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Kharg Island, a tiny coral outcrop off the Iranian coast, ships 90% of the country’s oil exports.

Our national debt is a spending problem, not a revenue problem. Tax hikes alone can’t solve the problem—and they might even make it worse, Adam Michel writes in a guest commentary.

Iran’s leader said the Strait of Hormuz should remain closed, and military experts say reopening the vital oil shipping route could take weeks or even months.

The Trump administration will appeal the ruling, Pirro said during a Friday press conference.

President Donald Trump issued two executive orders aimed at easing housing construction and expanding mortgage credit access.

The U.S. Air Force tanker involved in the crash was a decades-old KC-135 Stratotanker built by Boeing and powered by engines from CFM International.

The U.S. has temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil already at sea, through April 11, in a bid to boost the reach of existing oil supply.

Roughly one-third of the world’s traded nitrogen fertilizer moves through the Strait of Hormuz. 

Closing the Bab-el-Mandeb strait near Yemen could also have a big impact on global oil shipments.

The combination of sluggish growth and high inflation can wreak havoc on both consumers and stock markets.

Trump’s ‘Plan B’ tariffs to roll out, CFTC offers guidance for sports prediction markets, Honda unveils EV losses, and more news to start your day.

From energy to supposed havens, Barron’s lays bare the economic fallout from the conflict through the following five charts

The public needs clarity from the administration about the war’s purpose and timeline, Edward Price writes in a guest commentary.

For investors, the rhetoric has gone from the conflict being “over very soon” to “high oil prices for a year” in the span of a few days.

Oil prices jumped Thursday despite the record release of emergency reserves by the U.S. and other countries.

The bill would ban many institutional investors from buying and renting out single-family homes.

The Trump administration has launched a new Section 301 investigation as it seeks to rebuild tariff revenue after a Supreme Court ruling struck down parts of last year’s levies.

“I think what we saw over the prior 27 days was just the first stage of a deeper correction.”

Trump plans to invoke the Defense Production Act to assert federal regulatory control over the project, Bloomberg reported.

Oil prices continue to rise, February inflation report won’t help Fed’s next decision, Kevin Warsh’s Fed nomination is stuck, and more news to start your day.

A bill designed to improving housing affordability is putting private equity and housing investors on the spot.

The immediate obstacle isn’t opposition to Warsh himself. Instead it is an investigation into current Fed Chair Jerome Powell that has created a procedural standoff inside the Senate Banking Committee.

Iran’s mining threat in the Strait of Hormuz is pushing the U.S. military to deploy advanced detection, drones, and missile systems—technology produced by companies including Lockheed Martin, RTX, Huntington Ingalls, and Textron.

Monthly trading volume on Kalshi hit $10.4 billion in February, a record for the company, and the firm is set to outperform that number this month.

Oil prices climbed Wednesday as tensions escalated in the Strait of Hormuz—and despite the International Energy Agency confirming a record release of emergency oil reserves.