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Oil Market Sees Historic Disruptions as Attacks on Shipping Escalate
CNN's Eleni Giokos discusses crude oil surging to $100 a barrel after Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed.
TL;DR
- Crude oil prices have surged to $100 a barrel.
- Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed.
- US forces are being questioned about bombing a girls' school in Iran using outdated intelligence.
- An American service member survived a drone attack in Kuwait.
- President Donald Trump offered Jake Paul his endorsement if he ran for Congress.
- Trump delivered mixed messaging about the war in Iran at a rally in Kentucky.
- Sen. John Cornyn will support changes to Senate rules to pass a voter ID and proof of citizenship bill.
- Trump claimed the US has won the war with Iran.
- A plan to choke off Russia's war money could backfire due to the war with Iran.