

Are US-Iran negotiations going anywhere?


Why the Trump administration is gamifying war.


It may not be possible to TACO out of this one.


The drone math giving Iran an edge, explained.


Shifting goals and asymmetric leverage make a clean victory elusive — for all countries involved.


And the magic number when owning an EV starts to pay off.


The Mideast energy truce is breaking down.


4 billion people are fed by fossil fuels. The Iran war is showing just how fragile that is.


Iranians are still trying to work, study, and parent under the constant threat of both airstrikes and regime violence.




Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi are testing the moral and ethical limits of betting.


Antiwar antisemitism is still antisemitism.


The spiraling conflict is a lifeline for Russia’s leader.


Trump is looking for help with the Strait of Hormuz. He’s not having much luck.


People are terrified of the war — but some worry it will end too soon to free them.


The ingredient that feeds the planet’s crops just got stuck in war.


Getting aid to civilians during wartime is difficult. Here’s the best approach.


It was a US strike that killed nearly 200 children on the first day of the Iran war, an investigation finds.


How long can Iran keep shooting missiles? How long can everyone else keep shooting them down?


Even if the Iran war ends tomorrow, high energy prices will persist.


The Trump administration doesn’t know when this is going to end either.


It won’t stop at the gas pump.


An Iranian Kurdish leader says his people are ready to rise up, but need more US support.


After Venezuela and Iran, Trump has a new target on his mind.


Having a nuclear weapon has never looked more appealing.


The rise and fall of the “axis of resistance.”


The economic shock from Trump’s war may only be getting started.


Are Claude and ChatGPT helping the US fight a war?


Four days in, Trump’s Iran explanations aren’t getting any clearer.


Can Trump bomb his way to regime change in Iran?




Trump says the war will protect Americans. Critics see new risks.


The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could usher in a new age of assassination.


What we know about the civilian death toll in the Middle East, briefly explained.


How Trump might finally be breaking the manosphere.


How the war in Iran could cause an economic crisis.


The US can’t just bomb its way to a new government.





