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U.S. has big ask for China: Buy less oil from Russia, more from America
Wall Street Journal: In private consultations held in recent days with former U.S. officials, business executives and policy…
March 5, 2026
War in Iran colliding with Trump’s economic priorities
Wall Street Journal: A promise to steady the economy helped the president win voters in 2024. The attack…
March 5, 2026
Pentagon eyes Ukrainian interceptor drones to counter Iran
Financial Times: Gulf states had been using expensive Patriot missiles to defend themselves from waves of Iranian Shahed…
March 5, 2026
Tariffs lower and businesses racing to take advantage
Wall Street Journal: Burns, who owns the auto-products maker ValvoMax, decided to hold parts for the company’s oil-change…
March 5, 2026
China attacking citizens on American soil
Wall Street Journal: Grace Jin Drexel, an American citizen, testified that her mother who lives in the U.S.…
March 5, 2026
‘Bitterly ironic’: Trump wrecking his AI agenda with Anthropic spat, lobbyists and ex-officials say
Politico: Tech lobbyists, investors and a former Trump adviser are all warning the White House that its deregulatory,…
March 5, 2026
US not expanding military objectives in Iran: Hegseth
Reuters: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday the United States was not expanding its military objectives…
March 5, 2026
Industry doubts Trump plan to insure Gulf oil tankers as Iran war halts transit
Financial Times: US lacks firepower to provide $350bn in coverage needed to revive Strait of Hormuz transits, JPMorgan…
March 5, 2026
Justice Dept publishes documents with sexual assault allegations against Trump
Politico: The woman’s central allegation, according to FBI summaries of her interviews with investigators, known as FBI 302s,…
March 5, 2026
Not just oil: In Venezuela, U.S. Interior Secretary pushes for mining access
New York Times: With a couple dozen representatives of American mining companies and other firms in tow, the…
March 5, 2026
Who is Markwayne Mullin, named by Trump to replace Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary?
CNN: Mullin, a first-term senator who has served in that role since 2023, is a former mixed-martial artist…
March 5, 2026
Trump fires Noem as frustrations build among White House officials, GOP lawmakers
CNN: Current and former Homeland Security officials had privately questioned how much longer the secretary would remain in…
March 5, 2026
Gulf states could review overseas investments to ease financial strains caused by Iran war
Financial Times: A Gulf official said it could have an impact on anything from investment pledges to foreign…
March 5, 2026
US considers tying Nvidia and AMD AI chip exports to foreign investment pledges
Financial Times: The draft rule, which could change after an inter-agency review, creates a tiered process for approving…
March 5, 2026
Israel attacks Beirut and Tehran as war deepens. ‘We have only just begun to fight’: Hegseth. ‘I have to be involved’: Trump demands say in picking Iran’s next leader.
New York Times: Even as Israeli drones hovered over Beirut, Lebanon, the Israeli military said it had begun…
March 5, 2026
Iran’s regime maintains its grip, despite devastating losses
Washington Post: “There’s not a single sign of anything in the system breaking or defecting. Nothing. Zero,” said…
March 5, 2026
Max Fawcett: Pierre Poilievre’s great reset
Max Fawcett/National Observer: The only question then is how long he can hold this new political posture without…
March 5, 2026
Game theory vs. ‘death and destruction’: Carney’s Trumpian dilemma
Lisa Van Dusen/Policy Magazine: On the one hand, this is reassuring because of what it says about Carney’s…
March 5, 2026
Campbell Clark: Carney ties own foreign policy in knots
Campbell Clark/The Globe and Mail: This has been a week when the Prime Minister has found it hard…
March 5, 2026
Lilley: Polls show why Conservatives don’t want election right now
Brian Lilley/Toronto Sun: In a survey of 1,627 Canadians conducted from Feb. 27 through March 2, via an…
March 5, 2026