Israel and Lebanon Sign US-Brokered Framework Agreement, Rubio Confirms

🕊️ WASHINGTON — The paper that couldn't exist while the IDF was still burning houses just got signed. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: A framework, not a final deal — but Rubio's confirmation makes it the first signed Israel-Lebanon text since the MOU. It closes Iran's main compliance trap: no more documented IDF violations as pretext to void the 60-day roadmap. Araghchi loses his most credible off-ramp. IAEA access calendar is now the last unresolved variable.

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Tehran Evacuates Security Buildings Amid Fears of US-Israeli Strike

🏛️ TEHRAN — Security buildings emptied; no strike has been confirmed yet. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Dispersal of military facilities is a command-node protection move, not civilian defense. Tehran has used it as both genuine prep and deliberate signal. With Pickaxe Mountain on Trump's target list and Israeli elections six weeks

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Container Shipping Rates Eye Record Highs as Gulf Crisis Reshapes Trade

🚢 SHIPPING — Records broken during COVID are now the floor, not the ceiling. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: COVID-era peaks were demand-driven; this repricing is supply-constrained — fewer routes, longer voyages, scarcer hulls. With 104 vessels diverted and supertanker orders surging, analysts flagging record highs means the market is pricing Hormuz disruption

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US Approves $24.3B F-35 Sale to Saudi Arabia, First for Arab World

✈️ RIYADH — Washington arms its most oil-critical ally while Yanbu still burns. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: State Dept approval triggers congressional review — but timing signals Washington locking in Riyadh before any deal reshapes the region. With Yanbu struck and nuclear files under Senate pressure, the F-35 is the binding agent: Saudi

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House Republican Moves to Impeach Hegseth Over Iran War, Then Congress Recesses

🏛️ PENTAGON — An impeachment bid that dissolved the moment Congress walked out. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Massie's motion forces members on record — vote yes or shield Hegseth — before a seven-week recess that removes all oversight pressure at DEFCON 1. With Hormuz mined and three active fronts, Congress just vacated the

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Tehran Evacuates Security Buildings Amid Fears of US-Israeli Strike

Container Shipping Rates Eye Record Highs as Gulf Crisis Reshapes Trade

US Approves $24.3B F-35 Sale to Saudi Arabia, First for Arab World

House Republican Moves to Impeach Hegseth Over Iran War, Then Congress Recesses