U.S. Central Command reportedly has requested deployment of the Army's Dark Eagle hypersonic weapon to the Middle East amid Iran missile concerns.

First quarter GDP grew at 2%, slightly below the expected 2.3%, as equipment investment in AI and computers along with consumer spending led growth.

Iran said that if Washington renewed attacks it would respond with "long and ​painful strikes" on U.S. positions, complicating U.S. plans for an international coalition to open the Strait of Hormuz. Reuters,

The $25 billion estimate that a top Pentagon official gave to lawmakers on Wednesday for the total cost to date of the Iran war is a lowball figure that does not include the cost of repairing extensive damage suffered by US bases in the region,

Defense secretary to be quizzed in Senate as Khamenei says foreigners have no place in Gulf ‘except at bottom of its waters’

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act - making it harder for ⁠minorities to ⁠challenge electoral maps as racially discriminatory under the landmark civil rights law - in a ⁠victory for Louisiana Republicans and President Donald Trump's administration.

Oil surged to the highest since June 2022, with no end in sight to the US-Iran conflict or choked-off energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, heightening concerns over a rapidly shrinking global supply cushion.

Bianna Golodryga speaks with Edward Luce, the US National Editor at the Financial Times, about the historic visit of King Charles to the US.