Trump waives the 106-year-old Jones Act and eases Venezuela oil sanctions on the same day as the administration scrambles to contain a 27% gas price surge three weeks into the Iran war.
Iran attacks gas facilities across Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia after Israel hits the world’s largest gas field, pushing oil above $110 as both sides turn energy infrastructure into a weapon on day 20.
Trump posts “STATEHOOD!!!” after Venezuela defeats the U.S. in the World Baseball Classic final, two months after ordering Maduro’s capture.
American diplomatic facilities attacked 292 times in 19 days of war as State Department orders every embassy worldwide to immediately review security.
Trump says he will act “very soon” on Cuba as Rubio calls for “new people in charge” while island reels from total grid collapse.
U.S. attacks Iranian missile sites along Strait of Hormuz with 5,000-pound bombs as Israel kills Iran’s security chief.
State Department memo proposes cutting HIV treatment for 1.3 million Zambians unless the country gives U.S. companies preferential access to its copper and lithium mines.
Cuba’s entire electric grid collapses under U.S. oil blockade, leaving the island’s 9.6 million residents without power as Trump vows to “take” the country.
Iran strikes Doha and Dubai, Israel hits Beirut as Lebanon displacement passes 1 million on day 18 of U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Trump says Cuba “wants to make a deal” and signals action after Iran, one week after suggesting the island could face a “takeover.”
Trump threatens to delay Beijing summit unless China helps reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but data shows China holds 1.2 billion barrels in reserve and gets less than half its oil through the strait.
State Department tells Americans to leave Iraq immediately by land after second missile strike on U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad this week.
U.S. raises flag at Venezuela embassy for the first time in seven years, with the former president jailed in Brooklyn and his successor under threat of indictment.
Trump calls on allies he levied tariffs on to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz as Iran widens war to target UAE cities for the first time.
Cuba confirms talks with U.S. as the island faces economic collapse after Trump cut off Venezuelan oil supplies and threatened a “friendly takeover.”
Jared Kushner solicits $5B from Middle Eastern governments for his private equity firm while serving as Trump’s envoy negotiating with those same governments.
World Anti-Doping Agency moves to bar Trump and all U.S. officials from the LA Olympics and World Cup over $7.3M in unpaid dues.
Treasury temporarily lifts sanctions on 124 million barrels of Russian oil stranded at sea as the Iran war pushes crude back above $100.
Iran’s sports minister says the country will not compete in this summer’s World Cup in the United States, hours after Trump told FIFA the Iranian team was “welcome.”
Senate Democrats file war powers resolution to block military action against Cuba after Trump says a “takeover” will follow the Iran war.
Iran’s supreme leader, confirmed injured in the war’s opening attacks and speaking publicly for the first time, calls for closing the Strait of Hormuz.
Oil surges past $100 a barrel despite the largest emergency reserve release in IEA history, as traders say 400 million barrels covers only a quarter of the supply gap.
Pentagon tells Congress the Iran war cost $11.3 billion in its first 6 days as Trump declares “we’ve won” on day 13.
Trump’s State Department nominee Jeremy Carl withdraws after senators pressed him on past comments promoting “white identity” and even Republicans withheld support.
IEA proposes largest emergency oil release in its history to counter Iran war price spike as G7 backs the plan, but crude prices keep climbing.
Two suspects fire handgun at U.S. Consulate in Toronto in what RCMP calls a “national security incident,” the third attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility in four days.
Iran declares Middle East banks military targets and vows to block all oil exports as Pentagon reveals 140 U.S. service members wounded in 12-day war.
Rubio designates Afghanistan as second country labeled a state sponsor of wrongful detention, enabling sanctions over Taliban’s imprisonment of Americans.
Trump tells GOP lawmakers the Iran war will be a “short-term excursion,” then hours later threatens to hit Iran twenty times harder if oil stops flowing through Strait of Hormuz.
Enrique Tarrio, former Proud Boys leader pardoned after 22-year sentence for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack, attends diplomatic Shield of the Americas summit and meets Rubio.
Ukraine sends drone defense experts to protect US military bases in Jordan after American request Thursday, Zelenskyy tells New York Times.
Two sanctioned Iranian ships loaded with suspected missile fuel chemicals depart Chinese port bound for Iran as Beijing chooses not to intervene in war.
Explosion hits US embassy entrance in Oslo overnight, shattering glass and prompting Norway to reinforce security around Iranian and Jewish populations.
Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei supreme leader three days after Trump claimed personal veto over succession, and seventh American service member dies in Saudi Arabia.
Trump signs proclamation committing U.S. lethal military force against cartels in 17 Latin American countries as Ecuador strikes already underway.
Israel strikes Tehran oil storage in first attack on civilian infrastructure on war day 9 as bodies of six American soldiers killed in the war return to Dover.
U.S. military attacks a drug-trafficking facility inside Ecuador in first ground operation since greenlighting joint combat against “narco-terrorist” organizations this week.
Treasury issues license allowing sale of Venezuelan gold to the U.S. one day after Burgum wraps mining tour with dozens of American executives in Caracas.
Russia shares satellite intelligence on U.S. warships, bases, and aircraft with Iran in what sources call “a pretty comprehensive effort.”
Iran’s president apologizes for strikes on Gulf states and blames Khamenei’s death for military command breakdown as Revolutionary Guard keeps firing on day 8.
UAE weighs freezing billions in Iranian assets and seizing shadow fleet tankers, targeting the Revolutionary Guard’s financial network that routes billions in illicit oil revenue through Dubai.
Trump tells Politico “Cuba’s going to fall, too” after cutting off Venezuelan oil supplies, says Cuban leaders are trying to make a deal.
U.S. and Venezuela reestablish diplomatic relations two months after American forces captured Maduro, as Trump praises interim president Rodriguez and says “the oil is beginning to flow.”
Trump tells Axios he must personally approve Iran’s next supreme leader, calls killed Khamenei’s son “a lightweight” and “unacceptable.”
House rejects Iran war powers resolution 212-219 one day after Senate, as U.S. strikes Iranian drone carrier and Israel reports most of Tehran’s air defenses degraded.
Spain says White House falsely claimed it agreed to cooperate on Iran strikes as Prime Minister Sanchez repeats “no to the war.”
House Speaker Johnson calls Islam a “misguided religion” while defending U.S. airstrikes that have killed more than 1,000 Iranian civilians including 165 children in a girls’ school.
U.S.-Iran war reaches Cyprus and Indian Ocean as Hezbollah strikes British airbase and U.S. submarine sinks Iranian frigate near Sri Lanka.
Trump orders Navy to escort tankers through Strait of Hormuz and offers U.S. insurance guarantees as Iran war pushes gas prices up 11 cents in one day.
