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Oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz have largely been halted. Nationwide gas prices hit $4 a gallon on March 31, according to AAA. Analysts warn prices could reach $6 or $7 in California by […]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George on April 2, ordering him to retire immediately. George is one of more than a dozen senior officers pushed out since January. According […]

U.S. forces are continuing search operations for a missing crew member from an F-15 fighter jet shot down over Iran, according to CNN, as the scale of American aircraft losses in the war becomes clearer. […]

On Thursday, March 26, the Harriet Tubman Center in Los Angeles screened “Water for Life,” a film honoring Indigenous land defenders in Honduras, El Salvador and Chile. This is a story about water and the […]

Ukraine struck Russia’s oil ports. That blow lands on Cuba, cutting off the fuel the island needs. Between March 22 and March 31, Ukrainian forces struck the ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk multiple times, damaging […]

Donald Trump stated the U.S. objective in Iran with unusual clarity. “My favorite thing,” he told the Financial Times on March 30, “is to take the oil in Iran.” He then compared Iran to Venezuela. […]

Multiple news organizations have confirmed that U.S.-made anti-tank landmines were scattered across residential areas outside Shiraz, in southern Iran. At least one civilian has been confirmed killed, and others were reportedly injured The mines were […]