President Donald Trump said that the US is in total control of the Strait of Hormuz and that the US will keep the strategic waterway. “The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT!” the President wrote on Truth Social Wednesday....
Iran said that the US must return to the conditions laid out by the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and will not extend the 60-day ceasefire. On June 17, the US and Iran signed the MOU, which kicked off a 60-day ceasefire. Under the MOU, Iran agreed to allow...
Missiles in the air, oil markets on edge, and a White House that still can’t answer the simplest question: what’s the plan? We start with reporting from foreign correspondent Trey Yingst on US forces having only minutes to intercept incoming Iranian ballistic...
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that seven Ukrainians were killed by a Russian attack that used North Korean missiles. “Emergency response efforts have been ongoing since last night to deal with the aftermath of the Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia. The city was...
President Donald Trump said that Russia agreed to release Robert Gilman without a prisoner exchange. “I am proud to announce that American Citizen Robert Gilman, a former United States Marine, is coming HOME!” the President wrote on Truth Social Tuesday. “We...
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains at a minimum as President Donald Trump claims the crucial waterway is open. The tracking agency Kpler reported on Tuesday that 32 ships transited the Strait between Friday and Monday, including just six on...
The story most people miss about a widening Middle East war isn’t just who fires the next missile, it’s who can absorb the retaliation after they do. I’m solo today, moving fast through the latest escalations and then slowing down where it matters: the strategic...
President Donald Trump is demanding that Tehran make payments to Washington for Iranian aggression against the US for several decades. “Now I am likewise demanding compensation from Iran, for all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded with their...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explicitly rejected a proposal to disarm Hamas that President Donald Trump announced ten days ago. “Israel does not accept the 15-point document,” Netanyahu told members of the Israeli cabinet on Sunday. The...
President Donald Trump said that the US was taking a low-profile approach to negotiations with Iran. “We are low-keying it. We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money.”...
President Donald Trump claimed that American weapons stockpiles were full and said he would arrest leakers who have been sources for multiple reports that the military’s arsenal is running low. “The US has massive amounts of ‘munitions,’ especially of certain...
Iranian state media reports that a deal with Oman to regulate traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is nearly completed. Fars News reported that details of the deal include, “Vessels belonging to the United States, the Zionist regime, and other hostile countries...
