On February 20, 2026, the supreme court of the united states handed President Trump the most consequential judicial defeat of his second term a 6-3 ruling that declared his sweeping global tariffs unconstitutional and dismantled, at least temporarily, the centerpiece of his economic agenda. Within 48 hours, the White House had a workaround in motion.…

Speaking at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund spring meetings on Friday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered a blunt message to global energy markets, trading partners, and Tehran alike: the limited relief Washington has extended on oil sanctions is over. “We have the blockade, and there’s no oil coming out,” Bessent told reporters.…

With gas prices stubbornly above $4 per gallon and midterm elections eight months away, the White House moved Thursday to extend one of its most consequential domestic energy tools. President Trump announced a 90-day extension of the Jones Act shipping waiver, giving foreign-flagged vessels continued access to U.S. domestic sea lanes through mid-August and keeping…

The Pentagon is not waiting for diplomacy to run its course. While negotiators in Islamabad wrestle with whether Iran will return to the peace table, us military news from Washington reveals that the Department of Defense has already begun developing detailed contingency plans to dismantle Iran’s defensive architecture in the straits of hormuz one of…

How a decades-long campaign by Israel’s prime minister finally found its willing partner and ignited the Middle East For more than two decades, Benjamin Netanyahu harbored a vision: a joint American-Israeli military campaign that would dismantle Iran’s nuclear program, cripple its military, and trigger the collapse of the Islamic Republic. He pitched it to one…

The morning of April 22 began with a threat. “I expect to be bombing,” Trump told CNBC when asked whether he’d extend the Iran ceasefire past its Wednesday deadline. By evening, the ceasefire had been extended indefinitely. The blockade stayed. The deadline was gone. And across social media, a single acronym reappeared like a recurring…

On Tuesday, with hours remaining before the deadline he had called “highly unlikely” to move, Donald Trump moved it. The ceasefire with Iran — which the White House had repeatedly signaled would expire Wednesday evening — was extended indefinitely. No new end date was set. The blockade stayed. And the question that immediately followed was…

With the clock ticking toward a Wednesday deadline and a naval blockade still choking Iranian ports, President Donald Trump issued his starkest warning yet: if no deal is in hand when the ceasefire expires, the bombs may start falling again. “Maybe I won’t extend it,” Trump told reporters on Friday when asked what happens if…

The Iran negotiations in Islamabad have a public face — and a private war. JD Vance is in the room, pushing for a deal. Marco Rubio is on the record doubting one is possible. Trump is watching both men, reading the room, and deciding which vision of American power wins. The ceasefire expires April 21.…

The plan was elegant in theory: maximum economic pressure, crippling sanctions, and targeted tariffs would force Iran to the negotiating table on American terms. Instead, oil hit $144, gas prices broke records, inflation surged, and Iran submitted its own 10-point peace proposal — which Trump called “workable.” Someone’s strategy is backfiring. It isn’t Tehran’s. WASHINGTON…