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Surfers wait for waves on El Porto Beach as the crude oil tanker "Chios" has its cargo pumped into the Chevron Products Company refinery, one of California's largest petroleum processing facilities, in El Segundo, Calif., on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

Energy and Environment

Iran war causing largest disruption of oil in history, International Energy Agency says

Callie Patteson · March 12, 2026 9:22 am

President Donald Trump salutes as an Army carry team moves the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, 54, of Sacramento, Calif., who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran, during a casualty return Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del.

Courage, Strength, and Optimism

Trump is right to remind the world who the global hegemon is

Rep. Pat Fallon · March 10, 2026 6:00 am

Surfers wait for waves on El Porto Beach as the crude oil tanker "Chios" has its cargo pumped into the Chevron Products Company refinery, one of California's largest petroleum processing facilities, in El Segundo, Calif., on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

Energy and Environment

G7 countries rule against release of oil reserves to arrest surge in prices

Callie Patteson · March 9, 2026 10:30 am

A large crowd of demonstrators gather near the Federal Building in the Westwood area to celebrate and call for freedom for the Iranian people in the wake of U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 1, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)

Trump’s Mideast revolution: A chance to transform the world’s most turbulent region

Hugo Gurdon · March 6, 2026 5:21 am

Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ( Rustam Azmi/Getty Images)

The rise of West Asia: How the Iran war will shape the 21st century

Dominic Green · March 6, 2026 5:12 am

In this Nov. 7, 2016 file photo, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and commanders overlook Islamic State group positions during heavy fighting in Bashiqa, east of Mosul, Iraq. Over the past century, Kurds in the Mideast have gotten close to setting up their own state or autonomous regions on several occasions only to have their dreams shattered after being abandoned by world powers. The latest instance comes with Syria's Kurds who with U.S. backing have led the fight against the Islamic State group in that country. Now the U.S. plans to withdraw from Syria, leaving the Kurds to face Turkish forces.

Who are the Kurds, the group rumored to be joining the US war in Iran?

Claire Carter, Brady Knox · March 5, 2026 1:01 pm

President Donald Trump meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Washington.

Washington Secrets

Your cut-out-and-keep guide to Trump’s seven reasons for striking Iran, from nukes to the presidential gut

Rob Crilly · March 4, 2026 11:55 am

The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, June 15, 2025.

Iran may close Strait of Hormuz amid Israel conflict. How does it affect the world’s oil?

Mackenzie Thomas · March 3, 2026 10:57 am

Pegah Jalili, 52, from Frontenac, chants and waves a U.S. flag with Donald Trump's image on it as she celebrates the military action against Iran with a group of Iranians in Kiener Plaza in St. Louis on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. Jalili came to United States in 1996 as a student and was granted got political asylum. "I'm not just worried about my family in Iran. I'm worried about the 80 million people in Iran, they are all my family, my brothers and sisters."

Washington Secrets

Inside Donald Trump’s Iran gamble: Win it and then own it

Rob Crilly · March 2, 2026 11:55 am

Anti-Iranian regime protesters burn an image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

For Democratic contenders, Iran war presents opportunity and risk

Byron York · March 1, 2026 3:33 pm

A B-2 bomber arrives at Whiteman Air Force Base Mo., Sunday, June 22, 2025, after returning from a massive strike on Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday.

B-2 stealth bombers hit Iranian ballistic missile sites with 2,000-pound bombs: CENTCOM

Claire Carter · March 1, 2026 3:07 pm

This image provided by U.S. Central Command shows a F/A-18E Super Hornet launching from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Epic Fury, on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026.

Trump says US has sunk nine Iranian navy ships and ‘largely destroyed’ headquarters

Claire Carter · March 1, 2026 1:12 pm