Trump is expected to promote economic ambitions during his visit to the Middle East. Bureau of Labor Statistics will disclose price growth data for April. And the first witnesses took the position in Sean’s judgment “Diddy” Combs.
Here is what to know today.
Trump goes to the Middle East hoping to do big business
President Donald Trump hopes to leave his mark in the Middle East when he visits Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this week, focusing on economic interests and negotiations. An White House employee said Trump will discuss investment and cooperation opportunities with other leaders during this trip. But the wars in Gaza and Ukraine appear on their economical focused ambitions.
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Trump’s visit begins at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a power of the abundant gulf in mineral wealth, where “the relationship couldn’t really be better,” said an ally of Trump well placed with narrow ties with the region.
So, in Doha, Qatar, Trump must make a speech and meet with American troops at Al Udeid Air Base. He will also meet with the Qatar government to discuss the royal family gift of a luxury plane worth about $ 400 million. The proposed present provoked debate in Washington About this would conflict with the constitutional clause that prevents gifts from foreign nations without the approval of Congress. Republican Senator Ron Johnson called the plane “a very strange offer,” while Trump Laura Loomer’s ally said that accepting the gift would be “a tension” about the government. Trump described the present as a “contribution” that the US cannot refuse.
It is also worth noting: an agreement was finalized last month for a Trump brand golf course near Doha in partnership with a Saudi Arabia company, highlighting the international ambitions of the Trump organization, while raising concerns from critics about the presidency’s profit.
The in progress wars in Gaza and Ukraine also offer diplomatic opportunities for Trump, who announced before from Washington the return of the American hostage Edan Alexander. The president expects Hamas to promote more hostages this week. And it’s not on the official agenda, but Trump said he would consider flying to Turkey for a possible meeting on Thursday between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin.
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More policy news:
- The House Republicans revealed the legislative text of their comprehensive tax proposal for Trump’s agenda, But an important division over salt could determine if the project passes a vote on the floor. Also on the broader level: extending tax cuts expiring in 2017, eliminating federal taxes on 2028 extra tips and hours and new savings accounts for newly ways – but not a rich tax increase.
- American employees received a group of 59 southern -Africans As refugees, although the Trump government ended refugee admissions from almost all other municipalities. In addition, the Episcopal Church migration service refused a federal government directive to help reinstall new refugees.
- The DNC subcommittee recommended invalidating the vote This made activist David Hogg his vice president after a complaint that he did not follow the rules of the party.
- The arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka last week in an ice installation may be a benefit to him in the race of the governor of New Jersey. Here is why. Meanwhile, Trump Republican candidate endorsed Jack ciattarelli.
Price growth decreases, but uncertainty remains
The latest batch of consumer price data from Bureau of Labor Statistics will be released today, and although analysts predict a slightly delayed growth over last month, they say the conversation ongoing about tariffs has injected uncertainty into the market. In the period that covers the last 12 months, experts foresee a 2.3% increase in price growing in April, just below 2.4% in March. Every month, analysts foresee an average price growth of 0.2% in April.
Gas prices are about 50 cents less per gallon than this time last year, according to AAA. But the growth of supermarket prices remains paralyzed, housing costs continued to increase and it is expected that car prices will be higher “due in part” to President Donald Trump’s fares. Read the full story here.
New BLS data follow the US and China announcement of an agreement for now to reduce their reciprocal tariffs. Development Submitted stock prices firingwith the industrial average of Dow Jones closing Monday with more than 1,100 points, an increase of about 2.8%; S&P 500 up to 3.3%; And Nasdaq rose 4.4% and now in a market on the rise. Despite the optimism of markets, the tension between the US and China has not disappeared.
Hotel’s guard, men’s escort assumes the judgment of Sean Combs
The jury is sitting, the prosecution and the defense made their opening statements, and the testimony is underway at Sean “Diddy” federal trial. Combs faces five criminal accusations, including extortion conspiracy; sexual trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and transport to get involved in prostitution. He denied the allegations.
Here is what happened on Monday:
▪️ A jury of eight men and four women were sitting, diminished from a 45 potential swimming pool. They range from 30 to 74 years. Among them are an investment analyst, a medical assistant, a massage therapist and a secretary of Delicassen. Here is what we know most about the jurors.
▪ During the opening statements, promoters in the southern district of New York painted Combs as a “bigger than life” figure that managed a criminal company, allegedly orchestrated the days of “Freakoffs” and tried to cover his surveillance video murdering his former Great Cassie Ventura at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.
▪️ The Combs Defense Team said it will not fight that Combs committed acts of domestic violence, but argued that these actions do not represent the possible federal crimes being tried.
▪️ The first witness to take the bench was the Los Angeles Police officer Israel Florez, a hotel security ex -service that was on duty the day Combs was caught on the camera attacking Ventura. Florez said Combs offered him a “money bag” so as not to talk about the incident, which Florez said he played as bribe.
▪️ The second witness was Daniel Phillip, a men’s escort that said he received money to have sex with Ventura while Combs watched and gave them instructions. He also said he once witnessed the Assault Ventura Combs and said to her, “You need to get help.”
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- A wave of heat is expected at the beginning of the season Bring Triple Registration Temperatures Record For parts of Texas, Louisiana and Florida, as well as other parts of the plains and the Southeast.
- Kim Kardashian will take the position in Paris To witness against a gang of 10 people known as “Grandpa” who are accused of stealing $ 9 million in her jewelry with a weapon in 2016.
- McDonald’s said that plans to hire 375,000 employees In the US, this summer, in one of the greatest hiring in the fast food chain, pushes in years.
- Tory Lanez, the rapper convicted of shooting in Megan Tegan stallion, was rushed to a hospital After he was stabbed in prison.
- Phoenix Ikner, the 20 -year -old accused in the deadly turmoil who killed two people and injured at least six at Florida State University last month, was accused of first degree murder and and attempted murder.
Team choice: No black box, no answers
Steve Langen waited for over a year to learn what made a marine helicopter beat a snow mountain peak in southern California, killing his son and four other members of the service on board. But last week, an investigation report said the aircraft was not equipped with a device that preserves flight data in an accident known as “Black Caixa”. Without proper data, researchers could only postulate theories.
This means that Langen may never know how and why he lost Alec, his 23 -year -old son, who followed his marine aircraft steps that night on February 6, 2024. Industry, Langen is now pressing the body of Marines to add technology to his super stallion aircraft, although it was said to be very expensive.
“You are putting a price in the life of a service member,” Langen said. “For me, as a father and a naval marine who did this work, it really hurts. It hurts at a level that is hard to put into words.” – Melissa Channational reporter
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