KEY POINTS
The U.S. government ordered non-essential diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia as the conflict broadened across the Middle East.
Iran named Mojtaba Khamenei as the new supreme leader, a choice that former CIA director has labeled as ‘unfortunate.’
Oil prices spiked above $110 per barrel before paring gains.
We learned that war makes some people a lot of money, some of which is spent buying politicians to keep the war machine running.