Dollars and Sense
With the midterms three weeks away, an FT poll puts President Trump’s approval at thirty-four percent, below the RealClearPolitics average. A Washington Post analysis...
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Ukraine War
The Financial Times reports the Trump administration is threatening to shut down PURL, the NATO-managed program that lets allies buy US weapons for Ukraine,...
Dollars and Sense
Tanker captains are reportedly being offered nearly seven times their usual monthly pay, plus bonuses for each passage, to sail through the Strait of...
The Treaty
A US fighter jet disabled a Panama-flagged ship trying to run the American blockade of Iran on Saturday, two days after new Treasury sanctions...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the war in Ukraine has hit a strategic stalemate with no military solution, and the Kremlin agrees. With...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
A Congressional Research Service tally lists roughly eighty US aircraft lost in the war with Iran, including forty-five Reaper drones and twelve Strike Eagles....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
President Trump’s deal to ease curbs on Russian diesel aims to bring down fuel costs ahead of the midterms, but the first shipment is...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
President Trump’s deal to ease curbs on Russian diesel aims to bring down fuel costs ahead of the midterms, but the first shipment is...
Ukraine War
SpaceX has capped Starshield, the military-grade Starlink service Ukraine’s drone units rely on, at about a hundred miles per hour, and Kyiv says several...
Ukraine War
Sens. Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn signed a bipartisan letter calling Trump’s Russia deal “a gift to our adversary and a betrayal of our...
Ukraine War
President Trump’s deal to buy Russian diesel, struck as US prices hit a record, is drawing fire from his own party. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick...
The Treaty
Iran says its leaders are still reviewing Washington’s latest response on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and will answer through mediators. The sides remain...
The Treaty
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize went to South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay, and President Trump is firing back. He says he ended...
The Treaty
Tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz just hit their highest weekly total of the war, right after Washington touted escorted oil flows recovering...
Dollars and Sense
Gulf oil exporters have rebounded close to prewar levels by rerouting through pipelines and a US-sponsored tanker shuttle, while Iran’s own exports remain curtailed...
Dollars and Sense
Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned as US ambassador to Greece on Tuesday after the White House asked her to step down amid reports she sought a...
Dollars and Sense
Saudi Arabia is investigating how Houthi drones cleared the way for missiles to strike Riyadh’s main airport, which will stay closed until Saturday. Nearly...
North Korea Talk
Ukraine quietly handed two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea — a transfer Seoul says was supposed to stay secret, and one that...
North Korea Talk
Georgia Gilholy reports on Lavrov's world-order message to Pyongyang, Zelensky's claim that up to fifty thousand more troops could follow the Kursk deployment, Reuters-reported...
North Korea Talk
Trump ordered joint exercises with South Korea scaled back and praised Kim Jong-Un, drawing sharp criticism as Seoul stays muted.
Dollars and Sense
Iran’s security chief says Washington accepted some of Tehran’s seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz while others remain unclear, but the White...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Two more tankers were struck near the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, one carrying Iraqi crude and another anchored off Oman, pushing Brent...