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Trump comes under pressure to address gas prices, Iran war strategy
Wall Street Journal: “Three weeks from now, if there isn’t a reasonable confidence that other than Iran that…
March 8, 2026
War with Iran spreading economic damage far beyond oil, gas markets
Washington Post: But the pain is not being felt equally. The cost of shipping goods by air from…
March 8, 2026
Trump threat to blow up trade deal puts Canada’s auto town on the spot
Washington Post: Sales are down nearly 70 percent at Jahn Engineering, a tool and die shop that serves…
March 8, 2026
Laden Iranian ships depart Chinese port tied to key military chemicals
Washington Post: Two ships owned by an Iranian company that the United States has accused of supplying material…
March 8, 2026
AI regulation: Campaign to take down Alex Bores just the beginning
Politico: A leading AI industry-backed Super PAC is targeting a pro-regulation candidate — and building a strategy that…
March 8, 2026
Beijing teases prospects for successful Trump-Xi summit
Politico: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday signaled Beijing’s ambition for a successful summit between President Donald…
March 8, 2026
‘It’s our moment’: Rival exiles lobby US to lead Iran after war
Financial Times: The son of the ousted shah and a longstanding rebel group spend big in Washington in…
March 8, 2026
Trump raises stakes in Iran by weighing deployment of US ground forces
Financial Times: Trump administration officials insist that Trump would never take any options off the table and that…
March 8, 2026
HORMUZ TRACKER: Iran-linked ships are only ones to transit
Bloomberg: Strait of Hormuz transit remains near a standstill for a seventh day, with Iran-linked ships the only…
March 8, 2026
Oil market chaos to deepen as more Gulf giants cut output
Bloomberg: The United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have already started reducing oil production as storage runs out, joining Iraq, whose…
March 8, 2026
US considers idea of special operation to seize Iran’s uranium
Bloomberg: President Donald Trump is weighing the option of deploying special forces on the ground to seize Iran’s…
March 8, 2026
Americans now a target in Trump’s immigration crackdown
Wall Street Journal: Of the 279 people accused by officials on X of attacking federal officers in the…
March 8, 2026
Trump’s war in Iran has echoes of Putin and Ukraine
New York Times: Shifting objectives, an exaggerated threat, an ambiguous mission: The many Russian echoes in the White…
March 8, 2026
Loose band of emerging powers divided over Iran
New York Times: Brazil, China and Russia all denounced the U.S.-Israeli attacks, but other nations in the BRICS…
March 8, 2026
Energy secretary says tankers could start moving soon
New York Times: “We’re not too long, I think, before you will see more regular resumption of ship…
March 8, 2026
Iran names Khamenei’s son new supreme leader
New York Times: Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of the country’s slain supreme leader, as his father’s…
March 8, 2026
Bruce Anderson: Liberals by 15 and Prairies are in play
Bruce Anderson: Wide leads in Quebec, Ontario, Atlantic and BC. But the numbers have tightened, a lot, in…
March 8, 2026
Carney calls byelections in Quebec riding of Terrebonne, 2 Toronto ridings
CBC: Prime Minister Mark Carney has called byelections in the Toronto ridings of University-Rosedale and Scarborough Southwest and…
March 8, 2026
Crude oil prices surpass US$100 barrel as Iran war impedes production, shipping
The Associated Press: The global surge in oil prices since Israel and the U.S. attacked Iran on March…
March 8, 2026
Critics say Ottawa’s sustainable jobs plan offers no new support for energy workers
CBC: The Carney government’s plan to protect jobs in the energy sector amounts to a list of existing…
March 8, 2026
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