Trump is expected to promote economic ambitions during his visit to the Middle East. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release price growth data for April. The first witnesses stand in the trial of Sean Diddy's comb.
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President Donald Trump hopes to make his mark in the Middle East this week when he visits Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates with a focus on economic interests and deals. White House officials said Trump will discuss investment and cooperation opportunities with other leaders during the trip. But the war between Gaza and Ukraine was imminent on his economic-centered ambitions.
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Trump's visit began today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a rich Gulf power in mineral wealth, and "there's really no better relationship," said Trump's allies who are closely linked to the region.
Then, in Doha, Qatar, Trump is expected to give a speech at Al Udede Air Force Base and meet with the U.S. troops. He will also meet with the Katari government to discuss royal luxury plane gifts worth about $400 million. Proposed gift Challenges debate in Washington The constitutional provisions regarding whether it would violate the constitutional provisions of gifts from foreign countries that have not been approved by Congress. Republican Senator Ron Johnson called the plane a "very strange proposal" and Trump Ally Laura Loomer said accepting the gift would be "pressure" for the administration. Trump described the gift as a "contribution" that the United States cannot refuse.
It is also worth noting: Last month, a deal was reached at a Trump-branded golf course near Doha that highlighted the Trump Organization's international ambitions while raising concerns among critics about profits in the presidency.
The ongoing war in Gaza and Ukraine also provided diplomatic opportunities for Trump, who announced the return of American hostage Edan Alexander before leaving Washington. The president hopes Hamas will release more hostages this week. It's not an official agenda, but Trump said he will consider flying to Turkey at a potential meeting held by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
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They will release the latest batch of consumer price data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics today, and while analysts predicted a slight slowdown in growth last month, they said the ongoing dialogue about tariffs has injected uncertainty into the market. Over the past 12 months, experts predicted that the price growth rate in April was 2.3%, slightly lower than the 2.4% in March. Analysts forecast an average price increase of 0.2% per month in April.
According to AAA, gasoline prices are about 50 cents less than last year. But growth in grocery store prices remains stagnant, housing costs continue to rise, and car prices are expected to be increasingly higher than President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Read the full story here.
The new BLS data follows an announcement of a deal between the United States and China to reduce their reciprocal tariffs. develop Send stock price risesthe Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 1,100 points on Monday, up about 2.8%; the S&P 500 rose 3.3%; and the Nasdaq rose 4.4% and is now in a bull market. Despite the optimism of the market, the pressure between the United States and China has not disappeared.
The jury has sat down, the prosecution and the defense have made its opening remarks and testified at the federal trial of Sean Diddy's comb. The comb faces five counts of criminal offences, including extortion; sexual trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and prostitution by means of transportation. He denied the allegations.
Here's what happened on Monday:
▪️The jury was seated by eight men and four women and fell from a pool of 45 prospective jurors. Their age ranges from 30 to 74 years old. These include an investment analyst, physician assistant, massage therapist and deli. This is what we know about jurors.
▪ Project In its opening remarks, prosecutors from the southern New York area portrayed the comb as a “bigger than life” character who runs a crime business that allegedly planned a one-day “Freakoffs” and tried to cover up his surveillance video to beat him up his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in 2012 at Los Angeles Hotel.
▪The defense team of QMBs said they would not fight the domestic violence committed by Combs, but believed that the actions did not constitute potential federal crimes ruled.
▪️The first witness to pick up the stall was Israel Florez, a LAPD official, who was a former hotel security guard who was on duty when the comb was sucked by a camera that day when he attacked Ventura. Florez said the comb provided him with "a bag of money" and did not talk about the incident, which Florez said was interpreted as a bribe.
▪q The second witness was Daniel Phillip, a male escort, who said he received money for having sex with Ventura, and Combs looked and gave them instructions. He also said he had witnessed a comb attack on Ventura and told her: "You need help."
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Steve Langen waited for more than a year to learn what caused the ocean helicopter to hit the snowy mountain peak in Southern California, killing his son and four other waiters. But last week, an investigation report said the plane was not equipped with a device that could hold flight data, called a "black box." Without enough data, researchers can only propose a theory.
This means Langen may never know how and why he lost his 23-year-old son, whose 23-year-old son was on the night of February 6, 2024, with his ocean pilot stepping.
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