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Iran Losing Grip on Strait of Hormuz as Ships Favor U.S.-Protected Omani Route August 19, 2026
by Rich Mitchell at CDN - Iran is losing significant control over the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas once flowed, as commercial vessels increasingly bypass Iranian-controlled channels in favor of a southern route along Oman’s coast under U.S. naval protection.⁠ Maritime […]
Rich Mitchell
Two Navy Destroyers Went Dead In The Water In Just Three Months August 18, 2026
by Francis Kapper at CDN - Two of the U.S. Navy’s front-line destroyers suffered ship wide power failures in the Indo-Pacific within three months. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold lost power for four days while operating in the South China Sea in July following an engineering issue involving its generators, U.S. 7th Fleet […]
Francis Kapper
Battery Fires Creating New Nightmare For EV Owners August 18, 2026
by Paris Apodaca at CDN - Forget the slow burn of traffic — electric vehicles are catching fire amid a surge in recalls over models that can burst into flames even while parked. Sarah Lammersen’s plug-in hybrid Jeep Wrangler caught fire while her daughter drove it, days after a recall of a partially electric car […]
Paris Apodaca
Why The Robocall Plague Seems To Only Be Getting Worse August 18, 2026
by Sean Moran at CDN - Your phone rings. Thinking it could be important, you take the call, expecting another human being on the other end of the line. Instead, you’re greeted with a lifeless automated voice warning of “suspicious” purchases or an unpaid Internal Revenue Service debt. The scale of America’s robocall epidemic is […]
Sean Moran
Big Tech Throws Wrench Into Uncle Sam’s Plans To Fund Debt Deluge August 18, 2026
by Jack McGeever at CDN - Washington is facing a growing challenge in the bond market as investors demand higher returns to lend money to the federal government while artificial intelligence giants ramp up borrowing to finance their infrastructure buildout. The global bond selloff pushed the yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond to its […]
Jack McGeever