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You Don’t Call It a Blockade Unless You Mean It

You Don’t Call It a Blockade Unless You Mean It

April 15, 2026 Update: at 9:30 a.m. Eastern, Rich Starry and other Chinese-owned ships reversed course and are now in Iranian water back inside the Persian Gulf. U.S. Central Command says all ships have now either stopped or reversed courses. Update: At 11 a.m....
The Machines Are Winning. The People Aren’t So Sure

The Machines Are Winning. The People Aren’t So Sure

Four weeks ago, most Americans were just trying to figure out why gas jumped another dollar a gallon. Now we’ve got something else on our hands. Stanford dropped its 2026 AI Index, and buried inside all those charts and PhD-level jargon is a simple truth: the people...
Trouble in the Strait: Oil Markets Just Got Played

Trouble in the Strait: Oil Markets Just Got Played

Ceasefire headlines sent oil plunging. Reality sent it roaring back. Welcome to the new war—fought in shipping lanes, not just battlefields. There’s trouble in River City. Not the kind with pool halls and marching bands—this one runs through the Strait of Hormuz,...
Oil Hit $90—and the Pump Hasn’t Caught Up Yet

Oil Hit $90—and the Pump Hasn’t Caught Up Yet

If you’re paying around $3.75 a gallon in Florida right now, it feels like the spike already happened. It didn’t. What you’re seeing at the pump reflects oil prices from about a week or two ago—when crude was trading closer to $80 a barrel. But for the past several...