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USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier At Sea

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Iran Barely Blockaded the Strait of Hormuz. It Mostly Just Threatened To — and That Was Enough to Win

Trump calls it the largest covert maritime operation in history. One analyst says it was a marginal workaround that exposed a defeat: to beat...

Brandon WeichertJune 16, 2026

Ukraine War

Putin’s Ukraine War Is A Nightmare That Won’t End: Moscow’s Airports Were Shutdown. Oil Refiners Were Hit

Hours after a Ukrainian drone set a major Moscow refinery ablaze, a top Russian oil producer capped gasoline purchases at 20 liters a car...

Steve BalestrieriJune 16, 2026

Ukraine War

Putin Looks Helpless: Ukraine Struck a Refinery That Supplies 40% of the Moscow’s Fuel

Nothing Is Safe in Moscow after Ukrainian Energy Attacks: These two countries are boiling with hatred. It seems that Russia and Ukraine can’t seem...

Brent M. EastwoodJune 16, 2026

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Kyiv Is Burning: Ukraine Hit With Massive Drone and Missile Attacks and Now a Cathedral Was Hit

Kyiv is called the City of Golden Domes. Monday night, those domes reflected flames after a Russian strike hit the 1,000-year-old Pechersk Lavra monastery,...

Caleb LarsonJune 16, 2026

Naval Air Station Oceana, Va. (Sept. 25, 2004) - An F-14D Tomcat assigned to the "Black Lions" of Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VF-213), conducts a high-speed pass at the conclusion of the tactical air power demonstration at the 2004 "In Pursuit of Liberty," Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show. The demonstration showcased multiple F-14 Tomcats and F/A-18 Hornets displaying various maneuvers and simulated bomb and staffing passes in front of the crowd. The air show, held Sept. 24-26, showcased civilian and military aircraft from the Nation's armed forces, which provided many flight demonstrations and static displays. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain (RELEASED)

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Don’t Tell the U.S. Navy: Iran Is the Only Country on Earth Still Flying the F-14 Tomcat Fighter

Iran is the only country on Earth still flying the F-14 Tomcat — the Top Gun jet the U.S. retired in 2006. On June...

Brandon WeichertJune 16, 2026

A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) during a Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy test in the mid-Pacific. The SM-3 Block 1B successfully intercepted a target missile that had been launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands in Kauai, Hawaii. Lake Erie detected and tracked the target with its on board AN/SPY-1 radar. The event was the third consecutive successful intercept test of the SM-3 Block IB missile. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

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Iran Just Showed China How to Push the U.S. Navy Out of a Fight — With Cheap Drones and Missiles

Iran didn't beat the United States symmetrically — it closed the Strait of Hormuz with minimal force and kept the U.S. fleet at a...

Robert KellyJune 16, 2026

President Donald J. Trump holds a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

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The Iran Deal’s Biggest Roadblock Isn’t Iran. It’s the Fighting in Lebanon That Won’t Stop

Trump says the Iran deal is done — and this time Iranian and Pakistani officials agree. But its biggest threat isn't Iran. Israel says...

Isaac SeitzJune 16, 2026

Dollars and Sense

Donald Trump Has a Problem: The Iran War May Cost the Global Economy $2.2 Trillion — and Stagflation Is Coming

"Victory on paper, defeat in practice," one analyst warns: the Iran war may be ending, but the economic bill is just arriving. By his...

Brandon WeichertJune 16, 2026

Putin in 2020 Russian Government Photo Handout

Ukraine War

‘Black Rain’ Over Russia: Ukraine Struck a Strategic Fuel Reserve, and the Oil Fell From the Sky

Ukraine didn't hit a routine refinery this time — it struck one of Russia's "untouchable" strategic fuel reserves, held for wartime emergencies, 435 miles...

Reuben JohnsonJune 16, 2026

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Iran Barely Blockaded the Strait of Hormuz. It Mostly Just Threatened To — and That Was Enough to Win

Ukraine War

Putin’s Ukraine War Is A Nightmare That Won’t End: Moscow’s Airports Were Shutdown. Oil Refiners Were Hit

Ukraine War

Putin Looks Helpless: Ukraine Struck a Refinery That Supplies 40% of the Moscow’s Fuel

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Kyiv Is Burning: Ukraine Hit With Massive Drone and Missile Attacks and Now a Cathedral Was Hit

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Don’t Tell the U.S. Navy: Iran Is the Only Country on Earth Still Flying the F-14 Tomcat Fighter

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Just Showed China How to Push the U.S. Navy Out of a Fight — With Cheap Drones and Missiles

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The Iran Deal’s Biggest Roadblock Isn’t Iran. It’s the Fighting in Lebanon That Won’t Stop

Dollars and Sense

Donald Trump Has a Problem: The Iran War May Cost the Global Economy $2.2 Trillion — and Stagflation Is Coming

Ukraine War

‘Black Rain’ Over Russia: Ukraine Struck a Strategic Fuel Reserve, and the Oil Fell From the Sky

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