge on Wednesday to halt plans by President Donald Trump’s administration
April 29, 2026
Federal agents have served search warrants in Minnesota in an ongoing fraud investigation of publicly funded social programs for children
April 28, 2026
The United Arab Emirates has announced it will leave OPEC and the OPEC+ group, effective May 1
April 28, 2026
A federal judge has dismissed a Department of Justice lawsuit against Arizona seeking access to the state’s voter records
April 29, 2026
A federal appeals court says the Trump administration cannot jail immigrants without a chance for a bond hearing, citing “serious constitutional questions.”
April 29, 2026
The Trump administration has indicted a former National Institutes of Health official over allegations of evading federal records requests related to COVID-19 pandemic
April 29, 2026
Efforts to end the Iran conflict were at an impasse on Tuesday with U.S.
April 28, 2026
U.S. federal and state law enforcement agencies searched more than 20 locations in Minnesota on Tuesday as part of investigations
April 28, 2026
A federal judge says fired prosecutor Maurene Comey's wrongful termination claims belong in court rather than in administrative proceedings despite the government's efforts to move it out of court
April 28, 2026
Pro-tariff and human rights groups asked the Trump administration on Tuesday to impose new import bans, duties and quotas to combat forced labor
April 28, 2026
Trump administration challenges ABC station licenses amid Kimmel controversy
April 28, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission is set to order early reviews of eight Disney-owned ABC stations as soon as Tuesday in a dramatic escalation
April 28, 2026
In Trump-like tone, government lawyers ask court to undo ruling halting work on White House ballroom
April 28, 2026
As the U.S. midterm elections approach, Democrats are winning legal challenges to the Trump administration's push to obtain states' voter rolls, dealing a blow to the
April 28, 2026
These Haitian immigrants contribute nearly $6 billion to the economy. Their fate is in the Supreme Court’s hands
April 28, 2026
King Charles set to emphasize the US and UK’s shared history in address to Congress
April 28, 2026
Spirit Airlines has won the backing of two of its three major creditor groupings needed to secure a $500 million bailout from the Trump administration, the Financial Times
April 28, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has terminated the entire National Science Board of more than 20 members, two fired members of the board said
April 28, 2026
Foreign automakers have warned the Trump administration that they could pull their cheapest car models from the U.S. market if the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is not
April 28, 2026
Two Republican members of Congress are calling on the Trump administration to empower the National Guard to address potential drone-related threats and
April 28, 2026
An appeals court has ruled that the Defense Department can require journalists to be escorted on Pentagon grounds while the Trump administration appeals a judge’s decision to block its enforcement of a press access policy challenged by The New York Times
April 28, 2026
Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in the United States on Monday for a four-day trip, welcomed by self-proclaimed
April 27, 2026
The Trump administration has announced two more payouts for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development
April 28, 2026
"Make America Healthy Again" activists rallied at the U.S.
April 28, 2026
A U.S. judge on Monday paused his decision forcing the University of Pennsylvania to provide a federal civil rights agency with information on Jewish students,
April 28, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration said on Monday that it had reached a deal to end two more U.S. offshore wind leases in exchange for $885 million in
April 28, 2026
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Monday that Tehran was looking into U.S.
April 27, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Sunday Iran could telephone if it wants to negotiate an end to their two-month
April 26, 2026
Global military spending rose 2.9% in 2025 despite a 7.5% decline in the United States as President Donald Trump halted new financial military aid to
April 27, 2026
The man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner referred to himself as a “Friendly Federal Assassin” in writings sent to family members minutes before the shooting
April 26, 2026
A majority of Americans believe all babies born in the country should automatically be granted citizenship, according to a Reuters/Ipsos
April 26, 2026
An Egyptian family which was released from more than 10 months of immigration
April 26, 2026
President Donald Trump says he told top U_S_ envoys not to travel to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran, telling Fox News that ″they can call us anytime they want.”
April 25, 2026
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi laid out Iran's demands and its reservations about U.S. positions on
April 25, 2026
At the peak of the crackdown, carloads of masked immigration officers were a common sight in the streets of Minneapolis, while thousands of people were being arrested every week in Texas, Florida and California
April 25, 2026
Among President Donald Trump's main arguments at the U.S.
April 25, 2026
Afghanistan’s foreign ministry says Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort and are stuck in Qatar can safely return home
April 25, 2026
Oil prices whipsawed in volatile trade on Friday, but were higher on the week, as traders weighed supply disruptions against the
April 24, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump is sending envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan on Saturday to continue talks with Iran
April 24, 2026
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April 25, 2026
Johnson & Johnson will start selling four of its medications on the Trump administration's TrumpRx website, the company told Reuters on Friday.
April 25, 2026
The Southern Poverty Law Center has been indicted on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups for inside information
April 21, 2026
The Trump administration again plans to terminate the legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants, after a judge blocked its initial effort to revoke
April 25, 2026
The Trump administration’s historic move to reclassify state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug was cheered by some advocates but for others, it fell far short for the thousands incarcerated for federal cannabis-related convictions
April 25, 2026
The Federal Reserve's years-long renovation of two historic buildings along the National Mall to be used as part of its headquarters in Washington exploded into political
April 25, 2026
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April 24, 2026
The Justice Department is closing its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, U.S.
April 24, 2026
The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases
April 25, 2026
Trump’s effort to bar migrants from claiming asylum at the border rejected, setting up possible Supreme Court showdown
April 24, 2026
Denaturalization risks becoming a tool of political control, creating a permanent vulnerability for more than 20 million naturalized Americans.
April 24, 2026
An internal Pentagon email outlines options for the United States to punish NATO allies it believes failed to support U.S. operations in the war with
April 24, 2026
US freezes $344 million in cryptocurrency said to be linked to Iran
April 24, 2026
The Food and Drug Administration says it will offer ultra-fast review to three psychedelic drugs being studied for hard-to-treat mental health conditions, including major depression
April 24, 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is declining to engage in a dispute with the U.S. over reports that the Pentagon is considering punishing NATO members who don't support U.S. operations in the Iran war
April 24, 2026
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April 24, 2026
Offshore wind turbines roughly three times the height of the Statue of Liberty were spinning far off the coast of Rhode Island on Thursday, sending clean electricity to the region
April 24, 2026
President Donald Trump announced a drug pricing deal with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on Thursday, wrapping up the
April 23, 2026
Havana won't abide by any American “ultimatums” to release political prisoners as part of new talks
April 24, 2026
President Donald Trump has announced a deal with Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products
April 23, 2026
The U.S.
April 23, 2026
Crude oil futures spiked $5 a barrel on Thursday after reports that air defenses were engaging targets over Tehran and of a power struggle between Iran's
April 23, 2026
The Southern Poverty Law Center's indictment is sparking outrage among civil rights leaders
April 24, 2026
Spirit Airlines is in advanced discussions with the federal government over financing to help it restructure as it faces a cash
April 23, 2026
A cannabis industry group calls President Donald Trump’s reclassification of state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug “the most significant federal advancement in cannabis policy" in decades
April 23, 2026
The average rate on the popular U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell this week, though further declines are likely to be limited by uncertainty surrounding a fragile
April 23, 2026
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April 23, 2026
The Trump administration has cut more than 4,000 employees from some of the nation’s top law-enforcement agencies, even as it vowed
April 23, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration is considering more than doubling an annual refugee limit to bring more white South Africans into the U.S.,
April 23, 2026
Houston city officials amended on Wednesday an ordinance that halted cooperation with federal immigration authorities after the Texas governor
April 23, 2026
The Trump administration has taken the unusual step of sending a government plane to Cuba to return a 10-year-old at the center of a complicated and contentious custody fight involving the child’s gender identity
April 23, 2026
Navy Secretary John Phelan has been fired, a U.S. official and a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in another wartime shakeup at the
April 23, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States was indefinitely extending its ceasefire with Iran as a new round of peace talks was on hold
April 22, 2026
Trump administration settles lawsuit with ex-Trump adviser Carter Page
April 23, 2026
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has concluded a marathon of budget hearings with federal lawmakers
April 23, 2026
The Trump administration is in discussions to potentially send more than 1,000 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort and relatives of U.S. service members stuck in Qatar to a third country
April 23, 2026
Spirit Airlines close to a $500 million bailout from Trump administration
April 23, 2026
Board game maker files claim as tariff refunds open nationwide
April 23, 2026
The Trump administration is nearing a deal to rescue low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines that could include up
April 22, 2026
Housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are now accepting additional credit scores that take into account rent and
April 23, 2026
Newly released documents show the Trump administration set up a legal framework allowing hundreds of millions of dollars in anonymous private donations to fund
April 22, 2026
Boeing is counting on the Trump
April 22, 2026
The Trump administration is in talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo to resettle 1,100 Afghans who have been stranded in Qatar awaiting U.S. visas,
April 22, 2026
Ibogaine is drawing new interest from the Trump administration. Here’s what to know about the psychedelic
April 22, 2026
Virginia voters have approved a congressional redistricting plan that could help Democrats win up to four additional U.S. House seats in this year’s midterm elections
April 21, 2026
The chief science officer for the U.S. flagship HIV/AIDS program left his role this week and criticized the Trump administration's cuts to foreign
April 22, 2026
The Trump administration obtained a criminal indictment on Tuesday charging the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a
April 22, 2026
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing a series of permitting policies that wind and solar energy
April 21, 2026
President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve says that he never promised the White House he would cut interest rates, even as the president renewed his calls for the central bank to do so
April 21, 2026
The Trump administration is requiring all 50 states to explain their plans to revalidate some Medicaid providers
April 22, 2026
Federal Reserve chief nominee Kevin Warsh said on Tuesday he had made no promises to President Donald Trump about cutting interest rates, as he
April 21, 2026
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April 21, 2026
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April 21, 2026
Voting rights activists accused the Trump administration in a lawsuit on Tuesday of laying the groundwork for voter purges that could illegally remove eligible voters
April 21, 2026
French utility Engie is in talks with the Trump administration about a possible refund for its U.S. offshore wind project leases amid the president's
April 21, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she was unaware of any collaboration between the U.S. and local authorities in Chihuahua after four officials died in an accident over the weekend
April 20, 2026
Iran is considering attending peace talks with the United States in Pakistan, a senior Iranian official told
April 20, 2026
High-level US delegation visits Cuba as Trump ups pressure
April 21, 2026
The Justice Department has subpoenaed several witnesses to testify before a federal grand jury in Washington as part of its investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan
April 21, 2026
Vice President JD Vance is still in the United States and has not yet departed for Pakistan, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, as prospects for a second
April 20, 2026
Shares of psychedelic drug developers rose on Monday after U.S.
April 20, 2026
Michigan attorney general rejects Trump administration ballot request amid broader push to challenge elections
April 20, 2026
A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs which the U.S. Supreme Court eventually struck down has launched
April 20, 2026
The FBI and Justice Department are scrambling to rebuild a depleted workforce after a wave of departures over the last year
April 19, 2026
How the Fed chair succession saga could become a real mess
April 19, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Saturday intended to speed up access to medical research and treatment based on psychedelic drugs.
April 18, 2026
Ukraine strikes Russian oil refineries hours after US waives sanctions on Moscow’s oil
April 18, 2026
Much of the political spotlight this election year in Arizona has been focused on the office that runs elections in Maricopa County, the state’s largest
April 18, 2026
High gas prices become another midterm warning sign for Republicans
April 18, 2026
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall DUBAI, April 19 - Iranians striving to maintain a semblance of normal life after weeks of U.S. and Israeli bombing and a deadly crackdown on protesters in January
April 18, 2026
The Trump administration on Friday renewed a waiver allowing countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil at sea for about a month,
April 18, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister say the Strait of Hormuz is now fully open to commercial vessels
April 17, 2026
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April 18, 2026
A lead prosecutor in the John Brennan investigation has been removed from the case after expressing concerns to Justice Department officials about the viability of a potential criminal prosecution of the former CIA director
April 18, 2026
A federal judge in Rhode Island has dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit demanding the state's unredacted voter rolls
April 18, 2026
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says the 85-year-old French widow of an American military veteran has returned home from U.S. immigration custody
April 17, 2026
The Trump administration says it’s in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit over leaked tax information
April 18, 2026
Trump administration considers unfreezing $20 billion in Iranian assets — after lambasting Obama for a similar move
April 17, 2026
A federal judge on Friday rejected the U.S.
April 17, 2026
Orestes Chamizo points at a scrubby patch of sand on Cuba's Bay of Pigs, showing the spot where a brigade of U.S.-trained Cuban exiles landed
April 17, 2026
Financial markets are in a buoyant mood as U.S. President Donald Trump signals confidence that the war in Iran will end soon, with talks probably on the cards again this weekend.
April 17, 2026
How the first American pope is reclaiming Christian values from the Trump administration
April 17, 2026
Spain's Pedro Sanchez and Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will spearhead gatherings of the global left in Barcelona on Friday and
April 17, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials announced Thursday
April 17, 2026
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to step down from agency
April 17, 2026
Less than a year after being fired, former FEMA chief is set to be reinstalled by Trump
April 17, 2026
The Trump administration has agreed to resume funding a key Manhattan subway project after New York officials sued
April 17, 2026
The United States has done the lion's share of the work in making Iran less of a threat and other countries now need to step up to reopen the critical
March 31, 2026
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March 30, 2026
By Mike Dolan March 31 - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets The turbulent first quarter of 2026 ends with a dull thud, as the Iran war
March 31, 2026
The Trump administration said on Thursday it was attempting to deport an Iranian academic and media commentator, who it alleged had lied on his visa
April 17, 2026
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April 01, 2026
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March 31, 2026
The Trump administration is organizing an international summit focused on countering the left-wing movement antifa
March 31, 2026
A federal judge on Tuesday declined to approve a Trump administration-crafted settlement that would have allowed churches and other houses of worship to endorse
April 01, 2026
Wall Street ended sharply higher on Tuesday, lifted by speculation about a potential de-escalation in the Middle East conflict that has sent
March 31, 2026
Supporters of Health Secretary Robert F.
April 01, 2026
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April 23, 2025
The U.S. is urging other nations to back a “trade over aid” initiative at the United Nations as part of the Trump administration’s broader shift away from donor-focused development assistance and toward greater private investment
April 17, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has developed a fresh plan to slash the workforce at the U.S.
April 01, 2026
A rare disease advocacy coalition on Wednesday urged the Trump administration to restore regulatory clarity as it considers new leadership at the U.S.
April 01, 2026
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April 01, 2026
Global automakers plan billions of dollars in new U.S. investments to boost production and avoid President Donald Trump's tariffs, but
April 02, 2026
Oil prices settled lower on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said that the U.S. would end its war on Iran fairly soon.
April 01, 2026
A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to allow the Trump administration to impose new restrictions on billions of dollars in grant funding used to
April 02, 2026
The House has passed legislation that would extend temporary protections for Haitian immigrants living in the United States
April 16, 2026
President Donald Trump this week told countries struggling to get jet fuel due to Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz to buy from the U.S., but
April 02, 2026
President Donald Trump staunchly defended his handling of the month-old U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in a prime-time address on
April 02, 2026
The United States will carry out aggressive strikes on Iran over the next two to three weeks and is
April 01, 2026
The U.S. on Wednesday removed sanctions against Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez, according to the Treasury Department website, less than three months after
April 02, 2026
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.
April 16, 2026
The U.S. dollar climbed against major currencies on Thursday, retracing some of its recent losses on a technical recovery, as investors
April 16, 2026
U.S. defense stocks have declined even as the Iran war drags on, indicating that the typical "buy-on-conflict" trade had
April 02, 2026
The Trump administration plans to reshape its steel and aluminum tariff regime, keeping a 50% tariff for commodity steel and aluminum imports while reducing
April 02, 2026
There are discussions about FBI Director Kash Patel, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll and Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer leaving the Trump administration, the Atlantic reported
April 03, 2026
Dozens of international law experts in the U.S. have signed an open letter saying that American strikes on Iran may amount to war crimes, after
April 03, 2026
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April 03, 2026
Islamic Society of Milwaukee President Salah Sarsour, who is a Palestinian American, has been detained by the U.S.
April 03, 2026
An inspection found 49 violations of detention standards at the largest U.S. migrant detention camp, located in El Paso, Texas, which has faced
April 03, 2026
It's disappointment once again for financial markets after U.S. President Donald Trump dashed hopes for a swift end to the Iran war.
April 02, 2026
The U.S. is upending the way it delivers medical supplies for diseases such as HIV and malaria to lower-income countries,
April 03, 2026
Two Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday called on Wall Street's top regulator and a Defense Department watchdog to prevent and investigate possible insider trading by
April 03, 2026
Three Democratic senators on Friday urged President Donald Trump to bar Chinese automakers from building vehicles in the United States and to
April 03, 2026
Democratic Republic of Congo is in talks with the Trump administration about receiving deportees from other
April 03, 2026
Recent U.S. intelligence reports warn that Iran is unlikely to open the Strait of Hormuz any time soon because its grip
April 04, 2026
A U.S. fighter jet was shot down over Iran and search-and-rescue efforts have so far recovered one of two crew members who ejected, a U.S
April 03, 2026
Democratic Republic of Congo will receive third-country nationals deported from the United States under a new deal with the Trump administration, the government in
April 05, 2026
U.S. forces staged the audacious rescue of an airman behind enemy lines after
April 05, 2026
North Korea appears to be distancing itself from longtime partner Iran and carefully managing its public messaging to preserve the possibility of a new relationship with the
April 06, 2026
A judge's order to stop construction work on a White House ballroom poses security risks, the Trump
April 04, 2026
Pope Leo has strong words for "those who manipulate religion... for their own military, economic and political gain."
April 16, 2026
U.S. military forces have struck a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing three men the Pentagon says were trafficking drugs
April 16, 2026
U.S. equity indexes closed modestly higher and U.S. oil futures settled above $112 per barrel on Monday as investors
April 06, 2026
Republicans’ longstanding support among voters of Cuban and Venezuelan descent in South Florida, a cornerstone of the party’s regional success over the
April 06, 2026
Global markets have entered a period of heightened uncertainty ahead of a deadline set by U.S.
April 07, 2026
Recent U.S. complaints about NATO allies and threats to quit the alliance are pushing European countries to seek alternative security
April 07, 2026
The Trump administration will try to resolve as many problems with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement as it can before July 1, but negotiations to rebalance the
April 07, 2026
The Trump administration does not have an opinion on reports that United Airlines was considering merging with rival American Airlines, White House press secretary
April 16, 2026
Oil prices held steady on Wednesday as ongoing worries about supply disruptions offset comments by U.S.
April 16, 2026
Puerto Rico governor promises to alleviate power and water shortages
US, Japan, Australia, India to have 'Quad' top diplomats' meeting in Delhi, Japan says
Japan will avoid over-reliance on debt for extra budget, finance minister says
Hart scores 26 and the Knicks move 2 wins from the NBA Finals with a 109-93 victory over the Cavs
Cannes' amfAR Gala raises millions for AIDS research with sales of artwork, jewelry and lavish goods
Dollar perched near six-week high on uncertainty over US-Iran deal
Canadiens pounce on Hurricanes early in 6-2 win to open Eastern Conference Final
WNBA warns the Fever for failing to report Caitlin Clark’s injury on time