{"id":2566,"date":"2026-04-30T18:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stevencwelsh.info\/news\/stevewire\/?p=2566"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:03:15","slug":"video-powell-era-ends-iran-war-costs-25b-reuters-world-news-4-30-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevencwelsh.info\/news\/stevewire\/video-powell-era-ends-iran-war-costs-25b-reuters-world-news-4-30-26\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Powell era ends, Iran war costs $25B &#8211; Reuters World News &#8211; Thursday 4.30.26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ytAttributedStringHost ytAttributedStringWhiteSpacePreWrap\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-281 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stevencwelsh.info\/news\/stevewire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/globe-finance-fincen-gov-800-300x74.jpg\" alt=\"Globe with Streaks of Light, adapted from .gov image\" width=\"300\" height=\"74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stevencwelsh.info\/news\/stevewire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/globe-finance-fincen-gov-800-300x74.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stevencwelsh.info\/news\/stevewire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/globe-finance-fincen-gov-800-768x190.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stevencwelsh.info\/news\/stevewire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/globe-finance-fincen-gov-800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds rates steady, pledges to remain involved as a fed governor; Pentagon claims $25 billion price tag for Iran war thus far; U.S. Supreme Court impacts key aspect of Voting Rights Act, could reshape voting across South; average price of a car in U.S. similar to cost of five brand new Chinese all-electric vehicles (EVs) combined<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nuyywG-c4V4?si=QEHo_UlhzgojT6yW&amp;autoplay=1\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds rates steady, pledges to remain involved as a fed governor; Pentagon claims $25[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9,204,151,68,10,3,23,180,241,302],"tags":[678,681,680,642,679,70,182,133,677,350,676],"class_list":["post-2566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-elections","category-featured","category-federal-reserve","category-government","category-headlines","category-international","category-iran","category-u-s-supreme-court","category-uk","tag-anti-semitism","tag-automobiles","tag-autos","tag-cars","tag-electric-vehicles","tag-federal-reserve","tag-iran","tag-military","tag-news","tag-terrorism","tag-uk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO: Powell era ends, Iran war costs $25B - Reuters World News - Thursday 4.30.26 - Steven C. 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