#news #us #world - Top U.S. & World Headlines — April 13, 2026: Democracy Now

14 April 2026

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#iranwar #markets #investing - IEA Warns of Global Oil Demand Decline Amid Iran War: Bloomberg

14 April 2026

The International Energy Agency said global oil demand will decline this year as a price surge caused by the Middle East conflict wipes out growth. Bloomberg's Anthony di Paola breaks down the situation.

#News #iranwar #straitofhormuz - How the Strait of Hormuz changes economic warfare: Reuters

14 April 2026

By strangling the waterway, Iran retaliated against the US and eased some financial sanctions. In this episode of The Big View Edward Fishman, senior fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations, tells Peter Thal Larsen how American economic weapons have been turned against it.

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#news #iran #world - Top U.S. & World Headlines — April 13, 2026: Democracy Now

13 April 2026

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U.S. to Begin Automatic Draft Registration in December

The federal government is preparing to begin automatically registering eligible U.S. men ages 18 to 26 for the military draft pool. The U.S. hasn't had a military draft since 1973, but it still maintains a registry of eligible men in case the draft is restored. New rules around automatic military draft registration were tucked into the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act.

Trump’s ‘always’ been unhinged — Iran war chaos fuels removal calls | Michael Weiss

Michael Weiss, editor of The Insider, joins Maddie Hale to discuss the unsuccessful US-Iran talks over the weekend, Donald Trump escalates threats to Iran with a naval blockade and renewed airstrikes and former CIA director John Brennan says the 25th Amendment was “written with [Trump] in mind”.