Trump said "raids have already started" in Los Angeles, where on Thursday federal prosecutors announced that eight people had been charged in separate cases for trying to defraud the health care system out of $50 million.
Earlier, Trump said that if Tehran does not reopen the strait, he would target Iran’s power plants, oil wells, desalination plants and Kharg Island, which handles 90 per cent of Tehran’s oil exports.
One of the American aircrew members has been rescued alive, the Times of Israel reported, quoting an Israeli official. Efforts are ongoing to locate the second crew member.
US Army Chief of Staff General Randy George himself was informed during a phone call from Hegseth while he was in a meeting, a US official told the network.
His comments contradict his earlier statement, where Trump told the Times of Israel, that the decision on when to end the war with Iran will be a “mutual” one that he’ll make together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Trump pharma tariff order signals sweeping changes as Donald Trump proposes up to 100% duties on patented drugs, linking tariffs to pricing deals and domestic manufacturing commitments.
Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi during a Supreme Court trip amid the Jeffrey Epstein files scandal. Deputy Todd Blanche is taking over temporarily.
Trump had also reportedly grown frustrated that Bondi was not moving quickly enough to prosecute critics and adversaries who he wanted to face criminal charges.
Donald Trump's latest White House address on the Iran war detailed that the US is nearing completion, claiming Iran has been "decimated" and would be sent to the 'Stone Age' in 2-3 weeks.
Iran, US, Israel War Today News Live Updates: Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday they had targeted an Amazon cloud computing centre in Bahrain in retaliation for attacks on Iran.
Washington is pressing ahead with plans to secure three new military sites in Greenland, drawing on a decades-old treaty — but not everyone on the island is welcoming the soldiers.
Trump described the alliance as a "paper tiger" and said removing the United States from the defence pact was now "beyond reconsideration," the Britain's Daily Telegraph reported.
Donald Trump has shifted 'Operation Epic Fury' goals as the Strait of Hormuz blockade only escalates the global oil crisis. Trump is now saying the US will exit the Middle East War in two-three weeks.
Trump Address Nation on Iran War: US President Donald Trump has announced a potential military withdrawal from Iran within "two or three weeks", claiming key objectives of the war have been met.
Trump's NPR and PBS funding block ruling cites First Amendment protections as court halts executive order targeting public broadcasters over alleged bias.
Iran war: Pete Hegseth said he spoke to Navy and Air Force pilots on the flight line preparing for strikes inside Iran and observed daily combat operations.
As the Iran-Israel war enters its fifth week, a rift grows between Trump and Netanyahu over the Strait of Hormuz. With oil prices shooting through the roof and the US signalling an early exit, here's why the two allies are diverging on war objectives and what it means for global energy.
