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By Tyler O’Neil, The Daily Signal | March 09, 2026 Colorado’s Republican House leader is calling foul after a Colorado state senator says he is effectively killing his own bill to decriminalize prostitution—in order to protect “sex workers” from the trauma of having to testify. State Sen. Nick Hinrichsen,

By Harold Hutchison via The Daily Signal | March 08, 2026 Secretary of Energy Chris Wright called the American conflict with Iran “a disruption” on the path to lower energy costs on “Fox News Sunday.” Tankers stopped transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway which separates the Persian Gulf and

By Jason Cohen via The Daily Signal | March 09, 2026 Democrat Texas state Rep. James Talarico said that he loved transgender children when asked to name something he loved other than family and friends during a May 11, 2023, episode of “A Superbloom Podcast.” Talarico has a long record of

Russia has told President Donald Trump it is not sharing intelligence with Iran during the ongoing conflict, according to U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. The assurance came during a phone call Monday between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Witkoff said Russian officials denied allegations that Moscow is helping

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal | March 09, 2026 The Department of Education will soon require universities to publicly disclose the counterparties of foreign funding, a senior Education Department official told The Daily Signal. Section 117 of the Higher Education Act requires higher education institutions to report gifts and

Google is expanding its artificial intelligence partnership with the Pentagon as the Trump administration faces a legal dispute with AI firm Anthropic. The move comes one day after Anthropic sued the administration for labeling the company a supply chain risk. Google announced it will roll out new tools allowing military

By Rich Rogers via The Daily Signal | March 09, 2026 Across the country, churches are becoming targets. When people disrupt worship and nothing happens, when there are no meaningful changes or follow-through, it tells the next group of agitators they can do it again. Ohio can change that by treating

By Mark Tapscott via The Daily Signal | March 09, 2026 America’s mainstream media mostly ignored Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s detailed warning about the growing threat of Islamization in the United States, which was issued a few days before Christmas last year during a Turning Point USA

By Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal | March 09, 2026 Iran has targeted its neighbors in the Persian Gulf by firing missiles and conducting drone attacks, but despite the attacks, the Middle Eastern countries have not fired back and for good reason, a foreign policy expert argues. “Never say never, but

The International Energy Agency is holding an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss releasing strategic oil reserves after the Iran war disrupted global energy supplies. The group’s more than 30 member nations will review market conditions before deciding whether emergency stockpiles should be released to stabilize prices. IEA countries collectively

The Trump administration has officially designated Afghanistan as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, accusing the Taliban of using hostage taking to pressure the United States. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the move Monday, saying the designation aims to deter the Taliban from abducting Americans and other foreign nationals.

By Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal | March 09, 2026 An Obama-appointed judge blocked key portions of the Trump administration’s policy to restrict the appeal process for illegal immigrants facing deportation. In a Sunday ruling, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss ruled in favor of immigration groups that sued the

Authorities in New Mexico have launched a search of Zorro Ranch, a property once owned by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as part of a renewed criminal investigation into alleged illegal activity tied to the estate. The New Mexico Department of Justice confirmed the search began Monday but did not

By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | March 08, 2026 Congress could be facing a two-front challenge, as it contemplates whether to provide additional funding for the military operation in Iran as well as for the Department of Homeland Security. Since mid-February, the agency has been shut down due to Democrats’

Japan is set to deploy its first batch of upgraded Type-12 missiles, as the country accelerates its offensive capability in response to rising challenges in the region. The upgraded Type-12 land-to-ship missiles will be deployed at Camp Kengun in Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto by the end of March,

By George Caldwell, The Daily Signal | March 09, 2026 The public approves of President Donald Trump’s handling of the conflict in Iran at roughly the same level as his overall job performance, a new poll finds. A national NBC News poll reports that 41% of the public approves of

By Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal | March 09, 2026 President Donald Trump says a sharp increase in high oil prices is a “small price to pay” in the fight against Iran. “Short-term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over, are a

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday would mark the most intense day of U.S. strikes inside Iran as the Trump administration escalates its military campaign. He said Iran “stands alone” and is losing the conflict. BREAKING: US defence secretary says Tuesday to be ‘most intense day of strikes’ on

Ukrainian officials offered the United States advanced anti drone technology months before the current conflict with Iran, but the proposal was dismissed by the Trump administration at the time, according to Axios. During an August meeting at the White House, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky presented a plan to help counter

Russia is emerging as one of the biggest financial beneficiaries of the war involving the United States, Israel, and Iran. Rising oil prices and temporary sanctions relief have boosted the value and volume of Russian crude exports, analysts told CNBC. Energy markets have been shaken by fears that the conflict

By Jarrett Stepman via The Daily Signal | March 09, 2026 Never underestimate the Democrat-media complex’s ability to tag-team and instantly spin a narrative about a news incident that is literally the opposite of reality. An attempted terrorist attack by two “ISIS-inspired” radicals in New York City Saturday could have

Conflicting signals on the Iran war may be a deliberate strategy of strategic ambiguity.

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is taking his hedge fund Pershing Square public with a planned listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The firm filed Tuesday to trade under the ticker symbol “PS,” opening the door for public investors to buy into Ackman’s investment platform. The offering will feature

By Fred Lucas, The Daily Signal | March 09, 2026 The Justice Department brought federal terrorism charges Monday against two men tied to the bombing of a New York City protest. One of the suspects threw a homemade bomb that was inspired by the Islamic State terrorist group, said Attorney General

Ten days into President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran, the conflict has expanded far beyond the Middle East, pulling more than 20 countries into the crisis. Some nations are directly engaged in combat while others are providing military support or defense systems. The war has also triggered a

By Kanishka Singh via The Daily Signal | March 09, 2026 President Donald Trump thinks the war against Iran “is very complete” and that Washington was “very far ahead” of his initial four- to five-week estimated time frame, according to a CBS News reporter on X, who cited an interview with

Five members of Iran’s women’s national soccer team have received humanitarian visas from Australia after fears they could face persecution at home. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed the decision Tuesday after speaking with U.S. President Donald Trump, who had urged protection for the players. The controversy

By Eric Margolis via Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | March 07, 2026 Why did President Trump launch a war against Iran? Two reasons. First, electoral polls indicated a dramatic victory for anti-Trump Democrats in this fall’s Congressional elections. This would put a welcome end to Trump’s

By Larry C. Johnson, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | March 07, 2026 First let me explain the meaning of the X message and photo that appears above… the cancellation of the training exercise is a key indicator that the Pentagon is going to deploy the some, if not

By William Schryver, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | March 07, 2026 The dominant narrative in relation to the Iran War is that the United States and Israel are mercilessly mauling the Iranians, and are on the verge of administering the coup de grâce, after which Iran will obeisantly

By Gerry Nolan, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | March 06, 2026 LNG shipping rates have gone from $40,000 to $300,000 per day — a 650% vertical climb in less than a week — and the men who ordered the strikes that caused this are still strutting around the

By blueapples via Mises Wire | March 06, 2026 The continued fallout from the Epstein Files cover-up has apparently done little to imbue Congress with any sense of shame. The legislative branch continued to show how the upper echelon of the U.S. government is more concerned with protecting sexual predators

By Justin M. Ptak via Mises Wire | March 07, 2026 In the early 1950s, a remarkable group of young intellectuals formed what later became known as the Circle Bastiat—an informal but intense salon of free-market thinkers centered around the ideas of classical liberalism and Austrian economics. Named after the

By Ryan McMaken, Mises Wire | March 07, 2026 Murray Rothbard is well known as an opponent of warfare perpetrated by states. This includes acts of war by states against other states, as well as acts of war by states against non-state organizations and individuals. Consequently, Rothbard’s historical scholarship and

By Wanjiru Njoya, Mises Wire | March 07, 2026 Here is a challenge for those who like solving mysteries—the case of the disappearing Marxists. You will have heard that Eric Foner is not a Marxist, and no academic historians admit to being Marxists. Neo-Marxists are not real Marxists, and cultural

Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests grow as student achievement plunges… Just last week, hundreds of students at Lincoln Park Public High School in Chicago staged a mass anti-ICE “walkout,” leaving classes without permission to protest federal immigration enforcement policies. Of course, similar scenes have unfolded across the country in recent

By David Gordon, Mises Wire | March 06, 2026 March 2 would have been Murray Rothbard’s 100th birthday, so it is only fitting that I devote this week’s column to my great friend and mentor. I have often written about his life, but this time I would like to

By Thiago V. S. Coelho, Mises Wire | March 06, 2026 Whenever taxpayers object to being forced to bankroll research they consider immoral, the standard retort arrives on cue: “Don’t politicize science.” But public funding is already the politicization of science. The moment research is financed by compulsory taxation, it

Iran warned oil tankers navigating the Strait of Hormuz to exercise extreme caution as tensions rise in the region during the ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel, according to CNBC. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said maritime traffic must be careful while the security situation remains unstable.

While some tankers are still making the passage, overall traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dropped sharply. Vessel-tracking data show commercial ship movements collapsing in recent days, with many operators delaying or rerouting voyages amid escalating tensions in the Gulf. The slowdown underscores the fragility of a chokepoint that

Energy ministers from the Group of Seven nations will meet Tuesday to discuss a possible release of strategic oil reserves as the Iran war disrupts global energy supplies, according to CNBC. The talks follow a meeting of G7 finance ministers Monday, where officials discussed options but did not reach a

A senior Iranian official says Tehran is prepared for a prolonged war with the United States and believes mounting global economic pressure could eventually force Washington to end the conflict, according to CNN. Kamal Kharazi, a foreign policy adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, said diplomacy is unlikely for now.

By Ryan McMaken, Mises Wire | March 07, 2026 Donald Trump today, in a post on his social media platform Truth Social, stated that his goal for the current war with Iran is unconditional surrender. Specifically, he wrote: “There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” Moreover, Trump specified

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal agencies after the Trump administration labeled the firm a “supply chain risk,” according to CNN. The designation typically applies to companies linked to foreign adversaries and restricts how contractors working with the

Global trade moves through a handful of narrow maritime corridors that act as economic lifelines. The Strait of Hormuz, Malacca Strait, Suez Canal, Panama Canal, and the English Channel handle vast volumes of energy and goods linking major regions of the world. Any disruption in these chokepoints can quickly ripple

Global stock markets fell Monday as oil prices surged above $100 per barrel, raising fears of an energy crisis tied to the escalating war involving Iran, according to CNN. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped about 820 points, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite also declined. Investors reacted

New video footage appears to show a U.S. missile striking an Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval base near a school where Iranian state media say more than 160 children and teachers were killed, according to CNN. The footage, released by Iran’s semi official Mehr News agency, shows a missile

Welcome To Gavin Newsom’s Hotel California. California now leads the nation in many of the costs that matter most to household budgets. Home prices, gasoline, electricity, water bills, and taxes all rank among the highest in the country, making the Golden State one of America’s most expensive places

The economic impact of the war involving Iran is becoming clearer as oil prices surge and global markets react to supply disruptions, according to Axios. Brent crude briefly climbed near $120 per barrel, marking the sharpest jump since the energy shock following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Energy costs

Oil shipments continue to move through the Strait of Hormuz, though under unusually tense conditions. Tracking data show tankers navigating the narrow passage—sometimes switching off transponders briefly near Iranian waters—before continuing to Gulf ports to load crude. The activity highlights how global energy markets still depend on this

The Strait of Hormuz remains the world’s most critical oil chokepoint. Roughly 15–17 million barrels of crude pass through the narrow waterway each day, with the largest flows heading to Asia. China, India, Japan, and South Korea together account for the bulk of imports, underscoring how any disruption

The U.S. Treasury yields rose Monday as investors reacted to soaring oil prices and growing concerns about inflation tied to the escalating conflict involving Iran, according to CNBC. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield climbed to about 4.17 percent, while the 30-year bond rose to roughly 4.78 percent.

Energy analysts are warning that global oil prices could climb even higher as the Middle East conflict disrupts supply routes and production across the region, according to CNBC. Oil markets surged Monday after new U.S. and Israeli strikes hit targets in Iran, including oil depots. Brent crude briefly approached

Global oil prices surged past $100 per barrel as the war involving Iran intensified and raised fears about disruptions to global energy supply, according to CNN. Brent crude briefly approached $120 before settling near $104, while U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate climbed above $101. President Donald Trump defended the

The bitter debate between Democrats and Republicans over the SAVE Act — which would require voters to provide a valid ID to cast a ballot — has roiled political waters as both major parties gird themselves for the 2026 midterms. But do voters care? They sure do, and it’s not good news

The U.S. military killed six men in a strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Sunday, according to the Associated Press. The operation is part of President Donald Trump’s expanded campaign targeting what the administration calls “narcoterrorists” operating along major trafficking routes. U.

Congressional Democrats are pressing the Trump administration to reverse a temporary sanctions waiver that allows Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil, arguing the move benefits Moscow during the Iran conflict. Rep. Sam Liccardo and Sen. Ruben Gallego warned Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a letter that the decision could strengthen

Iran’s ruling establishment has appointed Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader, following the death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a U.S.-Israel airstrike, according to CNN. The decision by Iran’s 88-member Assembly of Experts marks the first time power in the Islamic

From Tel Aviv, Doha, and the TIPP Insights editorial board, three perspectives on how military pressure, economic strain, and leadership succession may shape the outcome of the Iran conflict.

Iran may try to disrupt energy flows through the Gulf, but modern markets and governments are proving far more resilient than Tehran expects.