July 24, 2026 · Oil breaks a hundred dollars, the president weighs "a massive attack," and Big Tech promises not to put the AI boom on your power bill

Oil broke a hundred dollars a barrel — the war's first crossing of that line — after Houthi fighters attacked two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea, opening a second chokepoint while ships already flee the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump says he's weighing a "massive attack" on Iran, "bigger than ever before," and refuses new talks: "they need more of the same." Then the squeeze at home — new tariffs on dozens of economies landing the same week — and the AI boom's power bill: Big Tech signs a voluntary pledge to pay for its own data centers' electricity instead of charging it to you. Plus, a giant planet found hiding in plain sight. Sourced; the analysis is Anna Dudley's.