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July 14, 2026
The Houthis Have Joined the Chat
Iran’s break-the-glass plan to strangle another key waterway may now be active.
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July 13, 2026
Russian Energy Is Now at Ukraine’s Mercy
Kyiv’s drone offensive against Russian oil facilities has found a sixth gear.
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July 8, 2026
Energy Markets’ False Dawn May Be Over
The U.S.-Iran deal has devolved into fighting again, with potentially ugly implications for oil prices.
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July 2, 2026
The MOU Is Paying Off Early for Iran
Washington and Tehran are grappling over a “memorandum of misunderstanding.”
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June 29, 2026
The Supreme Court Pushes Back on Trump’s Fed Assault
Tampering with the Federal Reserve’s independence proved to be a bridge too far.
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June 24, 2026
Treasury Chief Bessent Defends Trump’s Iran Deal
Vice President J.D. Vance isn’t the only one being trotted out to sell an unpopular deal.
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June 18, 2026
The Iran Deal Is Hazy on Hormuz
Everything is clear except what will happen to shipping and oil exports.
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June 15, 2026
Trump Has His Iran Deal. How Soon Until Oil Prices Come Down?
It’s complicated but not this month, most likely.
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June 11, 2026
Hormuz Isn’t Closed Anymore. But It’s Not Fully Open, Either.
The Trump administration is borrowing Russia’s “shadow fleet” tactics to get ships moving.
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June 10, 2026
Europe Plans to Crack Down on Russia—but for Real This Time
Trump and the Iran war gave Russia a boost. Brussels is fed up.
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June 5, 2026
The U.S. Economy Is Proving Remarkably Resilient
Even in the face of tariffs and an energy crisis, the jobs report shows an economy that’s still humming.
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June 4, 2026
Trump’s New ‘Forced Labor’ Tariffs Are a Fig Leaf
The new import duties are “a solution in search of a problem.”
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June 1, 2026
The Energy Crisis Will Long Outlast the Iran War
The baked-in damage to oil and gas production will take months to undo.
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May 20, 2026
Trump’s War Is Wrecking Trump’s Economy
Inflation is rising and fault lines are widening on disruptions from history’s biggest energy shock.
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May 11, 2026
Iran War Chokes ‘Major Driver’ of Global Economy
The Hormuz crisis is hitting diesel even harder than crude.
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May 8, 2026
Trump’s Tariffs Just Got Struck Down in Court—Again
Courts keep taking a skeptical view of the executive branch’s overreach.
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May 1, 2026
Trump’s Plan B for Tariffs Rests on Shaky Foundations
The Section 301 case outlined by U.S. trade officials is neither coherent nor defensible.
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April 28, 2026
Why Iran Isn’t Blinking Yet
Trump’s blockade aims to force damaging shutdowns at Iranian oil fields. But Tehran has been through this before.
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April 21, 2026
Russia Is Making Bank on Trump’s Iran War
Pricey oil and sanctions relief mean smiles in Moscow.
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