Ceasefire Confusion Grows as Trump Threatens Renewed Start to Iran War
Karoline Leavitt denied Strait of Hormuz closure reports, but demanded it be “immediately” reopened in the same presser.

The United States and Iran have agreed to a very tenuous ceasefire that appears to be holding less than 24 hours after its implementation, though hurdles have already emerged. Vice President JD Vance characterized the deal as a “fragile truce” on Wednesday, and within the first day, it has already been tested. Since President Donald…
Karoline Leavitt denied Strait of Hormuz closure reports, but demanded it be “immediately” reopened in the same presser.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., plans to force another war powers vote to rein in President Donald Trump's use of the military in Iran amid a fragile ceasefire.
Hegseth claimed during his Wednesday morning that the US had accomplished a 'decisive military victory' against Iran.
The Middle East’s best hope may be that the US president continues to rebadge strategic defeat as successBoth the US and Iran claimed victory on Wednesday morning. Both were lying. The two-week ceasefire announced by Donald Trump the night before is not the triumph that he declared. It may not be an end to the war, as welcome as the pause is, or even last…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Wednesday that the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreement is “not the end of the campaign,” as he launched the largest wave of attacks in Lebanon since the start of the war.“Let me be clear: We still have objectives to complete, and we will achieve them—either through agreement or through renewed fighting,”…
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As Donald Trump neared his self-imposed deadline to extinguish Iran’s “entire civilization,” it became apparent one country had enough clout to convince Tehran to deescalate: America’s biggest rival, China.
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Both sides claim that they’ve agreed to stop fighting and open the Strait of Hormuz, but the fighting is still happening and Hormuz is still closed.