Dollars and Sense The Iran War Followed Americans Home — and It May Force the Fed’s Hand Right Before the Midterms The Iran war's most lasting hit to Trump may be in American living rooms, not the Gulf. His own Fed pick signaled rate cuts... Jack BuckbyJune 15, 2026
Ukraine War Putin Just Launched a Massive 600 Drone and Missile Attack on Ukraine and Some Are Accusing Him of Striking a Cathedral Kyiv calls the burning of the Dormition Cathedral a deliberate Russian war crime. One analyst makes the contrary case: the damage is too small... Isaac SeitzJune 15, 2026
Ukraine War 670 Drones Launched at Ukraine: A Massive Russian Drone and Missile Strike Knocked Out Electricity in Huge Chunks of Kyiv France calls the strike on Kyiv's 1,000-year-old Pechersk Lavra "like bombing Notre-Dame," and Europe's foreign ministers are pushing tougher sanctions on Moscow. Russia denies... Steve BalestrieriJune 15, 2026
Dollars and Sense Markets Are Celebrating the Iran Ceasefire. The Real Energy Crisis Is Just Beginning The Iran Ceasefire Won’t Fix the Energy Crisis Anytime Soon: With the markets and Washington breathing a deep sigh of relief over the informal... Brandon WeichertJune 15, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Donald Trump Has a Serious Problem: Iran Won’t Back Off Trying to Control the Strait of Hormuz Trump and Iran signed a peace deal Monday — and still can't agree what it says. Trump declared the Strait of Hormuz open "toll-free":... Jack BuckbyJune 15, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Both Sides Disagree on What the Iran Deal Even Means. It May Hold Only Because Neither Can Afford to Fail The Iran deal has four structural flaws, one analyst argues: Washington and Tehran disagree on who controls Hormuz, Israel isn't bound by it, no... Harrison KassJune 15, 2026
Dollars and Sense Donald Trump Says the Iran Oil Crisis Is Over. The Damage Tells a Different Story — and Some of It Lasts Years Trump says the oil crisis is over. The damage says otherwise. Qatar lost 17 percent of its gas export capacity to Iranian strikes —... Jack BuckbyJune 15, 2026
The Treaty The U.S.-Iran Deal Has a Hidden Expiration Problem. Everything Hinges on What Happens on Day 61 Washington says Hormuz is permanently toll-free. Iran says 60 days, then come the fees. Those positions can't both be true — and normally that... Harrison KassJune 15, 2026
Dollars and Sense Iran Is Quietly Turning the Strait of Hormuz Into a Tollbooth. Washington Always Knew The Hormuz reopening that calmed oil markets has an expiration date: toll-free for 60 days, one analyst notes — then Iran plans to split... Brandon WeichertJune 15, 2026