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Dollar Recovers Early Losses as Stocks Retreat

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Thursday rose by +0.14%. The dollar recovered from early losses on Thursday and moved higher after stocks gave up early gains and turned lower, boosting liquidity demand for the dollar. The dollar also found support on Thursday’s dollar-friendly news on weekly jobless claims, Q1...

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S&P 500 Reverses After Hitting Record High as Oil Prices Bounce Back

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.40%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.51%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.28%. Equity markets retreated this afternoon, erasing earlier gains as a resurgence in crude oil...

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Dollar Slips with Crude Oil on US-Iran Peace Hopes

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down by -0.14% but remains above Wednesday's 2.5-month low. Optimism that a peace deal between the US and Iran is imminent is curbing safe-haven demand for the dollar today. Also, today's -4% decline in crude oil prices eases inflation expectations and could prompt...

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Susan Collins reveals medical condition but says her job as senator is unaffected

Republican senator for Maine, facing tough re-election battle, says she has had benign essential tremor for decades

The Guardian - US

Step off, Chuck! Democrats stunningly warn Schumer to stay out of races after Maine Mills meltdown

ANALYSIS: ‘The Democratic establishment is completely disconnected from where Democratic voters are,’ one strategist told Eric Garcia, after the rebuke to the seemingly out-of-touch 75-year-old Senate minority leader

The Independent UK

‘That’s bullshit’: Democrats slam Trump’s claims that Iran hostilities ‘have been terminated’ – as it happened

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Trump and Hegseth argue Iran war ceasefire stops the clock on 60-day deadline for congressional war powers approval

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Senate on Thursday argued the ceasefire paused the deadline for war powers review, which would start today

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Jon Stewart destroys the current Democratic leadership: ‘They’re lost’

Jon Stewart interviewed Graham Platner, a Maine Democrat running to unseat Republican Senator Susan Collins

The Independent UK

Governor Janet Mills suspends Maine Senate bid weeks before primary clash

Mills cites lack of funds to face off against Graham Platner in race to unseat Republican Susan Collins

The Guardian - US

Maine Gov. Janet Mills drops out of Senate race

Maine Gov. Janet Mills ended her Senate campaign on Thursday, saying she lacked the funds necessary to continue on to the June Democratic primary. “While I have the drive and passion, commitment and experience, and above all else – the fight – to continue on, I very simply do not…

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'This Needs to Be Done:' GOP Back £70Bn 'Go-It-Alone' Plan Funding ICE, Border Patrol to Bypass Democrats

Senate Republicans advance a $70B immigration enforcement plan via budget reconciliation, bypassing Democrats and deepening divisions as border security takes priority over bipartisanship.

International Business Times UK

Democratic candidates start 2026 with a fundraising bang

Money continued to flow as the midterm election year kicked off. Fundraising reports covering the first three months of the year show that it was a fruitful first quarter for many congressional candidates, with a handful of Senate hopefuls reporting eight-figure hauls and some House candidates surpassing the $2 million…

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Congress Declines Again To Rein in Trump's Iran War

Republicans can’t decide whether the war is too early to stop, too late to stop, or nonexistent in the first place.

Reason

Senators spurn budget request for NIH overhead cost cap

Key senators are already dismissing a renewed attempt by the White House to cap medical research overhead costs, well before they start drafting fiscal 2027 spending bills. Top Republican appropriators, including committee Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Tuesday that they do not support a uniform…

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Scoop: Senate plans to grill six Cabinet officials on Trump's budget

Collins wants to show Maine voters she can still deliver ahead of November's elections.

The Independent UK

Trump’s Vatican clash and AI Jesus ‘blasphemy’ is fueling a GOP holy war: ‘He should not be treating the Pope as a rival’

ANALYSIS: Trump’s latest attack on the Holy Father and depicting himself as Christ has plenty of Republicans squirming in their seats, Eric Garcia writes

The Independent UK

Democrats opened the door to a third Trump impeachment over Iran. Here’s what they need to happen next

ANALYSIS: Even if Democrats win back the majority, Eric Garcia writes, they have to ask themselves: Should they try to impeach Trump again?

Latin Times

Republican Super PAC Drops $342M on Senate Elections in 8 Key States

North Carolina, Ohio, Maine, Alaska, Iowa, Georgia, Michigan and New Hampshire are at the center of a new $342 million ad reservation from the Senate Leadership Fund, the Republican super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a move that underscores how defensive the 2026 Senate map has become…

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Scoop: Platner declares Mills nearly finished in Maine Senate primary

"Another day, another poll with Graham up big in the primary."

The Mary Sue

Donald Trump’s Tariffs About to Make Lobster Rolls $50.

United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs have caused an unforeseen casualty: your favorite seafood restaurant. Multiple reports from around Boston say that the price of Lobster Rolls are looking like they could be $50 this summer.

The Guardian - US

Trump’s Maha agenda stalled as top CDC and surgeon general roles sit empty

Trump has yet to nominate a permanent CDC director and the Senate confirmation of his pick for top doctor is in limbo

The Independent UK

Dr. Casey Means’ surgeon general nomination stalled as GOP senators cast doubt

Dr. Means, a 38-year-old Stanford-educated physician, became disillusioned with traditional medicine and did not complete her surgical residency

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Appropriators meet as deadline set for Homeland Security deal

Senate Majority Leader John Thune set a deadline of next week for resolving the Homeland Security Department funding standoff, as Senate appropriators of both parties held a face-to-face meeting Thursday with White House “border czar” Tom Homan. Thune, a South Dakota Republican, said the meeting — the first of its…

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At the Races: Crypto’s next stand

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. The cryptocurrency industry began flexing its political muscle in 2022, and crypto spending has only increased since. In advance of…

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Dollar Pressured by a Weak US Payroll Report

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Friday fell by -0.35%. The dollar was under pressure on Friday from a weaker-than-expected US Feb payroll report. Also, a decline in US Jan retail sales added to negative sentiment toward the dollar. Losses in the dollar were limited on Friday as a slump...

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