Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington. President Trump hit the road today, visiting Ohio and Kentucky to tout his economic agenda. He's set to deliver remarks this hour, but it of course comes as the administration is trying to contain the economic fallout from the war with Iran. With fuel prices rising and growing concerns about safety in the Straight of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane that borders Iran, oil prices moved higher once again today. They're now up roughly 30% since the ...

Sanctions are meant to choke off oil supply, but a hidden fleet is covertly keeping prices lower than they should be. The shadow fleet is a concealed network of tankers that move sanctioned oil. The vessels operate by obscuring locations, routes and even ownership.This keeps illicit crude flowing despite enforcement pressure. The shadow fleet can also be referred to as the dark fleet, because the vessels turn off their locations to hide their illegal activity. That could be going to a port to either fill th ...