2026-07-13 16:00 UTC | BLOCK 957875
BITCOIN $62,608 | GOLD $4,009 | OIL $79.59
1. Trump sets 20% fee on Hormuz cargo and reinstates Iranian shipping blockade
-- President Trump said the US will reimpose its naval blockade on Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and collect a 20% reimbursement on all other cargo transiting the waterway, driving crude toward $80.
-- A US toll on the world's busiest oil chokepoint converts military control into revenue, invites challenges under the law of the sea, and strengthens the case for bypass projects such as Dubai's planned east-coast port.
2. State Department launches campaign to dismantle the ICC
-- Secretary of State Rubio announced a whole-of-government effort to disable the International Criminal Court, including visa bans for ICC personnel, expanded sanctions, and diplomatic pressure on allies to reject the court's jurisdiction or withdraw entirely.
-- Washington shifts from episodic sanctions to a declared goal of destroying the court's capacity to function, forcing treaty allies that host or fund the ICC to choose between Rome Statute obligations and US security ties.
3. Pentagon creates leak prosecution task force as NYT reporters receive subpoenas
-- Defense Secretary Hegseth said a new task force will pursue criminal prosecution of leaks to news media, the same day multiple New York Times reporters were subpoenaed over their reporting on the Qatari-gifted Air Force One.
-- Compelled-testimony fights with newsrooms could set precedent at the Supreme Court, while government sources now face criminal exposure for disclosures that once carried only administrative penalties.
4. US bank regulators tell lenders to treat immigrant clients as elevated risk
-- Federal banking agencies issued guidance directing lenders to manage "elevated" risks from immigrant customers and warned firms about lending to undocumented workers.
-- The policy expands financial surveillance obligations and legal exposure for banks that serve immigrant customers, and the resulting debanking risk for millions of workers threatens the civil liberties of citizens and non-citizens whose transactions now draw extra scrutiny.
5. Trump urges Senate to pass Clarity Act crypto bill after Graham's death
-- President Trump called on the Senate to pass the Clarity Act market-structure bill in honor of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, casting crypto and AI as contests with China; the bill cleared the Banking Committee 15-9 in May.
-- Passage would set the first comprehensive US market-structure rules for digital assets, determining regulatory jurisdiction over exchanges and stablecoins, while Graham's death cuts the Republican majority to 52-47 and tightens the floor math against Democratic demands for ethics guardrails.
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