President Trump announced a sudden end to his operation to break Iran’s hold on the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday night, hours before reports emerged that Washington and Tehran are closing in on a framework of a deal to end the war.
The president again threatened to resume bombing if the deal falls through, but Trump’s moves underline his desire for an off-ramp as economic pain and political pressure mount.
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Dave Chappelle says the headlines get “more appalling” each day, telling Michelle Obama that the current political climate “doesn’t seem like it’s ever going to end.”
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The U.S. military disabled an Iranian-flagged unladen oil tanker on Wednesday morning that attempted to breach the U.S. naval blockade, as Washington and Tehran have seemingly made progress in potentially ending the conflict.
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With the U.S. and Iran reportedly closing in on a peace deal, President Trump on Wednesday morning warned the Islamic Republic to come to terms. “If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before,” he posted on Truth Social. Read more. |
Federal authorities executed a search warrant on Wednesday morning at the offices of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas (D), a key player in the state’s congressional redistricting fight, as part of a corruption investigation, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill’s sister network NewsNation.
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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) told reporters ahead of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s testimony before the panel that Lutnick had not been “100 percent truthful” about whether he had been on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s island.
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Former President Obama on Tuesday said the president “shouldn’t have a bunch of side hustles,” signaling there should be a clear ethical standard for those occupying the Oval Office.
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Indiana voters cast their ballots in a slate of state Senate primaries that surged into the national spotlight amid President Trump’s push for red states to redistrict ahead of the midterms.
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The State Department on Tuesday officially terminated the employment of approximately 200 foreign service members as part of a reduction in force (RIF), part of more than 1,300 layoffs at the agency over the past year.
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