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Trump told a Dallas convention crowd the Iran war ends right after the midterms, accusing Tehran of dragging it out to swing the election....
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Is it time to tax oil windfalls?: The year’s numerous oil price spikes, mostly related to the stop-and-start war in Iran, have put a...
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Trump declared America 'The Guardian of the Hormuz Strait' and demanded a 20 percent charge on cargo — then reversed within a day, shifting...
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Despite Trump declaring the Strait of Hormuz open and safe, shipping companies are refusing the U.S. military's guided-transit escorts and delaying voyages, seven maritime...
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Dr. Andrew Latham argues the Strategic Petroleum Reserve — down 99 million barrels to a 1983 low, worth about sixteen days of prewar Hormuz...
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Trump's 20% Hormuz toll survived barely a day before being swapped for Gulf investment deals — a reversal the piece likens to his tariff...
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Ukraine's strike on Omsk — Russia's largest refinery, 400,000 barrels a day, once thought too deep to reach — caps a deliberate strategy: hit...
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U.S. strikes pounded Iran's southern coastline for five hours Monday night, clearing the way for the naval blockade resuming at 4 p.m. Tuesday. During...
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Russia's Agriculture Ministry says grain will move by land and alternative ports after Ukrainian drones hit 11 more vessels overnight — 116 in nine...
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Defense expert Harrison Kass examines why months of strikes, blockades, and diplomacy haven't reopened the Strait of Hormuz: Iran spent decades building dispersed, survivable...