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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 21, 2024) The world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), sails in formation with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Kashima-class training ship, JS Kashima (TV-3508), middle, and Hatakaze-class guided missile destroyer JS Shimakaze (TV-3521) while conducting routine operations in the Atlantic Ocean, September 23, 2024. The U.S. Navy and JMSDF continue to train together to improve interoperability and strengthen joint capabilities. For more than 60 years, the U.S.-Japan Alliance has been the corner stone of stability and security and is crucial to the mutual capability of responding to contingencies at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Mattingly)

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Iran Says Two Oil Tankers Just Exploded on Mines in the Strait of Hormuz — and Washington Says the Explosions Simply Never Happened

Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed two oil tankers exploded on mines south of the Strait of Hormuz and warned sailors to stay out; CENTCOM dismissed...

Jack BuckbyJuly 18, 2026

A B-52 Stratofortress lands at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, April 15, 2021. The aircraft was featured at the Cocoa Beach Air Show April 17 - 18. The B-52 is is a long-range, heavy bomber capable of flying at up to 50,000 feet. (U.S. Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Hodgman)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Nobody Is Mining the Strait of Hormuz and Nobody Has Formally Closed It — Fear Alone Just Shut Down a Technically Open Waterway

Hormuz traffic has collapsed to its lowest level in weeks after the MOU with Iran fell apart — Kpler counted eight transits Thursday, Reuters...

Jack BuckbyJuly 17, 2026

President Donald Trump participates in a Kennedy Center Board Meeting, Monday, March 17, 2025, at the John F. Kennedy Center Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Dollars and Sense

America Has a Problem at the Pump: It Pumps More Oil Than Any Nation on Earth but Still Pays a Price Set by the War With Iran

Gas prices are climbing again as renewed US-Iran strikes slow Strait of Hormuz traffic to a near stop. America produces more crude than any...

Steve BalestrieriJuly 17, 2026

(October 30, 2007) - USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conducts Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) following a six-month Planned Incremental Availability (PIA). All Naval vessels are periodically inspected by INSURV to check their material condition and battle readiness. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (AW) M. Jeremie Yoder.

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Washington Says Hormuz Belongs to the World, Tehran Says Half Is Theirs — and Oman Just Said Nobody Should Control It at All

Day six of the renewed war brought expanded US strikes across Iran and wider Iranian attacks on America's Gulf partners — with only a...

Brandon WeichertJuly 16, 2026

President Donald Trump participates in a working lunch meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo, Japan. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Dollars and Sense

Before the War, Roughly 140 Ships a Day Moved Through the Strait of Hormuz — Now the Count Is Down to Maybe a Dozen

Commercial transits through the Strait of Hormuz have fallen to near-zero since fighting resumed — from roughly 140 ships daily before the war to...

Brandon WeichertJuly 16, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Iran Ceasefire Effectively Handed Tehran Control of Hormuz — Washington Realized It, Reversed Course, and the Deal Died in 18 Days

The Washington–Tehran MoU effectively ceded Hormuz control to Iran — so Trump forced ships onto the Omani route, and the deal collapsed in 18...

Brandon WeichertJuly 16, 2026

President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at the Mack Trucks facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley)

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Iran Fired on US Bases Across Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan — and Now Claims It Destroyed American Radars in Oman Too

Iran fired missiles and drones at US-linked bases across Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan, and the IRGC claims it destroyed American radars in Oman. Trump...

Steve BalestrieriJuly 16, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Just Fired Missiles at US Bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan in a Single Night — Its Broadest Retaliation of the Renewed War

CENTCOM launched two waves of strikes Wednesday — hitting Greater Tunb Island and Bandar Abbas — and Iran answered overnight with missiles and drones...

Jack BuckbyJuly 16, 2026

Dollars and Sense

The World’s Biggest Oil Companies Are Banking Millions in Profit Every Hour of the Iran War — and a Senate Bill Wants Half of It Back

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...

Stephen SilverJuly 16, 2026

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Dollars and Sense

Iran Says Two Oil Tankers Just Exploded on Mines in the Strait of Hormuz — and Washington Says the Explosions Simply Never Happened

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Nobody Is Mining the Strait of Hormuz and Nobody Has Formally Closed It — Fear Alone Just Shut Down a Technically Open Waterway

Dollars and Sense

America Has a Problem at the Pump: It Pumps More Oil Than Any Nation on Earth but Still Pays a Price Set by the War With Iran

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Washington Says Hormuz Belongs to the World, Tehran Says Half Is Theirs — and Oman Just Said Nobody Should Control It at All

Dollars and Sense

Before the War, Roughly 140 Ships a Day Moved Through the Strait of Hormuz — Now the Count Is Down to Maybe a Dozen

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Iran Ceasefire Effectively Handed Tehran Control of Hormuz — Washington Realized It, Reversed Course, and the Deal Died in 18 Days

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Fired on US Bases Across Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan — and Now Claims It Destroyed American Radars in Oman Too

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Just Fired Missiles at US Bases in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan in a Single Night — Its Broadest Retaliation of the Renewed War

Dollars and Sense

The World’s Biggest Oil Companies Are Banking Millions in Profit Every Hour of the Iran War — and a Senate Bill Wants Half of It Back

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