By agreeing to open Russia’s taps and release hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel into a starving global market, the Kremlin has achieved something that raw military might on the battlefields of eastern Ukraine could never deliver.

The shock order followed Trump allowing Russia to export diesel to the U.S. earlier this month in a move to drop fuel prices ahead of the midterm elections, as his war with Iran continues to impact energy prices. Gas prices are sitting at a national average of just under $4.30 per gallon with the midterm elections weeks away.

The US has urged Americans across the Middle East to remain vigilant amid regional security concerns and potential travel disruptions. Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran’s seven-day proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz remains on the table,

While using the so-called “mother of all bombs,” a 21,600-pound weapon that is the largest non-nuclear bomb in the U.S. arsenal, is only part of a series of options that could be presented to President Donald Trump,

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed brought up a Midwestern college rivalry in an attack against Vice President Vance. During a recent town hall on CBS News, Vance said that he had seen “what Abdul El-Sayed says about the war in Iran.

President Donald Trump has given war strikes a pause with Iran amid the midterm elections, but Iran is pushing its 7-day peace plan under the guise the control over the Strait of Hormuz is in their control.

The Ukrainian president detailed disruptions to U.S. support during a bipartisan call.