The IMF-World Bank annual meeting is taking place in Thailand. Leaders are gathering in Bangkok, while in the background US President Donald Trump is facing pressure over a deal to import 300,000 US tons of diesel from Russia as the Iran war continues to drive global energy prices higher.

Donald Trump is Vladimir Putin’s Шестёрка. The word means “lackey” or “underling.” Pronounced shes-TYOR-kah, it comes from the name for the lowest value card in a Russian deck. Americans might use other terms.

He is now flirting with some of the worst presidential popularity measures on record, and this probably isn’t his rock bottom yet.

Bicycle Corp. of America, which closed its factory in South Carolina last year, blamed rising prices for imported parts. Koby Bird, who retired after working in quality control, likes tariffs but was frustrated by Trump’s habit of raising and lowering them seemingly at whim.

As the Trump administration pivoted to economic pressure instead of military force to push Tehran back into talks, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pledged swift damage to Iran’s economy. All Iranian

A federal judge on Monday said she was “furious” with the Trump administration’s move over the weekend to cut down at least 430 trees from a Washington, DC, public golf course that President Donald Trump is seeking to renovate.

Donald Trump has railed against what he called the 'enemies of civilization' after another Nobel Peace Prize snub. Trump was speaking at a midterms rally in New York. The 2026 award was won by South African jurist and former United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay for her work in international justice and the promotion of universal legal principles.