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The Mid-June Ceasefire Gave American Drivers a Month of Falling Gas Prices — and the War’s Return Is Taking It All Back

Brent hit $85.06 and WTI $79.88 as oil posted a 12 percent week, its biggest since April, with Hormuz transits collapsing to 13 ships...

Stephen SilverJuly 17, 2026

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Wash. (Aug. 14, 2003) -- Illustration of USS Ohio (SSGN 726) which is undergoing a conversion from a Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN) to a Guided Missile Submarine (SSGN) designation. Ohio has been out of service since Oct. 29, 2002 for conversion to SSGN at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Four Ohio-class strategic missile submarines, USS Ohio (SSBN 726), USS Michigan (SSBN 727) USS Florida (SSBN 728), and USS Georgia (SSBN 729) have been selected for transformation into a new platform, designated SSGN. The SSGNs will have the capability to support and launch up to 154 Tomahawk missiles, a significant increase in capacity compared to other platforms. The 22 missile tubes also will provide the capability to carry other payloads, such as unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and Special Forces equipment. This new platform will also have the capability to carry and support more than 66 Navy SEALs (Sea, Air and Land) and insert them clandestinely into potential conflict areas. U.S. Navy illustration. (RELEASED)

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The Gulf States Are Racing to Build Their Way Around Iran’s Grip on Hormuz — Pipeline by Pipeline, Toward Ports Outside the Strait

The UAE is doubling its Fujairah pipeline capacity, Saudi Arabia is expanding its Red Sea line, and Iraq is reviving Basra-Haditha — all to...

Caleb LarsonJuly 17, 2026

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The World Has More Crude Oil Than It Can Use — and Still Can’t Make Enough Gasoline, Diesel, and Jet Fuel to Go Around

The world isn't short of oil — it's short of refineries, and two wars are why cheap crude won't mean cheap gas anytime soon.

Caleb LarsonJuly 17, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Qatar Spent Months Mediating Between Washington and Tehran — It Just Formally Condemned Iran’s Attacks on Its Neighbors

Qatar formally condemned Iran's repeated attacks on Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait — a rupture from the mediator Iran has itself struck, including a March...

Jack BuckbyJuly 16, 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.

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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

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Europe Just Froze Its Russian Oil Price Cap for Another Week — and the Iran War Could Now Hand Putin an Automatic Windfall

A European intelligence report seen by Reuters warns Russia faces an 'explosive' banking crisis that one ambitious sanctions package could trigger — as the...

Stephen SilverJuly 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)

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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

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

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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

The Mid-June Ceasefire Gave American Drivers a Month of Falling Gas Prices — and the War’s Return Is Taking It All Back

Dollars and Sense

The Gulf States Are Racing to Build Their Way Around Iran’s Grip on Hormuz — Pipeline by Pipeline, Toward Ports Outside the Strait

Dollars and Sense

The World Has More Crude Oil Than It Can Use — and Still Can’t Make Enough Gasoline, Diesel, and Jet Fuel to Go Around

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Qatar Spent Months Mediating Between Washington and Tehran — It Just Formally Condemned Iran’s Attacks on Its Neighbors

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

Europe Just Froze Its Russian Oil Price Cap for Another Week — and the Iran War Could Now Hand Putin an Automatic Windfall

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

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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