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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Wednesday's News Links

[CNBC] S&P 500 is flat as oil rises, traders brace for Fed decision and Big Tech earnings: Live updates

[CNBC] Oil prices extend multi-day rally as Trump issues new threat to Iran; Brent tops $114 per barrel

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Crop Prices Hit Highest Since 2023 as War and Bad Weather Bite

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Tells Aides to Prep for Lengthy Hormuz Blockade, Report Says

[CNBC] Trump threatens Iran with AI picture of himself with a gun: ‘No more Mr. Nice guy!’

[AP] Live updates: Hegseth to face Congress for first time since Iran war began

[AP] Fed likely to leave rates unchanged at what may be Powell’s last meeting, as Warsh to advance

[Yahoo/Reuters] Powell's tenure as Fed chief, bookended by Trump, draws to a close

[Reuters] US goods trade deficit widens in March as imports rise sharply

[CNBC] Mortgage rates are rising again, but homebuyers are trickling back

[CNBC] U.S. warns banks of sanctions risk over China ‘teapot’ refineries handling Iranian oil

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump's $1.5 Trillion Defense Plan Draws Rare Republican Pushback

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Has More Natural Gas Than It Can Use as War Chokes Global Supply

[Axios] Behind the Curtain: We've been warned

[Reuters] German inflation accelerates to 2.9% in April as energy costs soar

[Yahoo/WSJ] Spanish Inflation Rises Further as Iran War Drives Energy Prices Higher

[AP] Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening ‘the world’s kitchen’

[Bloomberg] US Core Capital Goods Orders Surge by Most Since 2020

[Bloomberg] US Housing Starts Surge to Highest Level Since December 2024

[Bloomberg] America’s Bond-Market Privilege Is Disappearing as US Debt Soars

[Bloomberg] Blue Owl Scrutiny to Ramp Up With Shares Near ‘Doomsday’ Levels

[MSN/WSJ] Natural Disasters Are Rewriting Home-Insurance Costs. See How It Impacts You.

[MSN/WP] Pentagon Detailed $1.5 Trillion Budget Request Last Week

[Bloomberg] Xi Has $1.2 Trillion Rare Earths Leverage Ahead of Trump Visit

[Bloomberg] America’s Broken Politics Are Dragging It Down a Fiscal Black Hole

[NYT] What to Watch at the Federal Reserve’s April Meeting

[WSJ] Trump Tells Aides to Prepare for Extended Blockade of Iran

[WSJ] The Global Energy Order Is Breaking Down

[WSJ] Australia’s Consumer Inflation Jumps on Oil Shock

[FT] How Jay Powell repelled Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve

[FT] Ken Griffin suggests wealthy individuals do not understand private credit risks

[FT] How OpenAI’s $500bn data centre venture Stargate has shifted shape

[FT] Greenland ice sheet and Europe’s glaciers shrink further, scientists say