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Iran is exporting more oil through the Strait of Hormuz than before the war, showing it is in control of a strategic waterway that it has closed off to the rest of the region’s oil producers

Iran is exporting more oil through the Strait of H...

1 month ago 38

Trump’s suggestions that the war with Iran might soon be over are bringing a new problem to the fore: Israel and the U.S. have rather different ideas

Trump’s suggestions that the war with Iran might s...

1 month ago 26

A look at how the Trump team’s reasons for the Iran war, along with objectives and timing, have shifted since the air assault began

A look at how the Trump team’s reasons for the Ira...

1 month ago 23

Republican lawmakers showed signs Tuesday they were getting nervous about the course of the Iran war and the economic impact on voters ahead of the November elections.

Republican lawmakers showed signs Tuesday they wer...

1 month ago 25

As events shift in Iran so does the White House messaging about the war. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter:

As events shift in Iran so does the White House me...

1 month ago 22

Each side in the Iran war seems to have miscalculated how the other would behave, triggering an ever-expanding conflict with few clear ways out in the foreseeable future

Each side in the Iran war seems to have miscalcula...

1 month ago 21

Who will Trump pick as MAGA heir for the ’28 election? He has lately extolled Rubio amid the focus on foreign policy, but many see Vance as a better fit.

Who will Trump pick as MAGA heir for the ’28 elect...

1 month ago 23

Lawrence Summers has lost his affiliation with America’s leading economics organization, the latest consequence for the former Treasury secretary stemming from his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein

Lawrence Summers has lost his affiliation with Ame...

1 month ago 25

How Iran is building a religious mythology around its new supreme leader

How Iran is building a religious mythology around ...

1 month ago 21

Anthropic filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for designating the artificial-intelligence company a security threat and trying to cancel its federal contracts

Anthropic filed a lawsuit against the Trump admini...

1 month ago 33

Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are backing Powerus, a drone company vying to meet Pentagon demand and fill a hole left by the administration’s ban on new Chinese drones in the U.S.

Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are backing Poweru...

1 month ago 23

Ask members of Congress if the U.S. is at war with Iran, and suddenly a reticence to use the word “war” appears. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter:

Ask members of Congress if the U.S. is at war with...

1 month ago 23

Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader, Iranian state media reported

Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the slain ...

1 month ago 32

When President Trump voiced hope last weekend that the air war he was unleashing against Iran would topple the country’s regime, he was making a bet against history

When President Trump voiced hope last weekend that...

1 month ago 29

The appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei, son of slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as Iran’s supreme leader defies Trump and signals that Tehran won’t back down as it fights a war with the U.S. and Israel

The appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei, son of slain ...

1 month ago 28

President Trump is under pressure to address surging gas prices, stretched-thin munitions and sustained opposition to the war

President Trump is under pressure to address surgi...

1 month ago 28

Some Republicans complain Virginia’s most prominent GOP figure is missing from their counterattacks against Democrats’ plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps

Some Republicans complain Virginia’s most prominen...

1 month ago 36

Few people lobbied President Trump to intervene militarily in Iran as effectively as the hawkish and persistent Sen. Lindsey Graham

Few people lobbied President Trump to intervene mi...

1 month ago 39