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Why this matters:

• In all, 57 Trump officials are worth at least $100 million, including 17 ambassadors and the remaining 40 in senior posts across the executive branch. The president, himself a billionaire, has described his inclination toward appointing the ultrawealthy as deference to financial success. And yet, Trump, who owes his White House comeback to support from middle-income, working Americans drawn to his pledge to lower everyday costs, now faces a midterm election electorate decidedly less keen on his handling of the economy.

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WORLD NEWS

Trump threatens Oman as it works with Iran on a Strait of Hormuz deal

Iran said it has reached an agreement with Oman over a plan for ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump told Fox News that the U.S. would bomb Oman if it “gets in the way.” Fully reopening the waterway has been a key U.S. demand. Read more.

Why this matters:

• This is not the first time that Trump has threatened Oman. In May, he told reporters during a Cabinet meeting that “Oman will behave just like everybody else, or we will have to blow them up.” Meanwhile, the 60-day negotiating period to find a peace deal between the United States and Iran was expiring, with no word of an extension and both sides seemingly as far apart as they were at the start.

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POLITICS

Judge blocks the Trump administration from moving FBI headquarters to DC office building

The decision found that the administration illegally tossed out a previously approved plan to build a new facility nearby in Maryland, picked during former President Joe Biden’s administration. Trump’s appointees sought to repurpose the Ronald Reagan Building instead. Read more.

Why this matters:

• The ruling is the latest development in a yearslong battle over the FBI’s main office. The suit was brought by the state of Maryland and Prince George’s County. “This is not the first time courts have tried to undermine the administration in its goal to make government more cost-effective for American taxpayers,” the FBI said in a statement. “The court has chosen to impermissibly intervene for political reasons.”