44 entries in the ledger
The U.S. military struck two Iranian government-owned tankers on Sept. 1, 2026 as part of a wider round of strikes, U.S. officials told Axios. Officials described the strikes as the first carried out under a new "tanker...
Overnight after the Aug. 30 exchange of strikes with Iran, Trump posted what NPR described as an apparently AI-generated video of a large oil facility being hit by missiles, captioned "Kharg Island being blown to...
A review published Aug. 31, 2026 by the conflict monitor Airwars, verified by the Associated Press, found that three missiles that struck the Iranian city of Lamerd on Feb. 28 killed civilians as far as 50 meters (164...
The Aug. 14 Secretary of Defense Orders Book records that the commanders of U.S. European, Pacific and Southern Commands, with Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle, entered a formal "non-concur" against Defense...
The U.S. military told NPR it struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Sunday that it said were preparing to fire sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's armed forces said the strikes on Larak Island killed military...
The Treasury Department proposed a rule on Aug. 28, 2026 that would sever the United Arab Emirates branches of Banque Misr, Egypt's second-largest bank, from the U.S. financial system, accusing them of serving as an...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth polled top commanders in early 2025 on cutting the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response program, offering three options: cut 65% of staff but stay operational, keep only a small Washington...
Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee released an analysis Monday estimating that Trump's disclosed oil and gas holdings, reported as $12.5 million to $45.6 million at the end of 2025, rose about 39 percent on...
South Korea's Marine Corps said on Aug. 24 that the United States had canceled Ssangyong, the division-level joint amphibious landing exercise scheduled for September. A South Korean Marine Corps spokesperson told a...
Two U.S. officials told Axios on Aug. 19 that the military has quietly established a shipping corridor through a southern channel of the Strait of Hormuz, moving 15 to 20 tankers in and out each night in convoys under...