The Blockade Made the News for Working. The Casualties It Cost Took Two Weeks to Surface.

Trump Said No on the Record. Iran Didn't Wait for a Yes — It Went to Riyadh Instead.

In yesterday's piece I flagged a WSJ report, sourced to unnamed US officials, that Trump had privately rejected Iran's seven-day Hormuz plan. I called it what...

Reported Monday, Denied Monday: The Iran Offer That Trump Says Doesn't Exist

The last two pieces in this series were about a leak that became an on-record quote: WSJ said privately that Trump rejected Iran's seven-day Hormuz plan, and...

Trump scoffs at Iran’s demand for war reparations and other Mideast developments

U.S. President Donald Trump is scoffing at Iran's demands that the U.S. pay for devastation caused by five months of war.

Saudi Arabia, UAE urge Trump to maintain pressure on Iran - WSJ

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are urging Washington to maintain sanctions and its naval blockade of Iran, complicating efforts to restart peace talks as attacks threaten their oil exports, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The Ceasefire's Gone, the Talks Are Gone, and Nobody Agrees on the Tanker

Fifth piece in a series that started with Mokha falling on 09-11. Previous: The Strait Fell, and Riyadh Called Washington → Both Banks, and Now Iran's Own...

The Missile Reached Riyadh. The Oil Market Didn't Blink.

Sixth piece in a series that started with Mokha falling on 09-11. Previous: The Strait Fell, and Riyadh Called Washington → Both Banks, and Now Iran's Own...

Seven Months In, Iran and the US Actually Talked. The Oil Market Believed It.

Seventh piece in a series that started with Mokha falling on 09-11. Previous: The Strait Fell, and Riyadh Called Washington → Both Banks, and Now Iran's Own...

Senators grilled Hegseth on Iran. Here are 3 big moments from the hearing

Hegseth said at the top of the hearing that the supplemental funding was an “urgent, necessary injection of resources” for the department’s needs. He didn’t directly mention the Iran war in his opening statement.

Saudi's MBS dialled Trump, warplanes were readied to hit Houthis. Then, a U-turn

Donald Trump held back from joining Saudi-led strikes on Yemen's Houthis after a personal appeal from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and days of internal wavering. The pause exposed the tension between avoiding a wider Iran-linked conflict and preserving Saudi support for Washington's regional strategy.

Trump rejects Iran's conditional ceasefire proposal, WSJ reports, as Saudi coalition intercepts projectiles

Trump expects renewed U.S. bombing of Iran after the midterm elections, The Wall Street Journal reports, as Saudi-backed forces intercept projectiles.

Iran, prices, ICE, and Epstein are the biggest stories of 2026

In a new database of news headlines stretching back to 2016, I show Trump's midterm convention failed to change news agendas

Trump gifts Saudi Arabia a nuclear win | Politics Weekly America

Donald Trump has announced a landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia while pressing ahead with efforts to stop Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon. What’s driving Trump’s new agreement with Riyadh? And how is it likely to be received at home and across the Gulf?

US airman recounts Iran rescue in 60 Minutes segment branded propaganda

Critics say segment about airman’s rescue was made to boost public perception of Trump’s unpopular war

U.S. fires a new wave of strikes on Iran and hits a tanker trying to skirt its blockade

The U.S. and Iran traded fire for the sixth consecutive day on Thursday with U.S. strikes targeting Iranian command centers and missile sites, and Iran targeting U.S. military bases in Gulf countries, as both sides intensified attacks over control of the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump denies willingness to give Iran sanctions relief in exchange for nuke concessions

US and Iranian officials speak separately with Qatari mediators on amended Iranian proposal that includes end to hostilities in Israeli-occupied south Lebanon, after Trump nixed earlier version