I was in New York City for much of this past week, where the news cycle follows you into the subway and into the back of the yellow cab and generally is much harder to avoid than in other parts of the world.
The movement started by Michael Gove’s public call to ditch the experts has ended with Donald Trump stuck at the Strait of Hormuz. The consequences are, at last, sinking in.
Video shows renderings of the building with golden escalators and a golden statue of the president raising his fist in the air, write Lindsay Ellis and Vera Bergengruen, The Wall Street Journal.
The president backtracked on his threat to strike Iran’s power plants after a series of closed-door discussions led by Middle Eastern intermediaries, write Summer Said, Alexander Ward, Benoit Faucon and Laurence Norman, The Wall Street Journal.
Damaged infrastructure likely to take years to come back online, but price surge helps offset some of the lost production for now, write Collin Eaton and Matthew Dalton, The Wall Street Journal.
During a fireside chat in Dublin on Wednesday, the former Trump communications chief offered advice for the Taoiseach's visit, criticised the US president's attacks on Iran, and derided his former taskmaster as an "ageing dowager".
The current chair wields deep bipartisan support and personal independence, but Trump has a closer relationship to his successor and three years to tighten his grip, writes Nick Timiraos, The Wall Street Journal.
Ruling finds U.S. president exceeded his powers by imposing duties without clear authorization from Congress, write James Romoser and Gavin Bade, The Wall Street Journal.
US President rules out using force to take control of Greenland and calls off promised tariffs on European nations, write Alex Leary, Daniel Michaels, Bertrand Benoit and Robbie Gramer, The Wall Street Journal.
The U.S. has long been a beacon of safety when uncertainty reigns. That is changing, write Justin Lahart and Sam Goldfarb, The Wall Street Journal.
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