The Hill
DeSantis tells voters the Iran war is a 'big, big drag' on the GOP, gas is $4.11 a gallon, and maybe Republicans should stop gaslighting people about it - a novel strategy indeed.
The Hill
Karl Rove thinks Trump will restart strikes on Iran after the midterms, because nothing says 'election accountability' like a post-vote bombing campaign.
BBC Politics
UK inflation hits 3.5% and borrowing soars to £24.5bn, leaving Chancellor Healey to deliver a Budget that promises 'breathing space' while everyone holds their breath at the petrol station.
Grist
Trump declared a national energy emergency, then started a war that created an actual one - and his emergency powers can't fix it.
BBC Business
Trump has pulled every fuel-price lever available to a president, and the levers have politely declined to cooperate before the midterms.
The Guardian
Congress didn't approve the Iran war, but don't worry - the 1973 War Powers Resolution has been creatively reinterpreted into a suggestion box.
The Hill
The USS Theodore Roosevelt sails to relieve the USS George Washington, which was itself relieving the USS Abraham Lincoln, because apparently the Navy's carrier rotation strategy is just musical chairs with jets.
The Hill
President declares America 'better than ever before' from a golf course in Chicago while his attorney general defends banning journalists and a senator says he's 'stuck' with the Iran war.
The Hill
Consumer confidence hits a four-month low as gas prices surge, inflation climbs, and Americans from both parties agree the economy is going great - if you're a gas station owner.
NPR Economy
Inflation rose 3.4% in August, diesel hit a record $6 a gallon, and investors are now 85% sure the Fed will raise rates next week - because nothing says 'getting prices under control' like making everything cost more.
BBC World
Houthis seize 130km of Yemen's coast, giving Iran control of two major choke points and 'as much leverage as a nuclear bomb' - because the Middle East clearly needed more of those.
BBC World
Trump says the Iran war will end right after the November midterms, which is either a diplomatic strategy or an admission that the war is now a campaign prop.
MIT Technology Review
Fossil fuels are making fertilizer prices skyrocket, and farmers - and your grocery bill - are paying the price. But microbes might just save us.
The Guardian Europe
China's emissions dipped 1% during the Iran war as EVs and public transport saved the day, proving that even geopolitical chaos can have a silver lining for the climate.
BBC Business
SSE Airtricity hikes gas prices by 19% in Northern Ireland, citing Middle East chaos and wholesale costs, leaving households and small businesses to foot the bill.
The Guardian Europe
Six months of strikes, threats, and failed diplomacy - because who needs oil when you have principles?
The Guardian
Trump claims the Strait of Hormuz as 'American territory' while blockading it, and Iran's response is basically 'delusions of grandeur.'
BBC World
The Panama Canal is cutting daily ship transits from 36 to 32 because El Niño and climate change are hogging all the water. Global trade and water conservation don't mix.
BBC Business
Trump threatens 'most crushing' economic operation against Iran and any country that helps it, while failing to specify what that means - classic.
The Guardian
Trump eyes a new beachfront property: the Strait of Hormuz, international waters be damned.
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