| 2026-06-07 | Iran Ceasefire Breaks Down June 7-8; US Navy Attacks MT Marivex Tanker in Gulf of Oman; Iran Establishes Dual-Chokepoint Security Belt
3 src Pete Hegseth · Marco Rubio · JD Vance · Iran Quds Force · +2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-25 | CENTCOM Conducts 'Self-Defense' Strikes in Iran During Ceasefire, Hitting IRGC Boats and Bandar Abbas SAM Site
2 src U.S. Central Command · Donald Trump · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-23 | Iran War: U.S. Naval Blockade Turns Away 58 Vessels, CENTCOM Strikes Continue Under Nominal Ceasefire
2 src Donald Trump · U.S. Central Command · U.S. Navy · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-12 | Iran War Drives U.S. Inflation to 3.8% — Highest in Nearly Three Years; Gas Above $4/Gallon; Brent at $105
2 src U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Federal Reserve · International Energy Agency | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-12 | Robert Reich Publishes Substack Piece Describing 25th Amendment 'Plot to Oust Trump'; Names Vance, Rubio, Johnson, Thune, Hegseth, Blanche; 30% Probability Within Four Months
1 src Robert Reich · JD Vance · Marco Rubio · Mike Johnson · +4 | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-11 | Trump Calls Iran Ceasefire 'On Life Support' as War Hits Week 10; Pentagon Comptroller Reveals $29 Billion U.S. Cost
6 src Donald Trump · Jules Hurst · Department of Defense · Iran · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-10 | Hegseth Calls for Second Pentagon Investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly Over Public Statements About U.S. Weapons Stockpiles During Iran War
1 src Pete Hegseth · Mark Kelly · Department of Defense · U.S. Senate | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-06 | Fourth Documented Iran-Announcement Oil Short: $920M in WTI/Brent Shorts at 3:40 AM ET, 70 Minutes Before Axios 'Memorandum of Understanding' Report; ~$125M Profit by 7:00 AM
5 src Donald Trump · The Kobeissi Letter · Axios · Commodity Futures Trading Commission · +6 | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-19 | US Navy Destroyer Disables and Seizes Iranian Cargo Ship Touska in Strait of Hormuz, Collapsing Islamabad Peace Talks
4 src US Navy · USS Spruance · CENTCOM · US Marines · +2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-14 | VP Vance Rebukes Pope Leo XIV on Theology at Turning Point USA, USCCB Issues Corrective: Captured-Catholic-Tradition Operational Confrontation
10 src JD Vance · Pope Leo XIV · Bishop James Massa · Tom Homan · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-12 | Trump Orders US Navy to Blockade Strait of Hormuz After 21-Hour Iran Peace Talks Collapse
4 src Donald Trump · JD Vance · Jared Kushner · Steve Witkoff · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-10 | Trump Becomes First Sitting President to Endorse a Stock by Ticker on Truth Social, Promoting Palantir (PLTR) Amid 16% Freefall
7 src Donald Trump · Palantir Technologies · Alex Karp · Mark Warner · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-07 | Trump Threatens to Destroy Iranian Civilization Tonight: 8 PM Ultimatum to Destroy All Power Plants and Bridges
5 src Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Iran |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-07 | US and Iran Agree to Two-Week Ceasefire After Trump Threatens to Destroy Iranian Civilization
3 src Donald Trump · Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-03 | French-Owned Container Ship Crosses Strait of Hormuz, Signaling Iran's Strategy to Fracture Western Alliance
5 src CMA CGM · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · France | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-03 | McConnell Joins Democrats to Defend US NATO Membership as Trump Considers Withdrawal
2 src Mitch McConnell · Donald Trump · Chris Coons · Susan Collins · +3 | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-03 | Trump Requests Record $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget for FY2027, Largest Year-Over-Year Increase Since WWII
6 src Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-03 | US F-15E Fighter Jet Shot Down Over Iran, One Crew Member Rescued, Second Missing
6 src U.S. Air Force · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Central Command · Pete Hegseth |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-02 | Hegseth Fires Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George During Iran War, Installs Former Personal Aide
7 src Pete Hegseth · Randy George · Christopher LaNeve · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-02 | US Bombs Bridge Near Tehran Killing Eight Civilians, Trump Posts Collapse Video on Truth Social
5 src Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · Iran |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-02 | US Intelligence Assesses Iran Retains Roughly Half Its Missile Launchers After Five Weeks of Strikes
4 src U.S. Intelligence Community · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Central Command · Pete Hegseth |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-29 | Iran-Backed Houthis Enter War, US Personnel Wounded at Saudi Base as Conflict Expands | | |
| 2026-03-28 | Yemen's Houthis Launch Missiles at Israel, Raising Fears of Renewed Red Sea Shipping Attacks
6 src Ansar Allah (Houthis) · Yahya Saree · Israel Defense Forces · Islamic Republic of Iran |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-25 | Iran Rejects Trump's 15-Point Peace Plan as 'Excessive and Unrealistic,' Demands Lebanon Ceasefire as Precondition
7 src Donald Trump · Esmail Baghaei · Abbas Araghchi · Masoud Pezeshkian |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-23 | Oil Prices Drop Sharply on Ceasefire Hopes — Brent Falls 11% to $99.94 After Touching $126 Peak
2 src global oil markets | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-23 | Trump Backs Off Ultimatum, Claims 'Productive Conversations' with Iran — Tehran Flatly Denies Any Talks
4 src Donald Trump · Iran Foreign Ministry | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-22 | Iran War Civilian Toll Mounts — 3,114+ Dead Including 1,354 Civilians, 210+ Children, 3.2M Displaced
4 src Human Rights Activists News Agency · United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees · Refugees International |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-22 | Trump Gives Iran 48-Hour Ultimatum to Reopen Hormuz — Threatens to 'Obliterate' Power Plants
3 src Donald Trump · Islamic Republic of Iran |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-21 | Iran Launches Ballistic Missiles at Dimona Nuclear Site — Two Penetrate Israeli Defenses, 180+ Injured
5 src Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Israel · International Atomic Energy Agency | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-21 | Iran Launches IRBMs at Diego Garcia — Missiles Fall Short but Reveal Range Far Exceeding Declared 2,000km Limit
6 src Islamic Republic of Iran · United Kingdom · United States · NATO | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-21 | Israeli Military Officials Say Iran Campaign at "Halfway" Point — Weeks More of Operations Ahead
2 src Israeli Defense Forces | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-21 | US Military Strikes Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility in Major Nuclear Escalation
3 src U.S. Department of Defense · Iran Atomic Energy Organization · International Atomic Energy Agency |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-20 | CounterPunch Analysis Examines Crusade Imagery, Hegseth's Jerusalem Cross, and Militarized Christian Nationalism
1 src Henry Giroux · Pete Hegseth · Vote Common Good | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-20 | Dallas Fed Analysis — Hormuz Closure Could Cut Global GDP Growth by 2.9 Points, Push Oil to $132
3 src Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-20 | Hegseth Quotes Psalm 144 at Pentagon Briefing, Calls Iranian Leaders "Religious Fanatics"
5 src Pete Hegseth · MRFF · PRRI · Mikey Weinstein |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-20 | Iranian Drones Strike Kuwait's Largest Oil Refinery During Eid al-Fitr for Second Consecutive Day
3 src Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Kuwait | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-20 | Trump Claims War 'Winding Down' While Deploying 2,500 Additional Marines to Middle East
5 src Donald Trump · Pentagon · U.S. Central Command · U.S. Marine Corps |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-20 | Trump Issues 30-Day Waiver Allowing Purchase of 140M Barrels of Iranian Oil to Ease Price Surge
5 src Treasury Department · Donald Trump · Sen. Richard Blumenthal | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-19 | Booker War Powers Resolution Fails 47-53 — Only Paul Crosses Party Lines for Yes, Fetterman for No
4 src Sen. Cory Booker · Sen. Rand Paul · Sen. John Fetterman |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-19 | Pentagon Requests $200 Billion War Supplemental — Hegseth Says 'It Takes Money to Kill Bad Guys'
6 src Pete Hegseth · Pentagon · Congress |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | Democracy Now Airs Segment on Pentagon's AI Kill Chain — Palantir Maven Reduced Targeting From "Tens of Thousands of Hours" to "Seconds"
2 src Palantir · Pentagon · Craig Jones | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | DNI Gabbard Admits Iran Was 'Not Rebuilding Enrichment' Before War — Omits Finding from Oral Testimony
6 src Tulsi Gabbard · John Ratcliffe · Kash Patel · Sen. Mark Warner · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | Iran Missiles Strike Ras Laffan LNG — World's Largest Export Facility Knocked Offline for Years
4 src Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Qatar · QatarEnergy | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | Iran's New Supreme Leader Still Not Seen in Public — Health Questions Intensify After Father's Death in Strikes
3 src Mojtaba Khamenei · Iranian state media | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | Israel Bombs South Pars Gas Field — World's Largest Natural Gas Reserve Hit, Triggering Gulf Retaliation Spiral
4 src Israeli Air Force · Islamic Republic of Iran | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | Strait of Hormuz Shipping Reduced to Trickle — 21 Tankers Transit vs. 100+/Day Pre-War
2 src Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · global shipping industry | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | Win Without War Places 168 Children's Backpacks on Capitol Lawn Memorializing Minab School Victims
4 src Win Without War · Sen. Chris Van Hollen · Rep. Pramila Jayapal · Rep. Sara Jacobs |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-17 | Iran Strikes UAE Energy Targets — Shah Gas Field and Fujairah Hit, Oil Output Drops 500K-800K bpd
4 src Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · United Arab Emirates | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-17 | Joe Kent Resigns as NCTC Director — 'Iran Posed No Imminent Threat, War Driven by Israel Lobby'
6 src Joe Kent · Donald Trump · National Counterterrorism Center |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-17 | Senate Six Democrats Prepare to Grind Chamber to Halt Over Iran War Oversight
2 src Sen. Adam Schiff · Sen. Cory Booker · Sen. Tim Kaine · Sen. Chris Murphy · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-16 | Amnesty International Declares Minab Girls' School Strike a Potential War Crime — 168+ Killed Including 100+ Children
3 src Amnesty International · U.S. Central Command · Pentagon |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-16 | Iran FM Araghchi Rejects Ceasefire — "War Must End So Enemies Never Again Think of Repeating"
2 src Abbas Araghchi · Islamic Republic of Iran | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-16 | Republican Leadership Actively Avoids Public Hearings on Iran War
3 src Sen. John Thune · Senate Republicans |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-13 | 120+ House Democrats Demand Pentagon Explain AI's Role in Selecting Minab School Target That Killed 170+
3 src Rep. Sara Jacobs · Pete Hegseth · House Democrats |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-13 | Al-Quds Day Demonstrations in New York, Houston, and Chicago Denounce US-Israeli Strikes
3 src ANSWER Coalition · AMP · CodePink · Black Alliance for Peace · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-13 | CNN Analysis Connects Hegseth's "American Crusade" Book to His Leadership of Iran War
3 src Pete Hegseth |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-13 | DOGE Cuts Hobble Pentagon IT, FBI Counterintel, and VOA as War Costs Dwarf All Savings
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · Pentagon · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Kash Patel |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-13 | Iran War Two-Week Assessment — 5,300+ Killed, $11B+ Spent, 3.2M Displaced
3 src U.S. Central Command · Hengaw Organization for Human Rights · Refugees International |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-13 | US Air Force Bombs Kharg Island Oil Hub, Strikes 90+ Military Targets Across Iran
4 src Donald Trump · U.S. Central Command · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Air Force |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-12 | Iran Launches New Wave of Gulf Attacks as Oil Prices Spike, Bahrain Reports Fuel Tank Strikes
5 src Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Islamic Republic of Iran · Bahrain Defense Force · Bapco Energies · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-12 | New Iran Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Issues First Statement Vowing Revenge and Permanent Hormuz Closure
6 src Mojtaba Khamenei · Islamic Republic of Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Donald Trump · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-12 | UNHCR Reports 3.2 Million Iranians Displaced as UN Warns of "Humanitarian Explosion"
6 src United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees · United Nations · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Department of Defense · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-11 | Evidence Points to US Tomahawk Strike on Minab Girls School Killing 170+, War Crime Investigation Demanded
7 src U.S. Central Command · U.S. Department of Defense · Defense Intelligence Agency · Pete Hegseth · +7 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-11 | Iran Sets Ceasefire Conditions as China and Russia Launch Diplomatic Intervention
5 src Masoud Pezeshkian · Kazem Gharibabadi · Wang Yi · Zhai Jun · +7 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-11 | Iran Strikes Cargo Ship in Strait of Hormuz, IRGC Vows "Not One Litre of Oil" to Pass
6 src Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Navy · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-11 | UN Security Council Adopts Resolution 2817 Condemning Iran's Attacks on Neighbors; China and Russia Abstain
7 src United Nations Security Council · China · Russia · Bahrain · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-10 | Hegseth Announces "Most Intense Day of Strikes" on Iran as US Targets Drone Manufacturing
6 src Pete Hegseth · Dan Caine · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-09 | Iran Launches Missiles and Drones at Gulf Nations and US Bases in Escalating Retaliation
4 src Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-09 | Senate Democrats Demand Hegseth and Rubio Testify on Iran War, Threaten Repeated War Powers Votes
5 src Pete Hegseth · Marco Rubio · Tim Kaine · Chris Murphy · +8 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-08 | Iran Names Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader After Father Killed in US-Israeli Strike
4 src Mojtaba Khamenei · Iran Assembly of Experts · Islamic Republic of Iran · Donald Trump · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-06 | 29 Congress Members Demand DOD Inspector General Investigate Commanders Framing Iran War as Biblical Armageddon
4 src Rep. Jared Huffman · Rep. Jamie Raskin · Rep. Chrissy Houlahan · Military Religious Freedom Foundation · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-05 | Iran's Operation True Promise IV: 500+ Ballistic Missiles and 2,000 Drones Fired in First Week of War
8 src Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · IRGC Aerospace Force · Islamic Republic of Iran · Israel Defense Forces · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Uses Banned Anthropic Claude to Select 1,000+ Iran Strike Targets While Simultaneously Blacklisting the Company
6 src Anthropic · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-03 | Anduril Raises $4 Billion at $60 Billion Valuation as Iran War Drives Defense Spending
3 src Anduril Industries · Andreessen Horowitz · Thrive Capital · Founders Fund · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-02 | Hezbollah Launches Missiles and Drones at Israel, Triggering the 2026 Lebanon War
7 src Hezbollah · Israel Defense Forces · Ali Khamenei · Hassan Nasrallah · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-02 | Iran Formally Declares Strait of Hormuz "Closed," Threatening to Destroy Any Transiting Vessel
6 src Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Ebrahim Jabari · Islamic Republic of Iran |
| confirmed |