Clearing Strait of Hormuz of mines could take 6 months, Pentagon tells Congress The Pentagon assessment, shared in a classified briefing for lawmakers, suggests gasoline and oil prices could remain elevated through the midterm elections.

The "energy dominance" president does not seem to understand the consequences for energy of his war of aggression.
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Iran Again Tightens Its Grip on Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz

The "energy dominance" president has handed energy dominance to Iran.
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Trump economic approval drops to 30 percent in new polling President Trump’s fiscal policies are becoming increasingly unpopular amid economic strains resulting from the Iran war, according to new polling.  The Associated Press-NORC Research Center su…

Ordinary Americans are not euphoric about Donald Trump's "populist" program to make ordinary Americans poorer while making billionaires richer.
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A 60-Day Deadline Could Pressure Trump on Ending the Iran War

If only there was some institution that could constrain the reckless actions of a deranged warmonger.
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Bessent Backs Financial Support for Oil-Rich U.A.E.

Donald Trump shows his commitment to "populism" by having the former Wall Street hedge fund manager he picked to be treasury secretary endorse his proposal to take money from ordinary Americans and give it to Persian Gulf billionaires.
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Trump Administration Live Updates: C.D.C. Canceled Publication of Covid Vaccine Study

Donald Trump shows his commitment to "populism" by deceiving his own voters and making them sick.
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Republicans Have One Midterm Edge, and It’s Worth $600 Million

The party of tax cuts for billionaires may be unpopular with ordinary Americans, but it still is popular with billionaires.
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Ordinary Americans do not share the billionaires’ euphoria over Donald Trump.

What Was the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal?

Donald Trump does not appear to be the shrewd global strategist that media and intellectual elites insisted he was.
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It turns out that Donald Trump is not the savvy deal maker that media and intellectual elites assured us he would be.

Donald Trump does not appear to be the strategic thinker that media and intellectual elites insist he is.

The third richest person on earth owns a media outlet so he can promote the party of tax cuts for billionaires.

Trump extends ceasefire indefinitely as Iran says it won’t join talks now The announcement came as talks set to take place between U.S. and Iranian delegations in Pakistan were postponed amid uncertainty about the broad strokes of a deal.

It turns out that Donald Trump is not the savvy negotiator that the media and intellectual elites insist that he is.
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The fossil fuel president is encouraging the world to abandon fossil fuels.

A.I. ‘Hallucinations’ Created Errors in Court Filing, Top Law Firm Says

The media's faith in the tech and legal elites appears to have been misplaced.
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United Airlines slashes 2026 forecast as fuel costs surge The carrier's first-quarter earnings topped Wall Street's expectations.

The "peace president" decided to pursue foreign wars rather than to provide a "golden age" of travel.
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Trump tosses ‘totally wrong’ Energy Secretary Wright under bus over gas prices Iranian forces said on Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed as the U.S. blockade persists, spiking oil prices again

The "energy dominance" president says that his own energy secretary is "totally wrong" about energy prices.
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Trust Trump? Iran’s Doubts Shadow Peace Talks

Iranian leaders are not impressed by Donald Trump's deal making skills.
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U.S. Considers Financial Support for Oil-Rich U.A.E.

Donald Trump will put "America First" by taking money from ordinary Americans so that he can give it to Persian Gulf billionaires.
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Open or Shut, the Strait of Hormuz May Not Go Back to Normal

Persian Gulf oil kleptocrats discover that their euphoria over Donald Trump was misplaced.
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Iran war accelerates America’s breakup with the world President Donald Trump’s erratic moves aren’t helping.

The rest of the world decides that it's impossible to work with a country that's ruled by a demented warmonger.
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Opinion | ‘Easily the Worst President in U.S. History’

On one hand, Donald Trump is killing ordinary Americans, undermining democracy at home, and weakening America’s standing abroad. On the other, he is making billionaires even wealthier.
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Trump Is Making Republicans Wet Their Beds The president's war in Iran and mass deportation campaign are having major - and negative - political consequences. Plus, his outgoing labor secretary discovers you can in fact have too many scandals.

Republicans discover that their program of racism and militarism is not as popular as they expected it would be.
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Iran war accelerates America’s breakup with the world President Donald Trump’s erratic moves aren’t helping.

Donald Trump is making America weak and isolated.
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Trump’s statements on Iran increasingly contradict each other The president has made conflicting comments on questions both large and small related to the war.

It turns out that Donald Trump is not a reliable source of information.
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‘Immediate Results’ vs. ‘The Long Game’: the U.S. and Iran Face Off

The New York Times discovers that Donald Trump may not be the master negotiator it has insisted for the last ten years that he is.
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A Leaner Saudi Arabia Turns From Grandiose Plans to Pragmatism

Saudi Arabia may have to reduce the number of palaces it builds for Donald Trump.
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Just daring (without success) to get the media to describe him as he actually is.

The “peace president“ threatens to have a much longer war,

The Forces of Scarcity Hitting Asia May Soon Spread Across the World

The "peace president" is making the world poorer with his wars of aggression.
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