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JD Vance offered a cautionary counterpoint inside the White House on recent strikes against Iran. He raised concerns grounded in his military experience, stayed publicly supportive once decisions were made, and has a record of warning against long foreign entanglements.
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Emails and lunches show a veteran Washington strategist traded notes with Jeffrey Epstein about Elon Musk, third-party politics and a pro-democracy pitch. She says it was to hurt Trump. The files tell a slightly different, messier story.
The IEA says the Iran conflict knocked out nearly 20 million bpd of exports and could cut global supply by 8 million bpd in March.
Israeli strikes hit central Beirut and southern suburbs, killing hundreds and forcing over 800,000 people from their homes.
Mojtaba Khamenei's first public line: the Strait of Hormuz remains closed and Iran may open new fronts if the US and Israel keep up the war.
Prosecutors in Milan asked for a trial against Amazon EU sarl and four executives, accusing their algorithm of ignoring EU tax rules and costing about €1.2B.
US says it’s not ready to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz as Iran keeps the waterway closed and oil prices jump.
Iran’s president has spelled out three demands to stop the fighting: recognition, reparations and ironclad guarantees. Is this a real exit ramp or just rhetoric?
Jose Antonio Kast has been sworn in as Chile's president, signaling a rightward shift and promises of tougher crime and migration policies plus closer ties with Israel and the US.
Middle East conflict has cut Gulf oil by ~10% of global demand; IEA orders 400M-barrel release but prices still spike above $100.
A Shahed drone appears to have lost altitude and hit an Italian vehicle at Erbil; troops are safe and in bunkers. Tensions across the region keep rising.
A former minister tries to explain why rightwing populism thrives and offers fixes. Some smart bits, some centrist comforts, and a few curious blind spots.