Iran plans to stop ships beyond the Strait of Hormuz as Houthi rebels hit Saudi oil facilities and push toward the Red Sea route Saudi exports rely on.
Trump envoys Witkoff and Kushner make their first Kyiv visit, arriving under a 3-day ceasefire Putin declared for their safety, and leave both capitals without a breakthrough.
Energy Secretary Wright says the US is “strangling” Iran’s economy for a policy change “or a new regime” and a nuclear deal “may await a next administration.”
Trump’s business partner Witkoff and son-in-law Kushner meet Putin in Moscow for the 8th time, as Russia says it remains “confident” of seizing the rest of eastern Ukraine.
US destroys 1 Iranian oil tanker and disables 2 more after Revolutionary Guard fires ballistic missiles at an aircraft carrier, one day after Trump called the war “small potatoes.”
US diesel hits a record $5.85 a gallon, up nearly 60% in a year, as Iran and Ukraine wars knock refineries offline.
Trump says the US has “essentially taken over Iran” while holding no Iranian territory, and calls the war “small potatoes” and a “military conflict.”
Vance says “I wouldn’t call it a war” and there is “no active shooting” in Iran, as US strikes resume and Israel’s Netanyahu calls toppling the regime “within reach.”
Trump floats renaming the Strait of Hormuz “TRUMP STRAIT,” claiming US control of a waterway shared by Iran and Oman, weeks after vowing to declare it US territory.
Pentagon yanks decades of classified deployment records off its secret network, days after the Washington Post reported top commanders used them to warn the Iran war is unsustainable.
Trump says US hit Iran “very hard” and can strike again “anytime,” as Pentagon confirms troops were told to stop saying “Operation Epic Fury,” declared over May 5.
Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln docks in Thailand after 286 days at sea, as Democrats seek a probe of food shortages, broken plumbing and attempted suicides.
Iran says a US airstrike hit a wedding in a home, killing or wounding over 50, as Trump urges Iranians to “rise up and fight.”
Trump calls the Iran war “relatively little” and weighs new strikes, after the Washington Post reported military leaders warned Hegseth prolonged operations weaken US defenses elsewhere.
US strikes 2 Iranian launchers on Larak Island, the first attack in a month, as Revolutionary Guard forces readied sea mines for the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump’s accounts keep trading oil and gas stocks 6 months into the Iran war, with energy holdings up as much as $15 million this year, congressional Democrats find.
Treasury bars Egypt’s second-largest bank’s UAE branches from the US financial system for aiding Iran at the war’s 6-month mark, as Trump hedges on sanctioning Chinese banks.
Trump rejects new Iran talks as the war hits 6 months, while Iran and Oman agree on a Hormuz corridor requiring the US to lift its blockade.
China rejects US sanctions over Iran and vows countermeasures as Washington holds off enforcing measures softer than markets expected.
Treasury Secretary Bessent says Chinese banks financing Iran’s oil face sanctions in his “economic asphyxiation” campaign, as Beijing vows countermeasures.
Treasury Department launches Operation Economic Outcast, threatening to cut any entity trading with Iran from the dollar system, as the rial hits a record low.
US envoy to Syria walks back saying Israel occupies the Golan Heights, restoring Trump’s 2019 recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the territory.
Iranian hackers shut a UK power plant for 4 days in an unprecedented strike timed to US water cyberattacks.
Iran declares any country joining US sanctions an enemy it will harm, as China rejects the demand that all nations isolate Tehran.
Iran finalizes a trade deal with mediator Oman and opens Hormuz to Iraqi tankers as China rejects Bessent’s demand that every nation join US sanctions.
Vance declares the Iran war in a new phase of economic pressure as Tehran calls the threats cover for US military failure.
Trump declares economic warfare on Iran and threatens any country offering a lifeline, a day after saying no talks are underway or scheduled.
Trump says no Iran talks are underway or scheduled nearly six months into a war he predicted would last six weeks.
Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it obstructs reopening the Strait of Hormuz, hours after Iran announced a shipping route agreement with the Gulf state.
Trump orders Hegseth to scale back military exercises with South Korea, citing his relationship with Kim Jong Un and the ally’s refusal to join the Iran war.
Iran’s army offers $30,000 bounties for killing or capturing US troops, doubling the reward for women who carry out attacks.
Israeli airstrikes kill 11 in southern Lebanon, the deadliest since June’s truce, as Iran hits a seventh UAE oil tanker in Hormuz.
Trump vows to declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory after defeating Iran, telling voters he’ll never apologize for $4 gas.
Trump administration formally calls the July missile threat against his plane an assassination attempt to argue the Supreme Court should allow ballroom construction.
UAE blames Iran for drone attacks on two of its state oil company’s tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, the sixth such ship struck in about a week.
Iran’s military rejects Trump’s claim of total Hormuz control as lies while Bessent threatens economic isolation surpassing anything the world has seen.
Trump claims total U.S. control of the Strait of Hormuz and says America may keep it as daily traffic falls to 8 ships from 130.
U.S. helicopter fires Hellfire missiles into a Panama-flagged cargo ship CENTCOM says ran the Iran blockade, as Pakistan calls a peace deal near.
White House staged a decoy Air Force One with press aboard as Trump secretly flew from Turkey after an Iranian assassination threat, the Washington Post reveals.
Trump demands Iran pay compensation for the USS Cole and 52,000 war dead after Tehran conditions reopening the Strait of Hormuz on U.S. damage payments.
Iran demands the U.S. end its blockade, withdraw from the region, and pay war damages as Netanyahu rejects a U.S.-backed 15-point Gaza peace plan.
Iran strikes a UAE tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, then demands the U.S. never threaten it again and pay war damages to reopen the strait.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan sign a mutual defense pact in Mecca a day after Houthi strikes killed 58 Yemeni government troops.
Iran and Oman near a deal routing ships through the Strait of Hormuz as Tehran insists the strait stays shut until the U.S. lifts its blockade.
Trump vows to hunt down and jail leakers of missile-shortage reports as Iran and Oman agree on a route to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump threatens Iran with “decapitation” while sources tell CBS the U.S. has used nearly all its long-range precision missiles.
Iran and U.S. officials both deny Trump’s claim that direct talks began Monday, two days after he canceled strikes on Iranian energy sites.
U.S. and Iran open negotiations Monday on a proposal to reopen the Hormuz Strait and end the naval blockade after Trump calls off weekend strikes.
Trump cancels the planned weekend bombing of Iran’s energy sites, claiming a rough deal framework, hours after the Saudi crown prince urged restraint.
U.S. plans its harshest bombing campaign yet on Iranian energy sites this weekend, bringing Israel back to combat for the first time since the truce.
