Four Fingers News — Friday, June 26, 2026
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Friday, June 26, 2026
FROM THE EDITOR · June 26, 2026
Day 119. They keep calling the strait ‘open.’ Tell that to the Ever Lovely, which took a projectile off Oman yesterday — bridge damage, no claim from Tehran, no denial either. Hours earlier the IRGC had told ships to run a route it controls or not run at all. Then the UN quietly paused the very program meant to escort trapped vessels out. And the market? Oil fell anyway — Brent under $75, a third straight weekly drop — because crossings rebounded and Wall Street decided the war was over. Here’s what I keep seeing: the toll didn’t disappear. It changed currency. Iran stopped charging dollars and started charging risk, collectible whenever it likes. A waiver enforced by a drone isn’t peace — it’s a quieter kind of leverage. Leave the bottle.
— T.
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SUPREME COURT
Court Clears Trump to End Protected Status for Over a Million; Birthright Ruling Still Looms
The conservative majority handed the White House a pair of immigration wins Thursday: a 6–3 ruling giving the president near-unrestrained power to end Temporary Protected Status, and a separate order reviving a policy that limits how many migrants border officers must screen for asylum.
MARKETS
Tech Sell-Off Resumes as the Nasdaq Logs a Fourth Straight Down Day
Megacaps stayed under pressure Thursday — Apple fell 6.1%, Microsoft 3.5% — dragging the Nasdaq down 0.46% even as Micron jumped 15.7% on blowout earnings.
IRAN
U.S. and Iran Keep the Ceasefire but Split in Public Over Nuclear Inspections
Vice President Vance says Tehran agreed to readmit IAEA inspectors; Iran’s deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi says it did not, and that the question waits for a final deal.
OIL
Crude Slides as Tankers Clear Hormuz, Shrugging Off a Gulf of Oman Attack
Brent fell 3.2% to $72.83 and U.S. WTI 3.2% to $69.62 as more tankers exited the strait and supply fears eased.
NORTHWEST
Heat Breaks as a Marine Push Drags Western Washington Back to the 60s
A day after highs near 90, a marine push knocked temperatures down as much as 25 degrees; Friday tops out around 64, roughly 8 below normal, with rain and a chance of thunderstorms.
MARINERS
Pirates Beat Seattle Again as Bryce Miller’s 11 Strikeouts Go to Waste
Brandon Lowe’s first-inning solo shot — his 19th — and Henry Davis’s two-run homer carried Pittsburgh past the Mariners 5–1.
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