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5 People Are Running to Replace Karen Bass as LA Mayor in 2026 — Here's Where Each One Actually Stands
Fourteen candidates are running for Los Angeles mayor, but five distinct governing philosophies define the race.
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The 7 Best Trades Since the Iran War (Gold Wasn't One of Them)
Two months after the Iran war began, refined fuels and fertilizer dominated gains while traditional war hedges failed spectacularly.
7 Ways the Hormuz Blockade Just Reached Iowa
A Farm Bureau survey found 70% of respondents can't afford all needed fertilizer as Persian Gulf disruption drives prices up 49% year-over-year.
8 Sectors Getting Hit Hardest by the Hormuz Blockade
A Hormuz blockade hits far beyond oil tankers, crushing Asian refiners, LNG-dependent power grids, and triggering inflation shocks worldwide.
7 Things to Expect From New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh
Warsh promises Fed independence but with limits, wants regime change at the central bank, and believes AI will drive down inflation.
5 Ways the KC-135 Crash Exposed Epic Fury's Weak Points
A fatal KC-135 crash reveals five critical vulnerabilities in the 38-day Iran operation that Pentagon planners didn't anticipate.
4 Naval Powers Now Circle the Strait of Hormuz as Oil Hits $119
France, China, Russia, and the US all deploy warships to the world's most critical oil chokepoint as commercial shipping collapses.
Gulf States Die in a War They Did Not Start
Iran's Operation True Promise 4 dragged six Gulf nations into direct conflict, transforming a US-Israel operation into a regional war that could reshape Middle Eastern alliances forever.
Five Paths to Global War in 2026
A data-driven ranking of escalation pathways based on the Doomsday Clock's 85-second warning, DNI threat assessments, and conflict tracking data showing 240,000 deaths in 2025 alone.