Dollars and Sense Iran Is Making Putin’s Mistake: Tehran’s Bid to Blackmail the World Over Hormuz Could Leave It Controlling Nothing at All Iran is banking on a $40 billion payday from new tolls in the Strait of Hormuz — but Gulf states, Washington, and Asian buyers... Steve BalestrieriJuly 6, 2026
Ukraine War Putin Just Lost the Oil Windfall That Should Have Saved His War: Russia’s Crude Crashed to Half Its Peak as Ukraine Guts Refineries Russia's flagship Urals crude averaged just $41.66 a barrel in early July — less than half its April peak and well below the level... Steve BalestrieriJuly 6, 2026
Dollars and Sense The Iran War Just Triggered the ‘Greatest Threat to Global Energy Security in History’ — and the World’s Oil Safety Net Is Now Gone The Iran conflict triggered what the IEA calls the greatest threat to global energy security in history, halting roughly a fifth of global oil... Steve BalestrieriJuly 6, 2026
Ukraine War ‘Much Closer Than People Realize’: Trump Just Claimed Putin Wants to End the War — and Said the Russian Leader ‘Does Feel Pressure’ President Trump said July 6 that Vladimir Putin "does feel pressure" and an end to the war may be closer than people realize. The... Jack BuckbyJuly 6, 2026
Ukraine War Russia Was Called ‘a Gas Station’ — Now Putin Is Importing Gasoline From India and Banning Fuel Exports as Ukraine Guts His Refineries Fuel shortages have spread across nearly all of Russia's regions, with rationing reaching Moscow and elites waiting up to 18 hours in gas lines.... Steve BalestrieriJuly 6, 2026
Dollars and Sense Americans Just Turned Against Trump’s Iran War: Poll After Poll Finds Voters Don’t Believe It Was Worth the Cost as His Approval Sinks A new Financial Times poll found 58 percent of voters believe the Iran conflict was not worth the cost, echoing surveys from Quinnipiac, CBS,... Jack BuckbyJuly 6, 2026
The Treaty ‘Marked for Death’: Iran Just Barred Its New Supreme Leader From His Own Father’s Burial Over Israeli Assassination Fears Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, reportedly asked to emerge from hiding to bury his father in Mashhad on July 9 — but security... Jack BuckbyJuly 5, 2026
Ukraine War Russian Soldiers Are Now Walking 19 Miles Just to Reach the Front — Ukraine Has Destroyed the Trucks, the Fuel, and the Supply Lines The image says everything: Russian soldiers walking 19 miles to reach their own positions, because Ukraine has destroyed the logistics behind them. Ukraine's defense... Reuben JohnsonJuly 4, 2026
The Treaty Iran Is Burying the Supreme Leader America Killed — With 20 Million Mourners Expected and a Warning That Any Strike Means “Harsh Retaliation” Five months after U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Ayatollah Khamenei in the war's opening wave, Iran has begun a week-long state funeral it calls... Jack BuckbyJuly 4, 2026