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US and Israeli forces pound Iran, hitting cities including Tehran, Hamadan and Isfahan, as Iranian counterattacks continue, with damage reported in several Israeli cities.

President Trump spoke on a wide range of topics Monday afternoon, from Iran to the Kennedy Center to Rep. Neal Dunn (R-Fla.) ahead of a Kennedy Center board lunch in the White House East Room. He said the U.

Trump said that the US needs “whatever it takes” to reopen the Strait Of Hormuz. Follow Newsweek's latest updates

Iranian strikes on commercial ships in and around the Strait of Hormuz have slowed international shipping there to a trickle.

Get the latest news as Trump visits Kentucky, the election to fill Marjorie Taylor Greene's seat heads to a runoff, and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., is set to face off against Democrat Scott Colom in the fall.

The Iran war could escalate further as President Trump threatens to hit key oil infrastructure if Tehran doesn't drop its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz.

Though the president has long professed an “America First” policy prioritizing the U.S., Trump suggested at his news conference that the war was for the benefit of other nations, especially those dependent on oil that’s shipped through the Strait of Hormuz.

President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) revealed Monday that Rep. Neal Dunn (R-Fla.) received a terminal diagnosis for a heart problem, prompting concerns about the House GOP’s super-slim majority and leading Trump to connect the congressman to care at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

President posts on Truth Social to ‘watch what happens today’ and says it is an ‘honor’ to be killing regime’s leaders