A running log of tanker attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war: weekly counts, each incident by date and the effect on Gulf oil flows.
News
Democrats Win Congress and the Subpoenas That Come With It
Democrats flipped seven Senate seats and took the House. Vance blames the Iran war. Next come subpoenas for Epstein records, war costs and Pete Hegseth.
News
Qeshm Island Strike Wasn’t Announced. It Wasn’t the First.
The U.S. hit Iran’s Qeshm Island Monday in a series of strikes it never announced, the WSJ reports. In June, CENTCOM publicly announced its Qeshm strike.
News
Two London Men Charged U.S. RAF Fairford:
Prosecutors say one of the men in the vans at RAF Fairford called police himself after a bomb warning. Two men now face National Security Act charges.
Opinion
Iran Set Its Watch to Oct. 28. The Fed Keeps Its Own Calendar.
Iran’s tanker campaign pushed oil to $110 and inflation to 3.7%. But the Fed looks set to skip Iran’s Oct. 28 deadline, and bond traders did the hiking.
News
How Yellow Blocks Nobody Wanted Became A Quiet Crisis
Hormuz and a wave of export bans left the world short – squeezing fertilizer, nickel and copper. While Alberta holds the world’s biggest stockpile.
News
Iran Plots Against U.S. Staff Are ‘Advanced,’ Intel Chief Warns
DNI Clayton’s memo to Rubio warns Iranian plots against Americans are advanced, and the intel behind it is too classified for most staff at risk to see.
News
U.S. Orders Diplomats Out of Saudi Arabia, Denies Wider Gulf Pullout
The U.S. ordered non-emergency staff and families out of Saudi Arabia over Houthi attacks. The State Dept. calls a Gulf-wide pullout report inaccurate.
Opinion
Iran War’s Lost Aircraft Are Counted From a Shoebox of Clippings
The CRS count of US aircraft lost in the Iran war ‘nearly doubled’ to 81. Most of its entries trace to news reports rather than anything the Pentagon said.