Morning Briefing Americas

Trump Faces Pressure to Tame Surging Gasoline Prices

A diesel fuel pump at a Shell gas station in Shoreline, Washington, on Monday. 

Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg

Good morning. Donald Trump is weighing options to ease pain at the pump for motorists. Hedge funds are also feeling the sting, after suffering huge losses in last week’s market mayhem. And Australia grants humanitarian visas to Iranian soccer players who refused to sing their national anthem. Listen to the day’s top stories.