Trump’s sons pitch drone interceptors to Gulf states under Iranian attack, positioning their company to profit from the war their father launched.
Oil surges past $110 a barrel as Austria and Spain close airspace to U.S. military flights on day 36 of the Iran war.
Trump lifts sanctions on Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez, whom Treasury sanctioned in 2018 for helping Maduro “solidify his authoritarian rule.”
Trump tells nation Iran war objectives are “nearing completion” but offers no exit plan, no Hormuz deadline mention, and threatens two more weeks of bombing.
Iran launches three missile barrages at Israel as 82nd Airborne troops arrive and a third carrier strike group deploys on day 35 of the war.
Trump schedules primetime address on the Iran war after telling reporters U.S. forces will leave in “two or three weeks,” as NBC reports he has repeatedly rejected off-ramps to end the conflict.
Gas tops $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 as Iran war enters day 34, with 348 American troops wounded and a third aircraft carrier deploying to the region.
Trump threatens to destroy Iran’s power grid, oil wells, and water supply unless a deal is reached “shortly,” as Gulf allies push for ground invasion.
Trump reverses Cuba oil blockade, says he has “no problem” with sanctioned Russian tanker delivering 730,000 barrels to the fuel-starved island.
Pakistan will host U.S.-Iran talks as Iran declares homes of American and Israeli officials in the Middle East legitimate military targets.
Houthis launch two missile attacks on Israel on day 30, opening a new front as Iranian strikes wound 15 more U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia.
Trump tells Saudi investment forum the U.S. has Iran “on the run,” warns Cuba is “next,” and says Saudi crown prince “didn’t think he would be kissing my ass.”
Elon Musk joined Trump’s phone call with India’s Modi about the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz, two U.S. officials confirm.
Rubio accuses Zelenskyy of lying about U.S. position on Ukraine withdrawing from the Donbas, saying Washington relayed Russia’s demands but isn’t advocating for them.
Iran-linked hackers breach FBI Director Patel’s personal email weeks after he vowed to “hunt” the group and offered $10 million for information on its members.
Israel strikes Iran’s nuclear production plants as Iranian missile attack wounds 10 U.S. troops and damages aircraft at Saudi base one month into war.
Judge weighs allowing Venezuela to pay Maduro’s legal fees after prosecutors argue U.S. sanctions block the funding and suggest a public defender.
Trump again delays threatened strike on Iran’s energy plants, pushing deadline to April 6 after Wall Street posts worst day of the war.
Iran rejects Trump’s 15-point ceasefire plan and issues counterproposal demanding war reparations and sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz on day 27.
Trump appoints Australian-born internet provocateur Nick Adams as special presidential envoy for tourism, exceptionalism and American values.
Trump offers Iran a 15-point ceasefire plan through Pakistani intermediaries while deploying 1,000 troops from the Army’s emergency response force to the Middle East.
White House agrees to pay French energy giant TotalEnergies $1 billion to abandon its East Coast wind farm leases and reinvest in U.S. oil and gas production.
Trump extends Iran strike deadline five days and claims a deal is close, but every senior Iranian official denies any negotiations are underway.
UN Ambassador Waltz calls Iran’s power plants valid military targets as Trump’s 48-hour ultimatum clock runs and Israel launches wide-scale strikes.
Trump gives Iran 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to “obliterate” its power plants as missiles injure dozens near site believed to house Israel’s nuclear weapons.
Trump calls NATO allies “cowards” for not reopening the Strait of Hormuz, one day after seven nations offered to help do exactly that.
Denmark deployed troops with explosives to Greenland in January and planned to blow up airfields to prevent a U.S. takeover, military documents reveal.
U.S. military attacks another alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific near Costa Rica, leaving three survivors, in the 46th such operation since September.
DEA designates Colombian President Petro a “priority target” as federal prosecutors in New York investigate his alleged ties to drug traffickers.
Cuba refuses to let the U.S. Embassy import diesel for its generators, calling the request “shameless” while the administration blockades the island’s fuel supply.
Trump says he is considering “winding down” the Iran war after oil tops $112 and the S&P 500 closes its fourth straight losing week.
Trump says he is “not putting troops anywhere” in Iran as 2,200 Marines head toward the Persian Gulf, calling the war an “excursion.”
Trump invokes Japan’s 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor while seated next to Japan’s prime minister, after a Japanese reporter asks why allies weren’t consulted on Iran.
Iran bombs Saudi, Qatari, and Kuwaiti energy facilities after Israeli strike on the world’s largest gas field, with oil prices up 60% since the war began.
Trump waives the 106-year-old Jones Act and eases Venezuela oil sanctions on the same day as the administration scrambles to contain a 27% gas price surge three weeks into the Iran war.
Iran attacks gas facilities across Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia after Israel hits the world’s largest gas field, pushing oil above $110 as both sides turn energy infrastructure into a weapon on day 20.
Trump posts “STATEHOOD!!!” after Venezuela defeats the U.S. in the World Baseball Classic final, two months after ordering Maduro’s capture.
American diplomatic facilities attacked 292 times in 19 days of war as State Department orders every embassy worldwide to immediately review security.
Trump says he will act “very soon” on Cuba as Rubio calls for “new people in charge” while island reels from total grid collapse.
U.S. attacks Iranian missile sites along Strait of Hormuz with 5,000-pound bombs as Israel kills Iran’s security chief.
State Department memo proposes cutting HIV treatment for 1.3 million Zambians unless the country gives U.S. companies preferential access to its copper and lithium mines.
Cuba’s entire electric grid collapses under U.S. oil blockade, leaving the island’s 9.6 million residents without power as Trump vows to “take” the country.
Iran strikes Doha and Dubai, Israel hits Beirut as Lebanon displacement passes 1 million on day 18 of U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Trump says Cuba “wants to make a deal” and signals action after Iran, one week after suggesting the island could face a “takeover.”
Trump threatens to delay Beijing summit unless China helps reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but data shows China holds 1.2 billion barrels in reserve and gets less than half its oil through the strait.
State Department tells Americans to leave Iraq immediately by land after second missile strike on U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad this week.
U.S. raises flag at Venezuela embassy for the first time in seven years, with the former president jailed in Brooklyn and his successor under threat of indictment.
Trump calls on allies he levied tariffs on to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz as Iran widens war to target UAE cities for the first time.
Cuba confirms talks with U.S. as the island faces economic collapse after Trump cut off Venezuelan oil supplies and threatened a “friendly takeover.”
Jared Kushner solicits $5B from Middle Eastern governments for his private equity firm while serving as Trump’s envoy negotiating with those same governments.
