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Ukraine War

Putin Invaded Ukraine to Keep NATO Away — Instead He Drove Finland and Sweden Straight Into the Alliance

Reuben Johnson argues every rationale Putin gave for invading Ukraine has collapsed: the drive to block NATO instead pushed Finland and Sweden into the...

Reuben JohnsonJuly 15, 2026

President Donald J. Trump meets with guests, including Penske Corporation Chairman Roger Penske, in the Oval Office before participating in a Freedom 250 Grand Prix Showcase on West Executive Avenue at the White House, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Dollars and Sense

Washington Assumes an Emptying Oil Reserve Will Force Restraint on Trump — It May Push Him Toward a Bigger War Instead

Dr. Andrew Latham argues the Strategic Petroleum Reserve — down 99 million barrels to a 1983 low, worth about sixteen days of prewar Hormuz...

Andrew LathamJuly 15, 2026

A Louisiana Air National Guard F-15C Eagle streaks above the Ohio River during the Thunder Over Louisville air show in Louisville, Ky., April 18, 2026. More than a dozen military aircraft performed during the show, including four Kentucky Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules from the Louisville-based 123rd Airlift Wing and two UH-60 Black Hawks from the Kentucky Army National Guard’s Frankfort-based 63rd Theater Aviation Brigade. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Airstrikes Kept Hitting Iran After the U.S. Announced It Was Done — and to This Day, Nobody Has Claimed Them

Iran fired on three commercial ships for using the Omani side of the Strait of Hormuz, setting the container ship GFS Galaxy ablaze with...

Steve BalestrieriJuly 13, 2026

Ukraine War

Zelensky Wants to Bomb Putin to the Negotiating Table. The Ceiling on That Strategy Isn’t in Moscow — It’s in the Baltic

Ukraine's deep-strike campaign is the most successful thing it has done all year, and Zelensky has been explicit that the point is coercion: make...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 12, 2026

Ukraine President Zelensky 2026 Creative Commons Photo

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

From Volunteers Modifying Hobby Drones to Reaching Siberia: How Ukraine Built the Weapon Now Bleeding Russia’s Oil Empire

Ukraine's drone sector has transformed from an ad hoc network of volunteers modifying commercial quadcopters into an industry of hundreds of companies building strike...

Caleb LarsonJuly 9, 2026

Zelensky Speaking in UK Ukraine Government Photo

Ukraine War

Zelensky Just Made His Case to NATO: ‘Do You Really Believe It Would Be Right to Leave Ukraine Out?’

At the NATO summit in Ankara, Zelensky pressed the alliance to admit Ukraine, arguing its battle-hardened, drone-driven military would make NATO stronger. But membership...

Brent M. EastwoodJuly 8, 2026

Putin in July 2023 Creative Commons Photo

Dollars and Sense

Half a Million Russians Went Bankrupt Last Year: A Leaked Intelligence Report Warns Putin Now Risks an ‘Explosive’ Banking Crisis

Half a million Russians declared bankruptcy in 2025, up a third from the year before, as a leaked European intelligence report warns Putin risks...

Steve BalestrieriJuly 7, 2026

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2-11 Long Range Fires Battalion, 25th Infantry Division Artillery, fire a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a counter-landing live-fire exercise as part of Exercise Balikatan 2026 at La Paz Sand Dunes, Laoag City, Philippines, May 4, 2026. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military that represents the strength of our alliance, improves our capable combined force, and demonstrates our commitment to regional peace and prosperity. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Duke Edwards)

The Treaty

Ukraine Just Forced Russia’s Biggest Refinery to Shut Down — Two Units Making 75 Percent of Its Fuel Are Now Offline After One Strike

Ukrainian drones forced Russia's largest refinery in Omsk to halt processing, with two units accounting for roughly 75 percent of production knocked offline. Refinery...

Jack BuckbyJuly 7, 2026

U.S. Paratroopers, assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, fire a Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missile at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Dec. 13, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility.

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine’s Drones Now Cause up to 85 Percent of Russian Casualties — and Putin’s Air Defenses Can’t Shield His Cities and Oil at Once

Over 430 Ukrainian drones menaced Moscow in the biggest attack on the capital in two years — and Kyiv has no plans to stop....

Brent M. EastwoodJuly 7, 2026

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Ukraine War

Putin Invaded Ukraine to Keep NATO Away — Instead He Drove Finland and Sweden Straight Into the Alliance

Dollars and Sense

Washington Assumes an Emptying Oil Reserve Will Force Restraint on Trump — It May Push Him Toward a Bigger War Instead

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Airstrikes Kept Hitting Iran After the U.S. Announced It Was Done — and to This Day, Nobody Has Claimed Them

Ukraine War

Zelensky Wants to Bomb Putin to the Negotiating Table. The Ceiling on That Strategy Isn’t in Moscow — It’s in the Baltic

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

From Volunteers Modifying Hobby Drones to Reaching Siberia: How Ukraine Built the Weapon Now Bleeding Russia’s Oil Empire

Ukraine War

Zelensky Just Made His Case to NATO: ‘Do You Really Believe It Would Be Right to Leave Ukraine Out?’

Dollars and Sense

Half a Million Russians Went Bankrupt Last Year: A Leaked Intelligence Report Warns Putin Now Risks an ‘Explosive’ Banking Crisis

The Treaty

Ukraine Just Forced Russia’s Biggest Refinery to Shut Down — Two Units Making 75 Percent of Its Fuel Are Now Offline After One Strike

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine’s Drones Now Cause up to 85 Percent of Russian Casualties — and Putin’s Air Defenses Can’t Shield His Cities and Oil at Once

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