John Haughey

45 Articles

‘No Plan’ to Contain Gas Prices by Restricting US Energy Exports, 2 Cabinet Secretaries Say

Maritime traffic moves through the Houston Ship Chanel in Deer Park, Texas, on March 20, 2019. Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via…

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Alaska Oil Lease Sale Draws 430 Bids, Nets Record $163.7 Million in Revenue

Policies & ImpactsAt least 10 companies secure access to 1.3 million acres of public lands in first lease offering since…

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Space Force General Refutes Claims That ‘Golden Dome’ Program Will Cost Trillions

Illustration of defense forces using satellite tracking to deploy surface-to-air missiles. Courtesy of the Space Development AgencyThe United States Space…

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Russia Benefiting From US-Iran War While Impacts on China Are ‘Complicated’: Analysts

(L-R) Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, China's Executive Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ma Zhaoxu, and Iran's Deputy Foreign…

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Trump Says Some Countries ‘On the Way’ to Help Open Hormuz Strait

President Donald Trump provides updates on Iran war at lunch with the Kennedy Center Board members at the White House…

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What to Know About the Tiny Iranian Island That the US Bombed

The United States ‘obliterated’ military targets on Kharg Island but left its oil infrastructure intact for now, Trump said. Illustration…

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Trump Admin Weighs Allowing Foreign Ships to Transport US Crude to Domestic Refiners

The oil tanks and the Bayway Refinery of Phillips 66 in Linden, N.J., on March 30, 2020. Mike Segar/ReutersThe White…

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Standoff and Standstill in the Strait: No Easy Solution to Restoring Gulf Tanker Traffic

A boat approaches the Saint Kitts and Nevis-flagged container ship Marsa Victory while cruising in the waters of the Strait…

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Trump Says US Defense Contractors to Quadruple Munitions Production ‘As Rapidly as Possible’

A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) launching station preparing to load onto a 4th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III…

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How Operation Epic Fury Unfolded

The Pentagon, restrained for decades from attacking Iran, needed less than 10 hours to launch after getting the ‘go order’…

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Killing Khamenei Won’t Be Decisive in Defeating Iranian Regime, Former Diplomats Warn

Mojtaba Khamenei (C), son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, participates in the annual Quds Day rally in…

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