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The high-stakes combat search and rescue missions to recover two downed US airmen stranded in Iran involved numerous aircraft, close calls, and a deception campaign, President Donald Trump and other administration officials said Monday. Loading audio narration… The shootdown of an F-15E Strike Eagle last Friday in Iran saw both…
Your local grocery store’s produce section is the latest casualty in the war with Iran. Loading audio narration… Wholesale prices for a range of fruits and vegetables, including blueberries, limes, and tomatoes, rose sharply over the past month, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture.Higher oil prices since…
Dell has told employees not to travel to the Middle East for work until mid-April, and advised staff based in the region to work from home, after Iran threatened to strike US businesses. Loading audio narration… In an internal note uploaded to Dell’s SharePoint on Tuesday, which Business Insider has…
The growing US air superiority over Iran is opening the door for B-52 Stratofortress bombers to fly overland missions, America’s top general said Tuesday. Loading audio narration… The US Air Force has been flying its B-52 bomber fleet for over 70 years. Although it lacks the speed and stealth of…
Americans are feeling the effects of the ongoing war in Iran at the gas pump.Since the conflict started at the end of February, gas prices have been rising across the US, with a gallon of gas surpassing $3 in all 50 states for the first time since 2023. A dozen…
Larry Fink laid out two outcomes from the Iran war: abundance and growth, or a global recession.Speaking on the BBC’s “Big Boss Interview” podcast on Wednesday, BlackRock CEO Fink said the outcome hinges on what happens next with Iran. If the country comes out of the war accepted by the…
Donald Trump’s greatest weakness is his fear of falling stock prices, Michael Burry says.”The stock market is Trump’s kryptonite,” the investor of “The Big Short” fame wrote in a brief note on his Substack over the weekend.The president’s goal in waging war with Iran has morphed from “revolution” to “just…
Steve Hanke says Iran is pulling from Muhammad Ali’s playbook — and could deal a “knockout blow” to the US.”With its control of the Strait of Hormuz, that’s what Iran is capable of doing, and probably will do,” the professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins told Business Insider by…
US Air Force A-10 Warthogs are now chasing down Iranian fast-attack boats in the Strait of Hormuz, the top US general said Thursday. Loading audio narration… At a Thursday press briefing, Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed operational updates as the conflict…
An Israeli journalist said Polymarket users tried to bribe him and threatened to kill him after he reported that an Iranian missile had struck Israel earlier this month.Polymarket later condemned the harassment and said the conduct violated its rules. “We’ve banned the accounts for all involved & will pass their…
