The Monday attacks occurred in the wake of a Ukrainian drone strike on Sunday against the Shatura Power Station, located approximately 120 km (75 miles) east of Moscow. This assault resulted in heating being cut off for thousands of residents in the town of some 33,000 people, where temperatures were near freezing.

Bessent added that Americans will feel relief next year as Trump’s tariffs, trade deals and “big, beautiful bill” set in.

The jobless rate unexpectedly climbed to 4.4%, the highest since October 2021, but the increase was driven by an expansion in the labor force, with the participation rate climbing to 62.4%. Within ethnic groups, the Asian jobless rate surged by 0.8 percentage point to the highest level since 2021.

A Group of 20 leaders’ summit in South Africa adopted a declaration addressing the climate crisis and other global challenges on Saturday after it was drafted without U.S. input in a move a White House official called “shameful.

The strike began last Thursday on Starbucks’ Red Cup Day, which is typically one of its busiest days of the year.