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.
Trump announces a historic Hamas disarmament deal that Hamas calls a draft and Israel had rejected hours earlier.
Senate rejects a bid to limit Trump’s war powers 49-50 as the Iran war spreads to Egypt for the first time.
U.S. strikes dozens of Revolutionary Guard targets across Iran hours after Trump vows to hit back for an intercepted missile barrage on American forces.
Trump and Netanyahu call their first meeting since launching the Iran war productive, hours after Trump publicly scoffed at Netanyahu’s Iranian nuclear site warnings.
Zelenskyy presses Trump for Patriot missile production licenses in closed-door White House talks after Ukraine’s deadliest civilian month since April 2022.
U.S. and Saudi jets strike Iran-backed militias across Iraq hours after Iran’s surprise missile barrage at American forces ends a four-day pause in fighting.
Trump threatens to resume strikes on Iran without a quick deal as Tehran denies any direct talks with Washington.
Trump posts more than 40 AI images over six hours, mixing depictions of strikes on Kharg Island and seized Iranian tankers with mockeries of comedians and a CNN anchor.
Iran halts retaliatory strikes on U.S. allies after a second night without American bombing, as Oman talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz progress.
U.S. halts bombing of Iran after 13 straight nights as regional sources say the pause protects Oman-Iran talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran attacks U.S. bases in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait as officials warn the war is depleting interceptor stockpiles planned to deter China.
Pentagon erases four soldiers killed this month from the Iran war death toll, claiming their deaths came after Trump declared a ceasefire in April.
House votes 214-208 to end the Iran war, its second rebuke since June, hours before the Senate blocks a companion resolution and strikes continue.
U.S. bombs Iran for a 13th straight night as Houthi attacks on Saudi tankers spread the war to the Red Sea and push oil past $100.
U.S. bombs Iran for a 12th straight night as Trump threatens to destroy a bridge or power plant for every Iranian attack on shipping.
Hegseth tells senators the Iran war will cost $37.5 billion by September as the Pentagon seeks $88 billion, most unrelated to the war.
U.S. bombs Iran for an 11th straight night as the Pentagon says a missing soldier is believed dead, raising the American toll to 18.
U.S. bombs Iran for a 10th straight night as the Pentagon says nearly 100 Americans have been injured in Iranian strikes this month.
U.S. bombs Iran for a ninth straight night as a soldier’s death in Iraq raises the American toll to 17 since the war began.
U.S. targets Revolutionary Guard units in an eighth straight night of strikes after an Iranian attack on a Jordan base kills two American soldiers.
U.S. completes a seventh straight night of strikes on Iran as Iranian attacks on Jordanian bases injure American service members.
U.S. strikes hit Iranian bridges, an airport, and a rail station on a sixth straight night after Trump said infrastructure attacks would come next week.
Trump suggests images of the Iranian girls’ school strike that killed 120 children may be AI-generated, months after Pentagon investigators identified a U.S. Tomahawk.
U.S. fires missiles to disable a tanker running the Iran blockade as Trump threatens to hit Iranian power plants and bridges next week.
Senate Democrats block the $1.15 trillion defense authorization bill, refusing to advance Pentagon programs while Trump resumes the Iran war Congress never authorized.
U.S. blockade of Iranian ports resumes and strikes hit a fourth night as Trump scraps the 20% cargo fee he announced a day earlier.
Anonymous artists install a 10-foot gold Iran War Participation Trophy for Trump on the Mall, honoring his courage to participate regardless of the final score.
Trump declares the US will run the Strait of Hormuz and charge 20% on cargo, reinstating the blockade as strikes hit Iran a third night.
Survivors of the Iranian drone strike that killed 6 soldiers in Kuwait tell The Washington Post generals ignored warnings the port was a known target.
Trump orders a fourth round of strikes on Iran in a week as Tehran says the attacks have rendered months of diplomacy futile.
U.S. strikes 140 Iranian targets in its third attack this week after Iran disables a container ship and declares the Strait of Hormuz closed.
