Europe finalized a €90 billion Ukraine aid package and is sending it. In Washington, a $400 million tranche stalled and Congress had to force a vote with a discharge petition.
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Trump called Iran’s ceasefire proposal a ‘piece of garbage’ on May 11, putting talks on ‘life support’ days before his Beijing summit with Xi Jinping.
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The Iran war is now squeezing the country from both ends: a $28 billion military tab that keeps climbing, and $4.30 gas that’s draining household budgets faster than any tax hike ever could.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ousted Navy Secretary John Phelan effective immediately on Wednesday, the latest in a growing purge of military leadership during an active war with Iran, as fresh polling shows Trump’s approval cratering on the economy and foreign policy.
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USS Spruance fired on the Iranian-flagged Touska in the Gulf of Oman days before the US-Iran ceasefire expires Wednesday, sending oil prices surging and pushing Tehran away from the negotiating table.
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Iran reversed its reopening of the Strait of Hormuz within hours on Saturday after Trump refused to lift the US port blockade, with IRGC gunboats opening fire on a tanker 20 nautical miles off Oman.
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Tankers are moving again. After weeks of blockade chatter and war premiums, Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz “completely open” and the Trump ceasefire held. Brent cratered double digits, stocks hit new highs, and global trade got its best week of the year.
Iran says commercial traffic can flow through Hormuz for the remainder of the ceasefire. Trump welcomed the gesture but kept the US naval blockade in place until a deal is signed. Oil, insurance and Europe’s jet fuel clock are all still telling a different story.
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The U.S. Navy began enforcing a complete blockade of Iranian ports on April 13 after weekend peace negotiations collapsed in Islamabad, threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz and sending oil prices past $102 per barrel in the most significant escalation of the six-week conflict.
Trump’s personal attack on Pope Leo XIV over the Iran war reopens a critical breach with Catholic voters and exposes his contempt for moral authority he cannot control, a gamble that could cost him support in the 2026 midterms.
Despite the US-Iran ceasefire, only two tankers have transited the Strait of Hormuz. Iran demands toll fees and transit permission while threatening to pull out over Israel’s Lebanon operations. Oil is back above $100.
Iran has rejected a proposed 45-day ceasefire as Trump sets an 8 p.m. Tuesday deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to reduce the country to rubble. Oil markets are whipsawing, Saudi Arabia just raised crude prices to record premiums, and the only diplomatic track left is being run by countries that are not the United States.
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One month into the U.S. war in Iran, the cracks aren’t in Tehran. They’re in the Western alliance. Spain has closed its airspace to American military flights, Trump is threatening to destroy civilian water and energy systems, and at CPAC, his own base is quietly fracturing over a conflict nobody voted for.
Trump extended his deadline to strike Iranian power plants by 10 days to April 6, claiming talks are going “very well” while Israel escalates strikes on Tehran and the global energy crisis pushes South Korea into emergency mode.
Iran flatly rejected Trump’s 15-point peace plan and issued five counterdemands of its own. With the 82nd Airborne deploying and Kuwait’s airport on fire, Day 26 looks nothing like a ceasefire.
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As 13 American soldiers come home in coffins and oil prices spike past $100, a clearer picture is emerging of who actually benefits from the Iran war. Spoiler: it’s not the American taxpayer.
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On March 3, after Spain refused to let the U.S. use its air bases for the Iran campaign, Trump said he didn’t need Spain’s help. On March 9, he called it “my honor” to secure the Strait of Hormuz alone. On Friday, he told Fox News he didn’t need help with drone defense. On Saturday, he told NBC News flatly: “We don’t need help.”
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