US consumer prices rise 3.8% as Iran war sends energy prices higher
The ten-week war with Iran drove U.S. consumer prices up 3.8% in April, the steepest inflation jump since 2023.
Overnight, Britain’s Labour government fractured, Washington dismissed Iran’s ceasefire overture as worthless, and U.S. inflation surged to a three-year high — today, Starmer’s survival, Pentagon accounting, and a rare Trump-Xi summit in Beijing are the watches.
The ten-week war with Iran drove U.S. consumer prices up 3.8% in April, the steepest inflation jump since 2023.
The Pentagon’s top budget official raised the estimate by $4 billion in just two weeks as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dodged questions on Capitol Hill about supplemental funding.
Federal prosecutors brought criminal charges against the Singapore-based ship operator and an employee over the 2024 bridge collapse that killed six workers.
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The subpoenas target the Journal’s sourcing on internal deliberations over military action in Iran, alarming First Amendment advocates.
The former television anchor and loyal Trump ally moves to a diplomatic post after a federal court invalidated her appointment to the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to step down despite a cabinet exodus and a rebellion by dozens of Labour MPs after disastrous local election results.
President Trump dismissed Iran’s latest proposal as worthless and warned the ten-week ceasefire is on life support while the Pentagon said costs have hit $29 billion.
Moscow launched drone strikes on energy facilities and apartments within hours of the truce expiring, killing at least one person.
A new United Nations report found Israeli forces and settlers have killed a Palestinian child on average every week in the occupied territory.
Plaid Cymru’s election victory broke a hundred years of Labour dominance in the Senedd, though Reform UK mounted a strong challenge.
The yield on thirty-year gilts hit its highest level this century as investors fled British government debt amid the Labour rebellion.
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