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Iran said it has significantly expanded its definition of the Strait of Hormuz, signaling its intent to widen its grip on the crucial waterway that was effectively closed to global shipping by Iranian ...

Brett McGurk is a CNN global affairs analyst who served in senior national security positions under Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. In the darkest days of the ...

Ships in the Strait of Hormuz might be the only things that aren’t moving. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Even as markets surged ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

For tens of thousands of seafarers on the 1,600 ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz, “Project Freedom” was anything but. President Donald Trump’s operation to “guide” ships through the strait lasted ...

George Strait continues to prove he's the king of country music. The "Amarillo By Morning" singer is one of the most legendary musical artists in America's storied history, and he's dominated the ...

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Everything is bigger in Texas—just ask the Poteet-born George Strait. Raised in Pearsall, Strait is objectively the greatest country singer ever by most metrics, with record sales in the tens of ...

While recent global attention has focused on the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively held closed since late February in a move that has disrupted world energy supplies, a quieter but also ...