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President Donald Trump, accompanied by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump administration sows confusion as it tries to reopen Strait of Hormuz

May 6, 2026 at 4:54 p.m.

The Trump administration’s approach to the Iran war over the past 24 hours has pinballed from declarations that a tenuous ceasefire was holding and military operations were over to new...

A bulk cargo ship sits at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026.(Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

President Trump says he’s paused US effort to guide stranded vessels out of Strait of Hormuz

May 5, 2026 at 6:43 p.m.

U.S. military leaders said a ceasefire remains in effect a day after Iran was blamed for new attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and against the United Arab Emirates. The key American...

A container ship sits at anchor as a small motorboat passes in the foreground in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

The US fights to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as the UAE comes under attack in a test of Iran truce

May 4, 2026 at 6:04 p.m.

The U.S. military says it has opened a passage through the Strait of Hormuz and reached out to dozens of shipping companies to encourage navigation through the waterway.

FILE – The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington on March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

US military reaches deals with 7 tech companies to use their AI on classified systems

May 2, 2026 at 2:30 p.m.

Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Nvidia, OpenAI, Reflection and SpaceX will provide their resources to help “augment warfighter decision-making in complex operational environments,” the Defense Department said.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 16, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Skeptical Democrats confront Hegseth about Iran war for the first time since conflict started

April 29, 2026 at 3:10 p.m.

Making his first appearance before Congress since the Trump administration went to war in Iran, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced withering questioning from skeptical Democrats Wednesday over a costly conflict...

The sun rises behind tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Asghar Besharati)

US says it’s hunting for explosive mines in latest push to open the Strait of Hormuz

April 25, 2026 at 2:04 p.m.

Sweeping for underwater explosives could take months despite a tenuous ceasefire between the United States and Iran in the weekslong war, experts say.

FILE – Secretary of the Navy John Phelan speaks, as President Donald Trump listens, at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)

Pentagon says Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving, in latest departure of a top defense leader

April 22, 2026 at 7:46 p.m.

The Pentagon announced Wednesday that the Navy’s top civilian official, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, is leaving his job.

The Pentagon is seen from an airplane, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

US forces board a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon says

April 21, 2026 at 10:51 a.m.

U.S. forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia, the Pentagon said Tuesday, as it puts into place a global warning to track...

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 16, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

US military will target Iran-linked ships worldwide, broadening scope beyond blockade

April 16, 2026 at 9:38 p.m.

The U.S. military has widened its efforts beyond the blockade of Iran’s ports.

President Donald Trump walks up the stairs of Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Iranian attack on Saudi base injures US troops, while more American forces arrive in the Middle East

March 28, 2026 at 4:45 p.m.

More American forces are reaching the Middle East, with a Navy ship carrying about 2,500 Marines having now arrived in the region, U.S. Central Command announced Saturday.

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