- Iran fired ballistic missiles at a US Navy aircraft carrier and destroyer in the Strait of Hormuz, and Washington answered hours later by disabling three Iranian oil tankers.
- Tehran announced a future "restricted zone" that would start at the line of the US naval blockade and stretch into the Persian Gulf, though the measure is not yet in effect.
- Brent crude closed at $96.28 a barrel — its highest level since July 24 — just as the White House tries to hold the conflict in check until the November 3 midterm elections.
An American aircraft carrier dodging Iranian ballistic missiles in the Strait of Hormuz. Three tankers knocked out of commission before nightfall in retaliation. And underneath it all, a number that's already hitting American wallets: the highest diesel price ever recorded in the US. What happened in the Gulf this weekend isn't an isolated flare-up — it's the clearest sign yet that Washington is racing against its own election calendar while the war with Iran keeps slipping further out of its control.
