Shipping in Strait of Hormuz increases
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has ticked up Monday (June 29), according to ship tracking data.
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US and Iran pause strikes but disagree over next steps on talks
President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran had requested a meeting with U.S. counterparts, though one of Iran’s top negotiators said no further talks had been scheduled after attacks across the Persian Gulf over the weekend challenged negotiations to end the war.
President Trump tells DOJ to look into gouging by gas companies
Earlier Wednesday (June 24) President Trump said he ordered the Justice Department to look into what he called “gouging” by big oil companies.
US and Iran in dispute over whether Tehran has agreed to nuclear inspections
The U.S. and Iran were in dispute Tuesday over whether Tehran had agreed to allow U.N. inspections of its nuclear sites.
President Trump endorses Wilson, Evette for SC GOP gubernatorial runoff
President Donald Trump is now endorsing both candidates in the upcoming Republican gubernatorial runoff.
Friction between Trump and Republican senators is growing before the pivotal midterm elections
The relationship between President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans neared a breaking point this week as he upended their efforts to speedily confirm one of his own nominees and said he would not sign the renewal of a key surveillance law unless they agree to new terms.
President Trump announces Intel, Apple chip deal
President Donald Trump says Intel has struck a deal with Apple to start producing computer chips in the U.S.
Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and can sell oil freely under deal with the US, officials say
Iran will immediately take steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz once a tentative deal with the U.S. to end the war is signed and will be allowed to sell its oil without restrictions, according to leaked copies of an interim agreement that officials say broadly matches the document.
FBI disrupts a planned attack on the White House UFC cage-fighting show, court papers say
Law enforcement officials disrupted a planned attack targeting the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House this past weekend, according to court papers unsealed Tuesday that say plotters disgruntled with the direction of the country spoke of flying explosives-laden drones and shooting panicked crowd members as they fled.
Iran says the deal to end the war with the US requires Israel to withdraw from Lebanon
Iran’s top diplomat said Tuesday that the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon — a condition Israel has already rejected and that could sink the agreement, leading to the resumption of all-out war.
