Trump Still Seeks Iran Deal Even as US Soldiers Die, Wright Says

🕊️ WASHINGTON — Peace talk while the bombs fall. Someone has to explain that to the KIA families. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Wright's ABC statement is the first public signal of a US off-ramp after KIA confirmation, Hegseth's "stiffened resolve" framing, and Khamenei declaring Trump's signature worthless. It either reflects genuine back-channel preservation or domestic political cover ahead of Thursday's address — both can be true simultaneously. Iran's command structure, compromised and under strike, has no credible interlocutor left to receive it.

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US Oil Executives Warn Hormuz Crisis Has Arrived as Buffers Exhausted

🛢️ SUPPLY — Chevron's CEO just said the buffers are gone; markets hadn't priced that in. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Strategic reserves and commercial inventories were the cushion absorbing 200 days of Hormuz blockade. With Petroline offline, Bab el-Mandeb sealed, and 2.5mbpd gone from the East-West Pipeline,

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Airstrikes Hit Houthi Positions Around Taiz as Yemen Front Widens

💥 TAIZ — Strikes are continuing, which means Taiz isn't falling quietly. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Taiz sits on the road axis linking Aden to the Red Sea coast — holding it is the prerequisite for any Saudi-backed push to retake Mocha and Dhubab. Sustained strikes here signal a ground offensive is

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Lebanon PM Says Country Cannot Afford Reconstruction, Seeks Arab Support

🏗️ BEIRUT — Beirut asks its neighbors to fund a war they won't stop. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: With IDF drones over Dahiyeh and Mansouri struck, Lebanon's PM is already pricing reconstruction mid-conflict — a signal that Beirut sees no near-term ceasefire. Arab states, themselves under Houthi and IRGC

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Second Vessel Struck in Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO Confirms

⚓ HORMUZ — A mined supertanker was already burning; now a second vessel is hit. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: UKMTO confirmation means a second strike within 24 hours — pattern, not incident. With CENTCOM's ISR degraded by two downed MQ-1s, mine-mapping is blind. War-risk insurers now face back-to-back

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US Oil Executives Warn Hormuz Crisis Has Arrived as Buffers Exhausted

Airstrikes Hit Houthi Positions Around Taiz as Yemen Front Widens

Lebanon PM Says Country Cannot Afford Reconstruction, Seeks Arab Support

Second Vessel Struck in Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO Confirms