3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (557+ words) President Donald Trump promised a $5,000 payment to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans retain control of both chambers of Congress in November, putting a potential $1.2 trillion cash payout at the center of his party's midterm pitch. "If the Republicans win, you…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (389+ words) European gas prices reached their highest level in more than 3 years as conflicts between Ukraine and Russia and in the Middle East continue. The continent's benchmark wholesale gas price, the front-month Dutch TTF contract, climbed above €80 a megawatt-hour on Wednesday,…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (368+ words) A suspected Iranian nuclear facility buried deep inside a mountain is seeing a "clear surge in construction activity" this year, experts are saying. The site in question is known as Pickaxe mountain and is located near the Natanz nuclear complex,…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (302+ words) American households have paid more than $760 in additional gasoline and diesel costs since the Iran war began Feb. 28, according to an estimate from Brown University's Iran War Energy Cost Tracker. The nationwide increase had reached roughly $100 billion by Monday as…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (358+ words) Almost a third of Americans expect their financial situation to get worse next year, according to a new survey. Conducted by the New York Federal Reserve, the latest instance of the Survey of Consumer Expectations showed that respondents who expect…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (399+ words) About $9 billion in potential Iranian shadow-banking activity passed through U.S. correspondent accounts in 2024, showing how money connected to Tehran continued moving through the American financial system despite years of sanctions designed to restrict Iran's access to dollars. The transactions were identified…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (631+ words) Iran has not deviated from the language of defiance as the protracted Middle East conflict with US continues without an end in sight. But reading between the words, a tone of desperation is setting in. Tehran's "proportionate responses" to the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (465+ words) The Middle East conflict is not yet over but a post-war scenario is being deliberated by the Trump administration, Axios reported. Washington is reportedly chalking out a post-war strategy, according to the news outlet. The US has set its eyes…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (298+ words) U.S. diesel prices have climbed back toward levels last seen during the early months of the war with Iran, adding fresh pressure to transportation and business costs as disruptions in the Middle East and Russia squeeze global fuel supplies. The nationwide…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (378+ words) John Williams, the chair of New York's Federal Reserve, said climbing treasury yields is a result of a strong economy, not market dysfunction. Speaking to CNBC, Williams claimed that the situation is driven "in large part" by "really a strong…...