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Oil prices rise as Iran targets vessels in Strait of Hormuz; Houthis seize critical Yemeni port

Lawrence Allison puts $175 dollars of diesel in his truck at a gas station Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Carlsbad, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Oil prices climbed Thursday after Iranian forces said they targeted two U.S. vessels near the Strait of Hormuz and Iran-backed Houthi rebels seized a key port city on Yemen’s western coast.

One year later, death of Charlie Kirk stings at GOP convention

Post it notes are placed behind a memorial for Charlie Kirk at the "Creators Deck" for the media, at the Republican convention Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

The Republican National Committee left an empty chair for Charlie Kirk at the party’s midterm convention and tried to fill the void with a moving tribute one year after his assassination on a college campus in Utah.

Post it notes are placed behind a memorial for Charlie Kirk at the "Creators Deck" for the media, at the Republican convention Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

One year later, death of Charlie Kirk stings at GOP convention

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

U.S. soldiers, part of the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), walk as a U.S. Chinook helicopter is seen in the background in Shindand, Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 28, 2012. On the ground, NATO has helped to keep peace in the Balkans and combat the Taliban-led insurgency in war-torn Afghanistan, the alliance's biggest ever operation, launched after the United States triggered its "all for one and one for all" common defense clause in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. (AP Photo/Hoshang Hashimi) **FILE**

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Rep. Richard Hudson, R-NC., walking on stage on the final night of the Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Republican convention Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Rep. Richard Hudson, R-NC., walking on stage on the final night of the Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Wake County Board of Elections employees prepare absentee ballots to be mailed on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Ramey)

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President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican convention, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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A large American flag is unfurled at the Pentagon ahead of ceremonies at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial to honor the 184 people killed in the 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, in Washington, Friday Sept. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

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Lawrence Allison puts $175 dollars of diesel in his truck at a gas station Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Carlsbad, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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