2026-04-19 14:00:08
America’s armed forces are heavily committed in the Middle East, but there are whispers around the White House that they have been warned to stand by for a new intervention against Cuba. As usual with this president, no final decision has been taken. But Donald Trump sees a window of opportunity to act in the Caribbean, where the 67-year-old Castro regime is tottering under the weight of US sanctions, the cut-off of Venezuelan oil and its own awesome incompetence.
2026-04-18 21:15:02
Frustrated concertgoers may feel vindicated by a jury’s finding that Live Nation acted as a monopoly. Coverage of the verdict has focused on potential structural changes, including whether a judge might force the company to divest Ticketmaster. But the bigger story might be that here, once again, antitrust law is chasing yesterday’s technology.
2026-04-18 20:00:10
How will the pieces of a broken global order be put back together after Trump?
2026-04-18 20:00:08
Officials at the DOJ delivered a politically convenient one-two punch to the work of their predecessors this week.
2026-04-18 14:00:08
For all my reporting life, I’ve dreaded one question: What is the price of oil — the real one? Invariably asked during a crisis, it demands a neat answer, a precise dollar-per-barrel figure. But each time my reply is anything but: It depends on what kind of crude we’re talking about, when it is being sold and where.
2026-04-18 00:20:08
When it comes to the affordability debate that will define the midterm elections, President Donald Trump’s biggest and toughest opponent is this: reality.
