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Wall Street Journal
2 hours ago
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
Week of Middle East Conflict Pushes Oil Prices Higher
Fears of a spiraling Middle East war put Wall Street in a holding pattern this week, with oil prices grinding higher and choppy stock trading leaving major U.S. indexes little changed. Brent crude futures, the international pricing benchmark, closed Friday at $77.01 a barrel, an 11% jump since Israel launched a ferocious air campaign against Iran. Traders feared a worst-case scenario in which Tehran could shock the global economy by cutting off ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for oil and gas supplies.
The Guardian
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
Trump news at a glance: president equivocates on Iran as US split over intervention
The possibility of US intervention in the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran is exposing sharp divisions in president Donald Trump's base, with some of his supporters urging the president against involvement in a new Middle East war. Trump says he remains undecided about the US getting directly involved, which if sanctioned would be a sharp departure from his usual caution about foreign entanglements. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Wednesday the president said that some of his supporters 'are a little bit unhappy now' but that others agree with him that Iran cannot become a nuclear power. Here are the key stories at a glance: Donald Trump said he had not decided whether or not to take his country into Israel's new war, as Iran's supreme leader said the US would face 'irreparable damage' if it deployed its military to attack. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Israel had made a 'huge mistake' by launching the war, in his first comments since Friday. 'The Americans should know that any US military intervention will undoubtedly be accompanied by irreparable damage,' he said in a statement read out by a presenter on state TV. Read the full story The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, suggested on Wednesday that he would not obey a federal court ruling against the deployments of national guard troops and US marines to Los Angeles, the latest example of the Trump administration's willingness to ignore judges it disagrees with. Read the full story A Tennessee state law banning gender-affirming care for minors can stand, the US supreme court has ruled, a devastating loss for trans rights supporters in a case that could set a precedent for dozens of other lawsuits involving the rights of transgender children. Read the full story Foreign students will be required to unlock their social media profiles to allow US diplomats to review their online activity before receiving educational and exchange visas, the state department has announced. Those who fail to do so will be suspected of hiding that activity from US officials. Read the full story Ted Cruz, the US senator from Texas, and conservative media personality Tucker Carlson have clashed over US military involvement in the Middle East, with the latter shouting: 'You don't know anything about Iran!' in a heated interview that exposes a sharp division within Donald Trump's coalition as the president considers joining Israel in attacking Iran. Read the full story Nippon Steel's $14.9bn acquisition of US Steel closed on Wednesday, the companies said, confirming an unusual degree of power for the Trump administration after the Japanese company's 18-month struggle to close the purchase. Read the full story Senate Democrats staged a near-total boycott of a Republican-led Senate hearing on Joe Biden's mental decline and its alleged cover-up during his presidency. Women across the political spectrum are more concerned than men about the US economy and inflation under Trump, according to an exclusive poll for the Guardian. A federal judge held Florida's attorney general in contempt of court for enforcing an immigration law she blocked and bragging about it in media interviews afterwards. Catching up? Here's what happened on 17 June 2025.
CNN
2 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
Sen. Welch on U.S. potentially striking Iran: ‘We should be taking care of America first'
Democratic Sen. Peter Welch tells CNN's Wolf Blitzer he's concerned about the U.S. being involved in another long Middle East war and says Congress is abdicating its Constitutional war authority.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
FULL: 'War For War': Khamenei Declares, Refuses Surrender & Threatens Trump In Address To Iran
Iran Claims Attack On Israeli Air Bases Used In Aggression Against Tehran; IRGC's Big Reveal Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched a fresh wave of retaliatory missile and drone strikes on Israeli military airbases Tuesday evening. The attacks, part of the tenth phase of Operation True Promise III, were in direct response to recent Israeli airstrikes that killed Iranian commanders, scientists, and civilians. An IRGC spokesperson called the attacks 'carefully planned and executed,' signaling that the operation will continue in a multi-layered and gradual fashion. The latest barrage began around 7:10 p.m. local time and follows nine earlier phases since June 13. Iran has vowed to sustain its response until what it describes as Israeli aggression is halted.#IranIsraelConflict #MiddleEastWar #ballisticmissiles #NoMercy #IDFStrikes #BreakingNews #khamenei #TehranUnderFire #IsraelUnderAttack #MissileWar #irgc 3.8K views | 6 hours ago
Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Iran's UN Envoy Vows BRUTAL Attack On U.S. If Trump Crosses 'RED LINE' To Help Israel In War
Iran Claims Attack On Israeli Air Bases Used In Aggression Against Tehran; IRGC's Big Reveal Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) launched a fresh wave of retaliatory missile and drone strikes on Israeli military airbases Tuesday evening. The attacks, part of the tenth phase of Operation True Promise III, were in direct response to recent Israeli airstrikes that killed Iranian commanders, scientists, and civilians. An IRGC spokesperson called the attacks 'carefully planned and executed,' signaling that the operation will continue in a multi-layered and gradual fashion. The latest barrage began around 7:10 p.m. local time and follows nine earlier phases since June 13. Iran has vowed to sustain its response until what it describes as Israeli aggression is halted.#IranIsraelConflict #MiddleEastWar #ballisticmissiles #NoMercy #IDFStrikes #BreakingNews #khamenei #TehranUnderFire #IsraelUnderAttack #MissileWar #irgc 3.8K views | 6 hours ago
