U.S. Central Command reported a new wave of strikes on Iranian targets tied to the Revolutionary Guard, following attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran launched retaliatory strikes and pledged further action, while oil prices climbed and divisions surfaced within the U.S. government.

A whistleblower inside the U.S. Postal Service has warned that the agency is rushing to build a new system for handling mail-in ballots to satisfy a Trump executive order, and that the work is far enough behind that it could disrupt voting in the coming midterm elections.

A widening federal immigration enforcement effort has produced official arrest tallies, individual detention cases and a series of court proceedings that are testing the limits of the agency's authority.

A jump in oil prices tied to renewed fighting involving the United States and Iran pushed government bond yields higher around the world this week, reviving concerns that inflation could persist and lifting borrowing costs across major markets.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called on the United States to return to trade negotiations and drop what he described as theatrics, telling Washington to stop 'doing memes' and 'throwing shade.'