Senate Democrats voted in record numbers Wednesday night to block nearly $500 million in U.S. arms sales to Israel, with more than 80 percent of the caucus backing at least one of two resolutions introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
The United States military is now actively pursuing Iranian-flagged vessels and ships supporting the Islamic Republic anywhere in the world, Gen. Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, announced Thursday — a significant expansion of the blockade President Trump ordered last week.
The U.S. military's naval blockade of Iran took effect at 10:00 a.m. Eastern on Monday, cutting off sea access to all Iranian ports and coastal areas as part of President Donald Trump's escalating pressure campaign against the regime in Tehran.
Vice President JD Vance departed Joint Base Andrews on Friday morning for Islamabad, Pakistan, where he will lead nuclear negotiations with Iran this weekend amid a fragile two-week ceasefire that President Trump has already threatened to revoke.
Hours after agreeing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Iran blocked oil tankers from transiting the waterway Wednesday and threatened to destroy any vessel that attempts to pass without permission from the Iranian navy.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stood before cameras at the Pentagon Wednesday morning and delivered a blunt verdict on Operation Epic Fury: the United States won.
With an 8 p.m. Tuesday deadline for Iran to strike a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a number of Democratic lawmakers spent the final hours urging American service members to refuse orders from President Donald Trump if they deemed those orders unlawful.
