Tuesday Evening Links

[CNBC] Stock futures are little changed as S&P 500 approaches its all-time high: Live updates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Rises as Traders Weigh Renewed Push for US-Iran Talks

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US, Iran Seek More Ceasefire Talks as Blockade Stops Ships

[Yahoo/Reuters] Treasury chief says US growth may exceed 3% or 3.5% this year despite Iran war

[MSN/WP] Who's in charge at the Fed after May 15th? A new fight may be brewing

[Politico] Trump Is Facing an Increasingly Defiant World

[Politico] Trump turns against ‘unacceptable’ Meloni

[Bloomberg] Bessent Says Trump’s Tariff Rates Could Be Restored by July

[Bloomberg] Hormuz Closure Sets Clock Ticking for Asia’s Rice Farmers

[NYT] Bessent Questions the Cause of Climate Change and Its Economic Toll

[NYT] Xi Offers Veiled Critique of U.S. in Rare Comments on War in Iran

[WSJ] Europe Works on Postwar Hormuz Shipping Plan—Sans U.S.

[WSJ] Europe Is Accelerating a NATO Fallback Plan in Case Trump Pulls Out

[WSJ] Fed Nominee Kevin Warsh Details More Than $100 Million in Financial Holdings

[FT] Strait of Hormuz tankers stop or turn around amid US blockade

[FT] BlackRock profits jump as it draws in $130bn

[FT] Kevin Warsh is very rich, or possibly very, very rich

Tuesday Afternoon Links

[CNBC] S&P 500 marches higher one day after benchmark wipes out Iran war losses: Live updates 

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Drops as US and Iran Weigh More Talks With Blockade in Place

[AP] Live updates: Trump hints at new Iran talks as Hormuz standoff intensifies

[Yahoo/Reuters] Bessent says confident that core inflation is going down, Fed will need to cut rates

[Yahoo/Reuters] Fed's Goolsbee says rate cuts may need to wait until 2027

[Bloomberg] US, Iran Seek More Ceasefire Talks as Blockade Stops Ships

[FT] Wall Street banks break records as Iran war drives trading boom