Tit-For-Tat Assaults On Shipping Widen: US Intercepts 3 More 'Illicit' Tankers In Asian Waters, Iran Seizes Additional 2 In Hormuz

DHS Proposes To Increase Citizenship Application Fees By 80% Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration on June 23 proposed increasing the cost of becoming an American citizen in a move that would nearly double the price of naturalization. The proposal would raise the government’s fee for filing an online naturalization application form, the N-400, from $710 to $1,280, an 80-percent increase, according to the proposal from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), published in the Federal Register on Tuesday. For paper filings of the N-400, DHS said that...

The Canadian government has responded with retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion worth of US goods after Washington slapped major duties on Canadian products. The new tariffs imposed by Ottawa will target the American steel industry, farm equipment, and dairy goods, among other imports. Imposed on Tuesday, the Canadian counter-tariffs will range from 15% to 50%, […]

Brent Tops $100 As Gulf Conflict Escalates; UBS Warns US-Iran "Off-Ramp Remains Elusive" Brent crude futures topped $100 a barrel for the first time since July as US strikes on Iranian oil tankers and renewed attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure and a US base in Jordan suggested to UBS energy specialist Dominic Ellis that a "US-Iran off-ramp remains elusive." Ellis adds more color on the overnight Gulf developments and response in the crude oil market: Brent topped $100/bbl as the US and Iran continue to trade strikes around the Strait of Hormuz.  The...