U.S. sanctions Iran oil-shipping network amid Hormuz attacks.
Today's events
Iran oil network.
State and Treasury sanctioned more than 50 individuals, entities, and vessels tied to Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani's shipping network — a major enabler of Iran's oil exports — as Iran attacks commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.1Jul 14 · StateAircraft tariffs.
A presidential proclamation found that imports of commercial aircraft, jet engines, and parts threaten U.S. national security, invoking the Section 232 trade-law authority used earlier on steel and aluminum to adjust those imports.2Jul 15 · Fed. Reg.Drug middlemen.
The FTC settled its antitrust case against Caremark, the CVS-owned pharmacy-benefit manager, locking in up to $8.5 billion in consumer savings over ten years plus $4.5 billion more from point-of-sale rebates.3Jul 14 · FTCSilicon carbide.
Commerce signed a $225 million CHIPS award backing Bosch's $2 billion conversion of its Roseville, California plant into a silicon-carbide chip fab; Bosch plans $7.5 billion in U.S. operations over five years.4Jul 13 · CommerceExploited flaws.
CISA added four actively exploited vulnerabilities to its catalog — two in SonicWall SMA1000 appliances plus flaws in Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services and SharePoint — and urged emergency SharePoint hardening.5Jul 14 · CISABulletproof hosting.
Three Russian nationals and two “bulletproof hosting” firms were indicted in Ohio for enabling more than $62 million in cyberattacks on banks, hospitals, and schools across 21 states; State offered a $10 million reward.6Jul 14 · DOJIran drone parts.
A federal jury convicted Mahdi Sadeghi, a dual U.S.-Iranian national, of illegally exporting sensitive microelectronics to Iran for the Revolutionary Guard's drone-navigation program, in violation of U.S. sanctions.7Jul 14 · DOJNuclear standards.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed rewriting its 1991 radiation-protection rules under Executive Order 14300, reconsidering the linear no-threshold model and easing limits it calls overly conservative on very low doses.8Jul 15 · NRCInnovation engines.
The National Science Foundation awarded 12 Regional Innovation Engines across 20 states — spanning critical minerals, quantum computing, and grid security — funding each $15 million now and up to $160 million over a decade.9Jul 14 · NSF
Allied Governments
Iran's proxies.
Britain summoned Iran's chargé d'affaires over the Revolutionary Guard Qods Force directing proxy attacks across Europe, days after designating the Guard under new state-threats powers.aJul 14 · UK FCDOGibraltar treaty.
Britain and the EU signed a treaty securing Gibraltar's post-Brexit border, protecting the 15,000 daily crossings from Spain and safeguarding the UK's military facilities on the Rock.bJul 14 · UK FCDOMissile coalition.
Ten nations — Britain, France, Germany, Ukraine and six others — declared an Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition to jointly build European missile defense, drawing on Ukraine's experience against Russia's invasion.cJul 13 · UK No.10
Voices
“The United States will use all the tools at our disposal to hold the regime accountable for its actions.”
State Dept. Spokesperson Tommy Pigott · Jul 141
“This verdict should serve as a wake-up call to those in corporate America that if you violate our country's export laws, you will not get away with it.”
SAC Ted E. Docks, FBI Boston · Jul 147
“The FTC under President Trump won't stand for anticompetitive behavior that drives up prices for American consumers.”
Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson, FTC · Jul 143
“From their overseas haven, these defendants ran the criminal infrastructure that powered attacks on critical institutions across our nation.”
AAG A. Tysen Duva, DOJ Criminal Division · Jul 146
“[The revisions] address unnecessary conservatism and excessive subjectivity in regulatory requirements as they relate to protection from very low doses of radiation.”
NRC, Standards for Protection Against Radiation (proposed rule) · Jul 158
“These new NSF Engines will be transformational for America's innovation infrastructure — helping secure our national competitiveness in technologies and future industries…”
Brian Stone, performing the duties of NSF director · Jul 149
Sources
- U.S. Dept. of State, “Iran: Dismantling Shamkhani's Illicit Shipping Empire,” July 14, 2026. state.gov/releases/…/shamkhani-shipping-empire
- Federal Register, “Adjusting Imports of Commercial Aircraft, Jet Engines, and Aircraft and Engine Parts Into the United States” (Presidential Proclamation), July 15, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/adjusting-imports-commercial-aircraft
- U.S. Federal Trade Commission, “FTC Secures Major Settlement with Caremark, Resolving Antitrust Case Against Second Drug Middleman,” July 14, 2026. ftc.gov/news-events/…/settlement-caremark
- U.S. Dept. of Commerce, “Department of Commerce Announces Direct Funding Agreement with Bosch for a $225 Million CHIPS Program Award,” July 13, 2026. nist.gov/news-events/…/bosch-chips-silicon-carbide
- CISA, “CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog” (SonicWall SMA1000, Microsoft ADFS and SharePoint), July 14, 2026. cisa.gov/news-events/…/four-kev
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, “Three Russian Nationals and Two Companies Indicted for International Cybercrimes Resulting in More Than $62M in Victim Losses,” July 14, 2026. justice.gov/opa/pr/…/russian-cybercrime-indictment
- U.S. Dept. of Justice, “Massachusetts Man Convicted of Violating U.S. Sanctions Against Iran,” July 14, 2026. justice.gov/opa/pr/…/massachusetts-iran-sanctions
- Federal Register, “Reforming and Modernizing the NRC's Radiation Protection Framework” (Nuclear Regulatory Commission, proposed rule), July 15, 2026. federalregister.gov/…/nrc-radiation-protection
- U.S. National Science Foundation, “NSF Awards 12 New Regional Innovation Engines to Fuel Research, Jobs and Economic Growth Nationwide,” July 14, 2026. nsf.gov/news/…/regional-innovation-engines
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, “FCDO Summons Iranian Chargé d'Affaires over Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force's Role in Directing Attacks by Proxy Groups,” July 14, 2026. gov.uk/government/news/…/fcdo-summons-iranian-charge
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, “UK Finalises Historic Treaty with EU to Secure Economic Future of Gibraltar,” July 14, 2026. gov.uk/government/news/…/uk-eu-gibraltar-treaty
- UK Prime Minister's Office, “Joint Declaration on the Establishment of the Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition,” July 13, 2026. gov.uk/government/news/…/anti-ballistic-missile-coalition