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A fifth of the world’s oil passes through the strait, making it a critical choke point in global commerce.
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Countries already walloped by a breakdown of the international trading order, war in Ukraine and chaotic U.S. policymaking are facing potentially lasting economic damage.
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With attacks and threats, Tehran is using the world’s most important transit point for oil and gas as leverage against its enemies.
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By suing Republican states and making sharp reversals in old cases, the Trump administration is using courts to fast-track major shifts in policy.
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The case is mostly moot, a federal judge said, because the administration has resumed the flow of more than $200 million in funding that it had temporarily stopped.
