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The Cost of Hormuz Hits Home
On March 2nd, 2026, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz. This week, this supply shortage has hit the US markets, causing the price of gas and other oil products to rocket up to above $4 in some areas.
Latest Breaking News
EU Ministers Call for Windfall Amid Energy Profits — Jack Zhou, April 4
Senegal Bans Ministers From Foreign Travel — Jai Shenoy, April 4
NASA Shares Photos of the Earth Taken by Artemis II Astronauts — Adrienne Wang, April 3
Federal Judge Dismisses DOJ Lawsuit Against Denver and Colorado Sanctuary Laws — Esshan Kharat, April 3
Attorney General Pam Bondi Fired — Rebecca Gehlmann, April 2
Death of Rohingya Refugee Ruled as Homicide — Janelle Lee, April 1
Trump Signs New Executive Order on Voting — Elisa Ma, April 1
Massacre at Gold Mine in South Sudan Exposes Regulatory Failure — Steven Zhang, March 31
Iran’s Foreign Minister Denies Trump’s Claims of Peace Talks — Adrienne Wang, March 31
Air Canada’s CEO Resigns After Language Controversy — Daniel Song, March 31
Germany Plans Military Satellite Boost — Rosa Qin, March 39
Valuable US Jet Destroyed in Iran Strike — Brogan Jones, March 30
Trump Signs Executive Order to Fund TSA — Aryan Kondekar, March 29
The Third Wave of “No Kings” in Over 3,200 Locations — Jack Zhou, March 28
Additional US Sailors and Marines Arrive in the Middle East — Patrick Li, March 28
House Passes DHS Funding Bill Amidst Shutdown Standoff — Sophie Baryalai, March 28
Former FBi Director Robert Mueller Passes Away — Tanvi Ramkumar, March 26
Meta and Youtube to Pay for Social Media Harms — Elisa Ma, March 25
Iran Responds with Rejection of US Peace Proposal — Janelle Lee, March 25
Deadly Flooding in Southern Brazil Displaces Thousands — Zaid Asad, March 25
Latest Weekly Briefs
In domestic news, read about the landmark 10-2 decision finding Meta and Youtube liable for addictive social media platforms and what Democrat Emily Gregory’s win in Trump’s home Congressional district means for the midterms. In international news, read about the US’s controversial decision to relax oil sanctions on Iran following skyrocketing energy prices, suspected espionage operations within Taiwan, Israel’s latest military push against Hezbollah in war-torn Lebanon, and how the EU and Australia have finally signed a record FTA together.
In domestic news, read about the partial government shutdown that began in February of this year, an analysis on mixed messages from Trump, the Commander in Chief, regarding the recent Iran conflict, and a federal judge’s ruling over RFK Jr.’s transgender care policies. In international news, see briefs on Cuba’s energy crisis and total electrical grid collapse, why NATO is pulling out troops while allies resist an escalation to the war in Iran, an overview of the most serious envrionmental consequences of the Iranian conflict, and a look into the deadly strikes in Sudan and why the conflict continues to devastate the country.
Read a brief on the latest Public Forum topic and how unilateral executive deployments would create “forever wars” despite congressional checks and balances. In Lincoln-Douglas debate, see an analysis on the implications of the March/April non-intervention topic for the United States military.
In domestic news, read about the ROAD to Housing Act, meant to encourage housing development; the FCC’s controversial actions against outlets critical of President Trump’s war in Iran; the deadly refueling plane crash in Iraq, killing six US servicemen; and a new lawsuit regarding xAI’s role in children’s sexual abuse. In international news, read about President Trump’s proposed coalition of allies to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, the details behind the deadly strike on an Iranian girls’ school during the onset of the war, Cuba’s near total energy collapse, and the arrest of a suspect tied to the 2023 assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.
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