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The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Iran ‘blew the hell out of Bahrain’ — and Trump’s Gulf strategy with it

John Hannah, Rena Gabber · October 12, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would personally speak with Hezbollah leadership if asked to do so by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump’s hands are tied in Hormuz. Here’s ‘Plan B’

John Hannah · July 23, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office.

Trump is stuck and his Iran leverage is spent

John Hannah · June 12, 2026 9:00 am

Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's crown prince, signs an agreement with SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman Masayoshi Son in New York on Tuesday, March 27, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

A welcome Senate visit to Saudi Arabia

Blaise Misztal, John Hannah · February 22, 2023 6:00 am

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2014 file photo, a sheet of uncut $100 bills is inspected during the printing process at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. A strengthening U.S. economy, combined with a gloomy outlook for growth elsewhere in the world, is pushing the U.S. currency to its highest level in more than a year. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Beltway Confidential

End America’s complicity in Iraq’s sanctions busting

joel-rayburn, John Hannah · February 8, 2023 6:28 pm

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