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Politico: Geneva is paying the price of Trump's retreat from the UN (LINK) — 15 May 2026
4 supertankers cross Hormuz safely (LINK) — 15 May 2026
— Gotrade: According to Bloomberg Technoz, four supertankers transited the Strait of Hormuz carrying roughly 2 million barrels each. Most of the cargo originated from Iraq based on vessel tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. As reported by IDX Channel, Iranian state media said roughly 30 vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz on May 14, 2026. That figure suggests the trade route remains active even as geopolitical tensions stay elevated.
Trump bought up to $5 million of Nvidia stock, then OK'd AI export deals that sent shares soaring (LINK) — 15 May 2026
President Trump discloses Coinbase, Robinhood and Bitcoin mining stock trades among more than 3,000 securities trades (LINK) — 15 May 2026
— Decrypt.co: According to the filing, the president was assessed and paid a late fee for the more than 100 pages reported, which detail more than 3,000 securities trades. Although specific trade amounts are not indicated, the ranges highlighted show trade ranges from $1,001-$15,000 to those between $1 million and $5 million. While President Trump and his family have drawn scrutiny for their crypto ties, which reportedly led to more than $1 billion in crypto profits by October 2025, a spokesperson for the Trump Organization said that neither the president nor his family has any say in the trades reported on the ethics filings.
Coinbase stock stumbles as the Senate vote progresses the CLARITY Act; CEO critiques the Bill due to its rules on stablecoin rewards and increased surveillance (LINK) — 15 May 2026
Colorado's Democratic governor will let Trump ally Tina Peters out of prison early (LINK) — 15 May 2026
— NPR: Peters was convicted for her role in facilitating a security breach of Mesa County's voting machines when she was clerk and recorder. The incident occurred six months after the 2020 election, as part of her effort to prove Trump's baseless claims of a rigged election. In April, a state appeals court upheld Peters' 2024 conviction but ruled that she should be re-sentenced, saying that the trial court judge who issued her nearly nine-year sentence improperly factored in her protected speech. She was sentenced on Oct. 3, 2024, so that means on June 1, she will have spent more than 600 days incarcerated. Trump issued a pardon to Peters in December that was considered symbolic, because a president doesn't have jurisdiction over state-level crimes.
US: Supreme Court rejects Virginia's bid to restore congressional map favouring Democrats (LINK) — 15 May 2026
— AP: In recent days, the justices have sided with Republicans in Alabama and Louisiana who hope to redo their congressional maps to produce more GOP-leaning seats following the court's voting rights decision. It stemmed from a 4-3 ruling by the Virginia Supreme Court that struck down a constitutional amendment that voters narrowly passed just last month. The state court found that the Democratic-controlled legislature improperly began the process of placing the amendment on the ballot after early voting had begun in Virginia's general election last fall.
Latvia's PM resigns in fallout over stray Ukrainian drones: left without a ruling majority in the parliament as of Wednesday, when the left-wing Progressive party said it was withdrawing its support. This followed the removal of former Defense Minister Andris Spruds, a member of the Progressives, over the handling of incidents of stray Ukrainian drones flying into Latvia from Russia (LINK) — 14 May 2026
— DW: Evika Silina had forced Spruds to resign, saying that Latvia's drone defense had not been deployed quickly enough to neutralize the threat. She took on the role of defense minister herself on an interim basis.
