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House Leaders Call for an End to White House's Jones Act Waiver

Published Jul 1, 2026 8:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Republican leaders of the House of Representatives have written to the White House to ask for an eventual end to the sweeping...

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Pentagon Puts All Drone Programs Under One Office, Except Navy's MUSV

Published Jul 1, 2026 6:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

As the Pentagon moves to expand its unmanned-systems programs in all domains and across all service branches, it is setting up a n...

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US, NATO, and Allies Wrap-up First Large Atlantic Exercise off Virginia

Published Jul 1, 2026 6:44 PM by The Maritime Executive

A multi-national force completed two weeks of exercises in what was billed as the first large-scale multi-national maritime exerci...

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Op-Ed: Iran Won't be Able to Toll the Strait of Hormuz in the Long Term

Published Jul 1, 2026 5:03 PM by The Conversation

[By Jennifer Parker] Since Iran was attacked by the US and Israel it has increasingly signaled its intent to make control of the S...

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U.S. Treasury Takes Aim at Mexico's Fuel Smuggling Cartel

Published Jul 1, 2026 3:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Treasury is taking aim at the fuel-smuggling side business of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), the violent...

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Russian Warship Orders Greenpeace to Stay Away from Sanctioned Tanker

Published Jul 1, 2026 12:11 PM by The Maritime Executive

Greenpeace activists are reporting an incident on June 30 when one of its teams was photographing a sanctioned crude oil tanker. T...

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Op-Ed: UK Defence Investment Plan Delivers More But Not Enough

Published Jul 1, 2026 10:32 AM by The Maritime Executive

Not wishing to depress those of our readers who agree that the price of peace is the cost of preparing for war, your correspondent...

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Report: White House Still Looking at Alternatives to Iran Peace Deal

Published Jun 30, 2026 10:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

Amidst fitful talks with Iran on formalizing an MOU on the end of the multimonth conflict, the Trump administration is still consi...

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Study: Jones Act Waivers Had No Effect on Military Operations

Published Jun 30, 2026 8:34 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Trump administration's controversial 150-day waiver of the Jones Act had no impact on military operations and could have been...

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The Insurance Chokepoint: War-Risk Pricing as an Instrument of Coercion

Published Jun 30, 2026 5:53 PM by CIMSEC

[By Bruce Randolph Tizes] Most analysis of the U.S.-Iran maritime war will focus on carrier strike group positioning, IRGC small-b...

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