“Vote Here” signage outside a polling location at Westchester Regional Library during a primary election in Miami, Florida, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Markets are starting to care about the 2026 midterm elections, which loom 10 weeks away and could rip full control of Congress from…
Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, Aug. 24, 2026. Stringer | Reuters Iran and Oman on Tuesday discussed a proposal to establish a temporary joint shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz as well as a mission to clear mines from the key oil export corridor. Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyid…
Canada on Tuesday announced retaliatory tariffs against the United States, matching “dollar for dollar” the 50% duties that President Donald Trump imposed over the weekend after a breakdown in trade talks. Ottawa’s new tariffs encompass more than 700 U.S. goods and are worth about $20 billion, mirroring the size of Trump’s latest import taxes on…
A photo illustration showing a gold necklace, silver coins and visual representations of bitcoin placed on top of different currencies. Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images The debasement trade is gaining new traction on Wall Street as concern over the size and cost of the budget deficit mounts. The conventional wisdom behind the trade is that…
Oil prices fell more than 3% on Tuesday, after the New York Times reported the State Department plans to return evacuated diplomats to the Middle East, in a sign the U.S. does not expect a return to full-scale war. Brent crude oil futures were last seen trading 3.4% lower at $89.05 per barrel, its lowest…
A man holds the Iranian toman equivalent of 1 USD as US dollars selling rate on the free market reaches an all-time high, hitting the 200,000 toman mark in Tehran, Iran on Aug. 24, 2026. Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu | Getty Images The U.S. announced an “economic D-Day” campaign Monday to isolate Iran from the…
A voter drops their ballot at an official ballot drop box inside City Hall during a primary election in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Monday sided with President Donald Trump for now in his effort to impose sweeping new…
The Trump administration unveiled a plan to isolate Iran’s economy by threatening to impose secondary sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s “enablers.” Source link
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on Aug. 21, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday said the U.S. will raise tariffs on imports of cars, trucks and auto parts from Canada to 50% on Jan. 1, 2027,…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Aug. 20, 2026. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The U.S will unveil “the single greatest financial offensive ever” against Iran on Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, while Tehran threatened to seize vessels that violate transit rules in the Strait…
