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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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April 8, 2026
The Energy Crisis Won’t End Right Away (Even if the Iran War Does)
Even if the cease-fire holds, it will take months to undo the damage.
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April 3, 2026
Why Jet Fuel Is the Real Harbinger of the Energy Crisis
The Iran war is torching the products that make the world go around.
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March 30, 2026
The Houthis Are Now in the War—But How Deep?
Iran’s Yemeni proxy group could make a bad energy market catastrophic if it targets the Red Sea.
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March 26, 2026
Iran Is Putting a ‘Toll Booth’ in the Strait of Hormuz
Some ships are getting through: those that pay, and those that play.
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March 23, 2026
The Iran War’s Impact on Gas Markets May Be Felt for Years
Even once the war ends, it will take time to get back to normal energy flows.
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March 18, 2026
Iran Isn’t Trump’s Only War
Even as Trump wages war on Tehran, he’s reigniting his economic war against U.S. trading partners.
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March 12, 2026
Trump’s Efforts to Defuse the Oil Spike Aren’t Working
Big reserve releases, promises of escorts, and insurance can’t convince the market that the crisis will be over soon.
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March 9, 2026
Oil Markets Are Starting to Take the Iran War Seriously
Releasing strategic reserves would be a fillip, but opening the Strait of Hormuz is the key to lower prices.
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March 5, 2026
Why Aren’t Energy Markets Reacting More to the Iran War?
Each day of war that passes adds to the physical risks to global oil and gas, but so far markets have basically shrugged.
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March 4, 2026
Trump’s War Is Taking a Toll on Aviation
The $8 trillion air freight industry faces huge challenges due to the war in the Middle East.
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March 2, 2026
The U.S. War on Iran Rattles Energy Markets
Oil and gas prices have jumped, but not as high as one might expect.
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February 28, 2026
Oil Markets Brace for Disruption After U.S.-Israel Strikes on Iran
The worries include strikes against regional oil production as well as crude flows from the Persian Gulf.
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February 25, 2026
Ukraine’s Strikes on Russian Energy Have Two Targets
Targeting oil infrastructure that recalcitrant Hungary relies on lets Kyiv hit two birds with one drone.
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