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House Republican: ‘Prices are too high’
Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) on Sunday said “prices are too high,” adding that it’s an issue constituents raise with him, but he emphasized it as “the hand you’re dealt” when it comes to the Trump administration’s war with Iran. Flood appeared on “The Hill Sunday” with host Chris Stirewalt, who reiterated to the congressman President…
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Gallego says Congress boosting Iran war funding ‘like giving a drunk more money and hoping that they’ll stop drinking’
Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.) on Sunday expressed strong opposition to Congress giving the Pentagon more funding amid the Iran war. During an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Gallego pivoted when host Martha Raddatz asked him about the Trump administration asking lawmakers for $17 billion in military operational costs. “We are more focused on making…
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Interest rate dilemma for central banks as inflation rises but growth slows
The Federal Reserve, the ECB and the Bank of England appear unclear on how to tackle inflation amid the Iran war New UK cost of living crisis looms as rising energy bills lift inflation Inflation rates have been falling across the industrialised world, but fears that the Middle East war will raise oil prices means…
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Bab el-Mandeb Strait faces growing threat as Houthi attacks raise fears of a second Hormuz
Iran-backed Houthis exploit Yemen's fractured state to threaten Bab el-Mandeb, raising fears it could become a second Strait of Hormuz chokepoint.
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US ship forced to ABANDON last post in Pacific and race to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln in Middle East…as sailors aboard carrier describe nightmare conditions
The USS George Washington has relieved its post in the Pacific to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln ship that has been out at sea for more than 260 days.
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Trump Wants More Economic Pressure On Iran. What Are His Options?
Trump on Friday vowed to hit Iran hard economically, a day after Scott Bessent said that Washington would impose measures on Tehran that have “never been seen” as soon as next week.
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Iran’s other nuclear weapons option — plutonium bombs
The authors argue that any future agreement regarding Iran’s nuclear program must mandate real-time IAEA surveillance and the removal of spent fuel from the Bushehr reactor to address the significant threat posed by its two-ton plutonium stockpile.
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A positive new report raises the question: was Reeves undermined by dodgy data? | Heather Stewart
Assessment that has found a jump in UK productivity emphasises urgent need to appoint a national statistician Keen new chancellor, John Healey, responded to last week’s better-than-expected economic news by claiming the government is “bringing hope back”. Growth did not plunge as feared after Donald Trump unleashed war on Iran – with GDP expanding at…
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ABC star doubles down over interview with controversial left-wing influencer and ‘anti-Israel’ activist Hasan Piker who ‘hates’ capitalist America
The Planet America host has been raked over the coals for an interview with a ‘woke’ influencer, who once called for the murder of landlords.
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New UK cost of living crisis looms with soaring energy bills forecast to lift inflation
Latest reading on Wednesday likely to frame scale of challenge for new PM to ease pressures on households amid Iran war fallout British households are facing a renewed cost of living squeeze, with official figures expected to show this week that soaring energy bills drove up inflation in July to close to 3%. As the…