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Oil Shipments in Persian Gulf Already Disrupted by Iran Attack
Feb. 28, 2026 Updated 6:21 p.m. ET The widening military conflict in the Persian Gulf quickly began to disrupt shipping in one of the world's biggest oil-and-gas producing regions, threatening to send energy prices soaring. Oil markets were closed on Saturday when the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran that spurred retaliatory strikes across the Middle East. But shipping companies quickly began trying to steer clear of the region and the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway on I ...
Go to discussionTrump offering immunity to IRGC, Iranian military and police forces
02/28/26 6:22 PM ET President Trump on Saturday said he will offer immunity to members of Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), along with its military and police forces, after the U.S. and Israel attacked the country earlier in the day. We are hearing that many of their IRGC, Military, and other Security and Police Forces, no longer want to fight, and are looking for Immunity from us, Trump wrote on Truth Social where he also announced that Irans supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Kh ...
Go to discussionTrump bashed for using Mar-a-Lago 'blanket fort' to monitor Iran strikes
February 28, 2026 6:12PM ET President Donald Trump was bashed on Saturday after photos emerged of the "blanket fort" at his Mar-a-Lago estate that he used as a Situation Room to monitor the strikes in Iran. The White House posted a photo of Trump alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Director of Personnel Dan Scavino, and other administration officials on its X account on Saturday evening. The photo shows a makeshift room ...
Go to discussionJohn Bolton Snickers on CNN at Trump Supporters Who Voted for 'No New Wars' Amid Iran Strikes
Feb 28th, 2026, 3:58 pm President Donald Trump and his former National Security Advisor John Bolton found themselves in the rare position on Saturday of actually agreeing with each other. Bolton joined CNNs Kaitlan Collins where he offered up a chuckle and a lesson to MAGA voters who supported Trump in the hopes hed push for no new wars. Trump announced earlier on Saturday that the U.S. and Israel were conducting strikes against Iran, targeting military bases and top leaders. Both Trump ...
Go to discussionSen. Tom Cotton says U.S., allies looking at "weeks, not days, of joint efforts" in Iran
February 28, 2026 / 4:03 PM EST Sen. Tom Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Saturday that he believes that there could be "weeks, not days, of joint efforts" by the U.S. and its allies in Iran after the massive military mission launched overnight. "We're probably looking at weeks, not days, of joint efforts by the United States, Israel and our Arab partners, who have also been attacked this morning," Cotton told CBS News' Major Garrett. " ...
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