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.
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.
GOP senators defeat a third war powers resolution on Iran 53-47 as Democrats demand public testimony from Rubio and Hegseth before they stop forcing votes on the unauthorized war.
Pentagon asks the White House to approve a $200 billion war funding request for Congress after spending $11.3 billion in the first six days of the Iran conflict.
DNI Gabbard tells senators only Trump can determine whether Iran was an “imminent” threat, one day after her own NCTC director resigned saying it was not.
Trump attends his second dignified transfer since the war began as the remains of six airmen killed in an Iraq plane crash return to Dover, bringing the U.S. death toll to at least 13 with 200 wounded.
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.
Fed holds rates steady for the second straight meeting as Powell says the war’s economic impact is “too soon to know,” while signaling he will stay on the board until the DOJ investigation against him is resolved.
National debt passes $39 trillion three weeks into the Iran war, after jumping $2 trillion in seven months while the White House estimates the war has already cost more than $12 billion.
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.
American diplomatic facilities attacked 292 times in 19 days of war as State Department orders every embassy worldwide to immediately review security.
Trump’s counterterrorism director resigns over Iran war, calling it a conflict “started due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.”
U.S. attacks Iranian missile sites along Strait of Hormuz with 5,000-pound bombs as Israel kills Iran’s security chief.
USS Gerald Ford fire burned for 30 hours and displaced more than 600 sailors from their bunks, the Navy reveals, as the carrier enters its 10th month deployed.
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 he is “thrilled” FCC Chair Carr is reviewing broadcast licenses after accusing news organizations of lying about the Iran war.
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.
Israel says brother of Michigan synagogue attacker who targeted more than 100 children was a Hezbollah commander killed in a strike 10 days earlier.
Trump PAC uses photo of fallen soldiers’ dignified transfer in fundraising email offering donors “private national security briefings” from the president.
State Department tells Americans to leave Iraq immediately by land after second missile strike on U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad this week.
FCC Chair Carr threatens broadcast license revocations over Iran war coverage Trump calls “fake news,” including reports Trump himself confirmed are accurate.
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.
Defense Secretary Hegseth claims Iran’s supreme leader was “wounded and likely disfigured” in opening strikes, providing no evidence, as Pentagon announces heaviest day of bombing yet.
All six crew members aboard U.S. refueling plane that crashed in Iraq during Iran war are confirmed dead, bringing American military deaths to 13.
Man who rammed truck into Michigan synagogue with 140 children inside had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike on Lebanon the week before.
U.S. strikes military sites on Iran’s Kharg Island oil hub, deploys Marines discussed as uranium seizure force, as missile hits inside U.S. Baghdad embassy compound.
Defense Secretary Hegseth orders “ruthless” review of military legal offices one year after firing the top JAGs, as military lawyers investigate the strike that killed 168 schoolchildren.
Non-combat fire breaks out aboard the USS Gerald Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, during the Iran war in its ninth month of continuous deployment.
Treasury temporarily lifts sanctions on 124 million barrels of Russian oil stranded at sea as the Iran war pushes crude back above $100.
Iran’s sports minister says the country will not compete in this summer’s World Cup in the United States, hours after Trump told FIFA the Iranian team was “welcome.”
Iran’s supreme leader, confirmed injured in the war’s opening attacks and speaking publicly for the first time, calls for closing the Strait of Hormuz.
FBI warns Iran “aspired” to launch drone attacks from a vessel off the California coast, based on intelligence gathered before the war began.
Pentagon investigation finds U.S. strike likely killed 168 children at Iranian school because military used outdated intelligence that misidentified it as part of a military base.
Oil surges past $100 a barrel despite the largest emergency reserve release in IEA history, as traders say 400 million barrels covers only a quarter of the supply gap.
Trump spends day campaigning in Ohio and Kentucky on day 13 of the Iran war, targeting Rep. Massie for forcing Epstein file release and challenging war powers.
Pentagon bans press photographers from war briefings after Hegseth’s staff complained published photos were unflattering.
Pentagon tells Congress the Iran war cost $11.3 billion in its first 6 days as Trump declares “we’ve won” on day 13.
IEA proposes largest emergency oil release in its history to counter Iran war price spike as G7 backs the plan, but crude prices keep climbing.
Two suspects fire handgun at U.S. Consulate in Toronto in what RCMP calls a “national security incident,” the third attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility in four days.
Energy Secretary Wright falsely posts that the Navy escorted a tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, then deletes it after the White House confirms no escorts have occurred.
Iran declares Middle East banks military targets and vows to block all oil exports as Pentagon reveals 140 U.S. service members wounded in 12-day war.
Trump tells GOP lawmakers the Iran war will be a “short-term excursion,” then hours later threatens to hit Iran twenty times harder if oil stops flowing through Strait of Hormuz.
Oil tops $100 for first time since 2022 after Iraq production collapses 70% and Gulf states run out of storage, while Trump calls the surge “a very small price to pay.”
Ukraine sends drone defense experts to protect US military bases in Jordan after American request Thursday, Zelenskyy tells New York Times.
Two sanctioned Iranian ships loaded with suspected missile fuel chemicals depart Chinese port bound for Iran as Beijing chooses not to intervene in war.
Video shows what weapons experts identify as a US Tomahawk cruise missile hitting the Iranian compound where 175 students and staff died, as Trump continues to blame Iran.
