Trump: UK Terror Suspects Were Being Watched, Iran Talks, More
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Your podcasts. News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Monica Ricks. President Trump says some of the men arrested today on terrorism charges in England near an airbase used by the U.S. military had been under surveillance.
We had them under view for a long time and we got them.
The Air Force has been using RAF Fairford Airfield in Gloucestershire as a launching point for U.S. strikes on Iran. Investigators say the men are now facing possible bomb offenses, but could also be charged for preparing a terrorist attack.
Has refused to soften its conditions, but Trump made more promises today to end the conflict and bring down gas and grocery prices.
Well, I think it's fair to say that we've now entered money time, quite literally. Money is what's counting. It's certainly front of mind for President Trump when it comes to US petrol prices, which, to my understanding, in some parts of the US hit $6.53. That's more than double the average at the outset of this war back in February. This is something that's going to weigh heavily on voters when they go to the polls. in the midterm elections just five weeks from now.
US diesel prices may be above six bucks a gallon, but Triple A's got regular unleaded closer to four fifty nationwide. US Treasury Secretary Scott Besson says Federal Reserve policy makers should consider productivity gains from AI and deregulation to keep US inflation in check. Бесен was talking to Fox News and framed his comment in the context of a US economy that he says is thriving under President Trump, even as fuel prices continue soaring. He also says he expects Iranian oil deliveries to China to stop soon.
There's only fifteen million more barrels of Iranian oil on the water that Iran will have nothing left to trade for anything. They they will have nothing to trade for anything. Probably within the next two weeks, they are going to make their final deliveries of oil to China and then they they will have nothing.
At least one person has died in a powerful nor'easter that's knocked out power to tens of thousands of people, grounded hundreds of flights, and flooded communities across the east coast. But Bloomberg meteorologist Craig Allen says it's not over.
This has been a stormy forty-eight hours, and it may take another twenty-four to thirty-six hours before we could start drying out.
What did President Trump say about the UK terrorism suspects being under surveillance?
The nor'easter is going to weaken today, but it is also going to stall, and then loop once or twice before heading out to sea Tuesday.
More tidal flooding and heavy winds and rain are expected from DC to Boston. Hawaii's also keeping an eye on Hurricane Nolo as it gains strength in the Pacific. And Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has joined a chorus of tech leaders now warning about the safety risks to fast tracking AI development. But he says a kill switch to restrict models may not be enough.
monitor any sophisticated model and record exactly what's being done.
Gates tells NBC's Meet the Press bad actors, including China, could use increasingly powerful AI tools for cyber attacks, fraud, and disinformation. The Trump administration plans to release new fuel efficiency mandates tomorrow that could ease rules implemented under President Biden. Bloomberg's Ed Kalegi has details.
President Trump pitched the changes as a way to boost the domestic auto industry and lower consumer costs. The president said in a social media post Saturday, these new standards will take the waste out of building cars in America. That means lower prices, saving families thousands on a new, beautiful and safe car. Trump, who is struggling in the polls ahead of the November midterms, has been under fire for not doing more to address concerns about rivals.
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