Dollars and Sense Forget the Toll Booth: America Says Iran Is Selling Ships Protection From Dangers It Manufactures Itself Iran has rejected Oman's proposal to split control of the Strait of Hormuz evenly, demanding instead that the inbound lane sit entirely in Iranian... Steve BalestrieriJuly 29, 2026
Dollars and Sense ‘Gate of Tears’: The Houthis Want to Start Charging Ships to Cross It, and Iran Helped Them Plan the Scheme Regional sources tell Reuters the Houthis are weighing transit fees on ships crossing the Bab el-Mandeb, a week after declaring an embargo on Saudi... Steve BalestrieriJuly 29, 2026
Dollars and Sense ‘A Divine Gift to the Great Iranian Nation’: How Tehran’s Deputy Speaker Describes Control of the Strait of Hormuz Iran's deputy parliament speaker says control of the Strait of Hormuz belongs to Iran permanently, calling it a divine gift and an achievement of... Stephen SilverJuly 29, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Forget the Strait of Hormuz: Saudi Arabia’s Oil Is Being Chased All the Way Around Africa to Reach Its Buyers Saudi Arabia blames Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq for a drone strike on its oil infrastructure; the militias have not claimed it. A Saudi... Brandon WeichertJuly 28, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More ‘It’s Not Clear Why We Started a War With Them. I Have No Idea’: America Is Fighting a War Its Own Voters Cannot Explain Reuters finds only one in three Americans supports the war with Iran as it enters its fifth month, with independents and Democrats broadly opposed... Isaac SeitzJuly 28, 2026
The Treaty Trump’s Own Allies Call the Netanyahu Meeting a Disaster for America First — Republicans Say Israel and America Want the Same Thing in Iran Trump and Netanyahu met at the White House for roughly ninety minutes, their first face-to-face talks since the campaign against Iran began five months... Jack BuckbyJuly 28, 2026
The Treaty The Real Reason America Paused Its Iran War: It’s Running Out of Missiles to Defend Itself America's stockpile of Patriot interceptors has fallen to roughly a third of its prewar level, and the New York Times reports the shortage helped... Stephen SilverJuly 28, 2026
Dollars and Sense Donald Trump Just Got Handed a Painful Truth: Most Americans Hate the Iran War Support for the Iran war is collapsing even among Trump's MAGA base, polls show, as gas prices surge in every state. The Guardian found... Stephen SilverJuly 28, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Donald Trump Just Got Handed a New Problem: Oman Just Put a Hormuz Peace Plan on the Table and Iran Might Take It Oman is pushing a new round of US–Iran talks over who controls the Strait of Hormuz. Its regionally backed proposal, modeled on how Malacca... Brandon WeichertJuly 28, 2026