Some longtime defenders of the president’s America First mantra are calling him out for weighing a greater U.S. role in the region.

President Donald Trump had cast himself as a man of “peace” and a “dealmaker” intent on stabilizing a febrile region and ending wars. But he now appears poised to join one.

The Federal Reserve headlines the central banks slated to weigh in on interest rates in the coming days. President Trump [has turned up the pressure](

The U.S. economy is mostly in good shape but that isn’t saving Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell from a spell of angst.

As President Donald Trump huddled with his top advisers in the White House Situation Room on Tuesday, U.S. officials signaled that the next 24 to 48 hours would be critical in determining whether a diplomatic solution with Iran is possible -- or if the president might resort to military action instead.

Trump affirmed that today is “a great day for America” despite a complicated local and international scenario.

The analysis comes as Trump pushes Congress to send the final product to his desk to become law by Fourth of July.

The White House is discussing with Iran the possibility of a meeting this week between U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, according to four sources briefed on the issue.

Leaders from some of America’s biggest trading partners traveled to the Group of Seven industrial nations summit in Canada this week hoping for deals with President Trump. They left empty-handed. A meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ended with a pledge for more talks.