Dollars and Sense Zelensky Has a Problem: Trump Blames Ukraine’s Refinery Strikes for Rising Oil Prices, and Its Drones Just Hit Another One Ukrainian drones struck a Russian refinery that makes military jet fuel and a military food supplier, the first refinery strike in two weeks. The... Stephen Silver6 days ago
Dollars and Sense The Trump Administration Just Did the Unthinkable: They Wrote a Letter to Iran to Try and Stop the War and Get a Deal The vice president reportedly wrote to Iran’s security chief proposing direct talks, as Trump downplays negotiations and his top Mideast commander briefs him on... Shay Bottomley6 days ago
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More ‘Black Rain’: Fires at Gulf Oil Sites Can Send Soot Falling From the Sky, and the Iran War Has Put More of Them at Risk Oil pollution from the war in the Persian Gulf may have doubled in area, satellite researchers say, with slicks closing UAE beaches and appearing... Harrison Kass7 days ago
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Trump Just Handed the World a Big Clue That He’s Cool on New Iran Talks: He Says the Outreach Was About ‘Medical Supplies’ The defense secretary has fired the Pentagon’s top war planner, the second general pushed out of the job, as allies brace for possible renewed... Shay Bottomley7 days ago
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Something Strange Is Happening in the Strait of Hormuz: Iran Says Three Tankers Hit Its Mines, Yet It Hasn’t Named a Single Ship Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says three oil tankers hit mines and caught fire after using an unauthorized route through the Strait of Hormuz, a claim... Jack Buckby7 days ago
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Washington Just Got Handed a Bigger Iran War Price Tag: More Than Half Goes to Replacing Munitions, and It Leaves Out Base Damage A new Central Command estimate shows the Iran war’s cost still climbing, with more than half going to replace munitions. Trump says the war... Stephen Silver7 days ago
The Treaty Iran Just Got Handed a Sign of the Blockade’s Reach: The U.S. Navy Says Even Neutral Ships on Neutral Routes Can Be Stopped and Inspected The U.S. Navy is warning commercial ships to avoid unnecessary trips through the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, saying even neutral... Jack BuckbyOctober 28, 2026
Dollars and Sense Trump Just Got Handed a Ballot Warning: Forty-Four Percent of Likely Voters Say Their Midterm Vote Is a Vote Against Him, a Poll Finds Eight months into the Iran war, Trump still defends it as necessary to stop Tehran from getting a nuclear weapon, but some regular Republican... Shay BottomleyOctober 28, 2026
Dollars and Sense Donald Trump Is In Trouble: ‘Voters are not judging the economy by GDP figures or record highs on the stock market’ The economy is growing and unemployment is low, but a new BBC analysis says voters are judging Trump by what they pay at the... Stephen SilverOctober 28, 2026