Doug Krisner

These discussions in Washington were part of a broader diplomatic push to end the conflict in the Middle East.

The U.S.

said both countries agreed to launch direct negotiations for a comprehensive peace deal.

Here is Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Yaquil Leiter, speaking to reporters.

We discovered today that we're on the same side of the equation.

That's the most positive thing we could have come away with.

We are both united in liberating Lebanon from an occupation power dominated by Iran called Hezbollah.

That is Yaqul Leiter, the Israeli ambassador to the U.S.

The European Central Bank is weighing what action may be needed to address higher oil prices and bruised economic sentiment.

Here is ECB President Christine Lagarde.

You can catch the full conversation with ECB President Christine Lagarde on Bloomberg's new video hub at Bloomberg.com slash videos.

President Trump's tariffs may be restored by July to levels in place before the Supreme Court struck down many of those levies.

These new tariffs would be applied under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Treasury Secretary Scott Besant told a Wall Street Journal event, this tariff authority has already been tested in the courts.

That was Treasury Secretary Scott Besant speaking at a Wall Street Journal event in Washington.

Prosecutors from U.S.

Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office reportedly showed up unannounced Tuesday at the construction site for renovation of the Fed's headquarters.

The Wall Street Journal reports two of Pirro's deputies spoke with construction workers and were advised they couldn't access the site without preclearance.

Now, an outside lawyer for the Fed objected to the visit in a letter to Pirro's office and pointed to a federal judge's decision last month to throw out a pair of subpoenas issued to the Fed.

Now, this investigation centers on the Fed's $2.5 billion renovation of two historic office buildings, as well as a few minutes of Fed Chair Jay Powell's testimony to Congress last summer about this renovation project.