Dollars and Sense Trump Says the Strait of Hormuz Is Open and Safe — but Ships Are Refusing America’s Escorts Anyway Despite Trump declaring the Strait of Hormuz open and safe, shipping companies are refusing the U.S. military's guided-transit escorts and delaying voyages, seven maritime... Jack BuckbyJuly 15, 2026
Ukraine War Everyone Says the Tide Is Turning in Ukraine’s Favor — Its Former Military Chief Isn’t So Sure Russia's deepening fuel crisis has convinced many in the West that Ukraine is winning — von der Leyen says 'the tide is turning.' But... Isaac SeitzJuly 15, 2026
Ukraine War A Ukrainian Sea Drone Struck an FSB Patrol Ship Right Near the Black Sea ‘Palace’ Navalny Linked to Putin Ukraine struck near the Black Sea compound Navalny famously alleged belongs to Putin, hitting the FSB patrol ship Izumrud with a sea drone, per... Stephen SilverJuly 15, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Two American Pilots Were Shot Down Over Water Too Dangerous to Reach — a Robot Boat Went in and Got Them A Corsair drone boat pulled two downed Apache pilots from the Gulf of Oman after two hours in the water — too dangerous a... Steve BalestrieriJuly 15, 2026
Ukraine War Ukraine Gave Its Next Phase a Name — ‘MoLoChKa,’ Short for a Promise: Moscow Will Fall Through Crimea Ukraine has hit 116 vessels in nine days in the Sea of Azov, launching a named next phase — 'MoLoChKa,' for 'Moscow Will Fall... Stephen SilverJuly 15, 2026
The Treaty Europe and the Gulf Just Drew a Legal Red Line on Hormuz — No Permits, No Tolls, No Exceptions, for Iran or America The IRGC threatened to halt all regional oil and gas exports — 'either for everyone or for no one' — as CENTCOM struck Iran's... Jack BuckbyJuly 15, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Iran Just Threatened to Choke Every Energy Corridor in the Region — ‘Either Shared by All or Denied to All’ Iran's IRGC threatened to close every regional export corridor — 'shared by all or denied to all' — as CENTCOM turned back the first... Stephen SilverJuly 15, 2026
The Treaty Trump Just Read Iran an Escalation Schedule on Live TV — Power Plants Next Week, Then the Bridges, Unless They Deal CENTCOM hit Iran's Greater Tunb island for 90 minutes in broad daylight Wednesday as Trump laid out an escalation calendar — power plants next... Steve BalestrieriJuly 15, 2026
Dollars and Sense Washington Assumes an Emptying Oil Reserve Will Force Restraint on Trump — It May Push Him Toward a Bigger War Instead Dr. Andrew Latham argues the Strategic Petroleum Reserve — down 99 million barrels to a 1983 low, worth about sixteen days of prewar Hormuz... Andrew LathamJuly 15, 2026