Spencer Platt/Getty Images Energy 4m read How energy costs drove inflation past 4% while core prices held steady Inflation rose by 4.2% in May, driven largely by rising fuel prices due to near total closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Government Oversight 3m read The $5 billion border bridge Trump tried to stop is opening A major new U.S.-Canada crossing is set to open Friday after surviving President Donald Trump’s push to block it.
AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari Politics Jun 2 2m read Israel launches strikes on Lebanon as confusion over US-Iran peace deal negotiations continues
Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images, Joe Raedle/Getty Images Politics Jun 1 9m read Trump rewrites Iran deal while strikes continue; Platner challenges new reports
AP Photo/Anjum Naveed International Apr 25 3m read Trump cancels US envoy’s trip to Pakistan for Iran talks
Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images, XNY/Star Max/GC Images Politics Apr 24 8m read Trump ramps up Iran fight with ‘shoot to kill’ order; US soldier charged in Maduro bet
AFP via Getty Images International Apr 19 3m read Israeli military posts map of areas in south Lebanon where it is operating
Reuters/Adnan Abidi, Daniel Beloumou Olomo/AFP via Getty Images Politics Apr 17 10m read Israel-Lebanon ceasefire holds under strain; Trump clashes with Pope over Iran
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Politics Apr 16 2m read Trump announces Israel and Lebanon agree to 10-day ceasefire
AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia International Apr 12 2m read Pope Leo XIV urges peace in Ukraine, Lebanon, Sudan and highlights upcoming Africa trip
AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti International Apr 9 3m read Iran closes Strait of Hormuz again, accuses US of breaking ceasefire
AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, Win McNamee/Getty Images U.S. Apr 9 7m read Iran accuses US of violating ceasefire; Bondi won’t testify on Epstein files
Chris McGrath/Getty Images International Apr 8 2m read Iran closes Strait of Hormuz after Israel launches attacks inside Lebanon
Amy Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images U.S. Mar 30 3m read FBI claims Temple Israel attack in Michigan was ‘Hezbollah-inspired’
Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Reuters Connect International Mar 30 3m read Trump threatens to obliterate Kharg Island oil hub if Strait of Hormuz doesn’t open ‘immediately’
JACK GUEZ / AFP via Getty Images International Mar 25 3m read Iran says US negotiating with itself as Trump admin sends 15-point peace plan
AFP via Getty Images International Mar 16 3m read Iran doesn’t see ‘any reason’ to negotiate with US as it continues to attack allies
FADEL itani / AFP via Getty Images International Mar 11 4m read Iran launches ‘most intense’ strikes yet as Israel targets Tehran, Hezbollah
AP Photo/Vahid Salemi International Mar 8 2m read Iran selects Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son as new supreme leader
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images, Heather Diehl/Getty Images U.S. Mar 6 10m read Trump wants say in Iran’s successor; Did Noem’s testimony cost her job?
BAY ISMOYO / AFP via Getty Images International Mar 6 4m read Trump wants hand in picking Iran’s next leader, says Khamenei’s son ‘unacceptable’
U.S. Department of Defense via Getty Images International Mar 5 3m read Iran vows US will ‘bitterly regret’ attack on warship, targets more countries
Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto International Mar 4 5m read Iran to announce new supreme leader as early as Wednesday as war spreads
Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images International Mar 3 5m read Israel bombs building as Iranian officials voted for new supreme leader
Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images International Mar 2 5m read War in Middle East expands as Iran says it ‘will not negotiate’ with US
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