For Trump, a Promised Economic Boom Collides With the Costs of War
For Trump, a Promised Economic Boom Collides With the Costs of War
Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/us/politics/trump-russia-oil-sanctions.html

U.S. 10-year Treasury auction settles at 4.217% yield, highest since August, with tepid demand as bid-to-cover ratio of 2.45 times falls short of recent averages while indirect bidders increase participation to 74.5% amid rising foreign investor interest in benchmark government debt.
As Oil Prices Rise, Trump’s War With Iran Becomes a Worldwide Economic Hazard
Not Just Oil: In Venezuela, U.S. Interior Secretary Pushes for Mining Access

White House signals Treasury Department's imminent announcement on energy price stabilization measures, with crude oil futures market intervention among key policy tools under consideration
‘No Tax on Overtime’ Rule Isn’t What Some Workers Were Expecting
#US Opens the Way for Fuel-Starved Cuba to Get Oil Shipments
Shipments of Venezuelan and American oil could begin flowing to the Communist island to relieve the humanitarian crisis
https://www.wsj.com/world/u-s-eases-restriction-on-fuel-shipments-to-cuba-7909a6a7?st=p2poXH&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
[only small amounts, to private sector only]
from #WallStreetJournal #WSJ
Updated Feb. 25, 2026 3:50 pm ET
MIAMI—The #Trump administration is easing its policy on the sale of #Venezuelan #oil to #Cuba, providing a potential lifeline to the island’s eight million people as a fuel shortage accelerates a #HumanitarianCrisis.
The policy announced Wednesday applies to transactions involving Cuba’s small private sector “that support the Cuban people,” but sales to the ruling #Communist government in Havana would remain illicit under the comprehensive sanctions that Washington has imposed for decades, the #TreasuryDepartment said Wednesday. The Treasury would allow the sales on a case-by-case basis.
#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#news #politics #USpol #LatinAmerica #USA
