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Trump 'low-key' bets on economic pressure against Iran

Keeping a low profile doesn't come naturally to Donald Trump. Yet that is the strategy the American president says he now favors in the war against Iran, and he is betting on economic pressure over diplomacy or new strikes. "We are low-keying it," Trump told news site Axios

Trump looks to inflict economic pain on Iran

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump looks to inflict economic pain on Iran President Trump is turning his focus on economic warfare, leaning on crippling sanctions and a U.S.

Stubborn gas prices stick to $4 per gallon

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Gasoline prices remain stubborn at about $4 Prices that U.S. consumers are paying at the gas pump have stubbornly stuck around $4 per gallon, a high price for this late in the summer, as the Iran war’s

Trump's vaccine order comes with political risks

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Vaccine policies are a political risk that Trump's sticking with President Trump on Monday abruptly upended his administration’s reset of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ©