Dollars and Sense Trump Says There Are ‘No Tolls’ in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran Keeps Talking About ‘Service Fees.’ Both Can’t Be Right Trump says there are "no tolls, no insurance costs, and no other charges" in the Strait of Hormuz — and threatens to end talks... Jack BuckbyJune 24, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More In 2004, the U.S. Army Bet $160 Billion on a Drone-Powered Future. As a RAND Analyst, I Told Them It Would Never Work In 2004, the U.S. Army bet $160 billion on the Future Combat System — a fleet of networked, drone-powered vehicles meant to replace the... Brent M. EastwoodJune 24, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The Iran Deal Explicitly Bans Threats of Force. Trump Just Made Another One — and It Could Blow Up the Talks The Iran deal Trump signed explicitly bans both sides from threatening force. On Tuesday, he made another implied threat anyway — "I'll do what... Jack BuckbyJune 24, 2026
Ukraine War ‘We Will Not Be Intimidated by the Lack of Light’: A Russian Governor’s Defiant Words as Ukraine Plunges Crimea Into Darkness "We will not be intimidated by the lack of light." That's the defiant message from Sevastopol's Russian-installed governor after Ukrainian drones plunged Crimea's largest... Steve BalestrieriJune 24, 2026
Ukraine War Ukraine Just Cut One of Crimea’s Lifelines — and Says the Peninsula Is About to Become an Island Ukraine says it has destroyed a key rail bridge into Crimea — then struck the repair crews sent to fix it. Half the peninsula... Jack BuckbyJune 24, 2026
Ukraine War A 30-Page Dossier Just Landed in Ukraine Claiming Belarus Has Quietly Become Russia’s War Machine For years, Alexander Lukashenko kept Belarus out of the war in Ukraine. Now Belarus's government-in-exile warns he may be preparing to join it —... Jack BuckbyJune 24, 2026
Ukraine War Putin Can Bury Russia’s War Dead Quietly. He Can’t Hide the Hundreds of Thousands Coming Home Wounded Russia's war dead can be buried quietly, far from the capital. Its wounded cannot. Hundreds of thousands of men are coming home from Ukraine... Harry J. KazianisJune 24, 2026
The Treaty If America Walked Away From NATO, the Biggest Loss Wouldn’t Be Soldiers — It Would Be the Eyes and Ears of the Alliance If America walked away from NATO, what would Europe actually lose? Not mainly soldiers, this analysis argues, but the alliance's "eyes and ears" —... Caleb LarsonJune 24, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More America’s Emergency Oil Reserve Just Hit Its Lowest Level Since 1983 — and Trump Says It Was Four Weeks From Empty America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve has fallen to its lowest level since 1983 — and Trump says that without an Iran deal, it would have... Steve BalestrieriJune 24, 2026