US Navy Jet Fires On Iran-Flagged Tanker Trying To Reach Iranian Port

China Imposes Export Curbs On 40 Japanese Firms As Tensions With Tokyo Rise China imposed new export controls Monday on 40 Japanese entities it says are contributing to the country’s “remilitarization,” as tensions with Tokyo rise. China’s Commerce Ministry on Monday placed 20 Japanese entities, including the National Institute for Defense Studies and research centers for ground, naval, and air systems, as well as multiple divisions of Mitsubishi Corporation, on a control list, which prohibits Chinese and foreign exporters from selling to them dual-use items made in China. Dual-use items can be...

US SPR Falls Below 300 Million Operational Limit As Oil Drain Unexpectedly Surges To 6.1MM Barrels, Most In 2 Months As negotiations between the US and Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz go nowhere, oil prices continue to slide lower on some naive hope that a resolution to the conflict will magically emerge. Meanwhile, both commercial and strategic stocks continue to be drained at a historic pace, and one day virtually every tank bottom will be hit, sparking a historic surge in commodity prices as the market realizes that...

John Fetterman Reveals Who's Really The Leader Of His Party Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) sat down for an interview on the "All-In Podcast" this week and made a telling admission about the Democratic Party. When co-host David Friedberg asked Fetterman point-blank, "Who do you think leads the Democratic Party today?" the Pennsylvania senator didn't flinch. "Oh, we don't have one," he said. "I think the TDS, that's the leader right now. You know, right now our party is governed by the TDS.” Fetterman then described what that governance actually looks like in...