Airmen was underway, President Trump renewed his threat to escalate the situation in Iran ahead of a looming deadline. He reminded the country and all of us of his ultimatum to Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or reach a deal by Monday, writing on social media, quote, time is running out before, quote, all hell will rain down on them. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham backed the president's threats, warning Iran to choose wisely as Trump's deadline line approaches or face overwhelming military force.Mean ...

RT Spetsnaℤ 007 🇷🇺 (@Alex_Oloyede2)🇮🇷🇺🇸 France, Spain, Italy, the Philippines are all signing agreements with Iran over oil tanker transit through the Strait of Hormuz.Meanwhile China, India and Russia get a free pass.The Strait of Hormuz is in fact OPEN to the world, except the US, Israel and some EU states. https://t.co/Dx7PCSnxuc ...

War is a messy and typically unpopular endeavor. Over the years, Americans have grown to distrust the government and how it conducts war. 55 years ago, the Pentagon Papers revealed that it was explicit U .S.policy to mislead citizens on the war in Vietnam, which incidentally, like this thing in Iran, was never officially referred to as a war. It was a so-called police action. And because Americans were misled, the American people did not know of the escalating offensives or the widening fronts of that war.W ...

On day 213 of the second Trump administration a search-and-rescue operation is still underwa for an American servicemember inside Iran. That missing servicemember is one of two crew members. who was aboard a U .S.F-15E fighter jet when it was shot down earlier today. This marked the first time Iranian forces have successfully downed a U .S. fighter jet since the war began.The other crew member has already been rescued, thankfully, according to two U .S. officials who spoke with MSNOW. Iranian officials are ...

The straight of Hormuz obviously is their trump card to play, but if they had an American pilot in their captivity, that would be a major major bit of leverage for them. Hey everybody, welcome to Here's the Scoop from NBC News. I'm Yasmugian.On the show today, college basketball fans are going to be watching their prop bets and their brackets for the weekend's NCAA's Final Four. But what toll is the rise of gambling taking on student athletes. We're going to get into that.Up first though, we are starting wi ...

York. I'm Ayman Wahideen in WE ARE CONTINUING TO TRACK THE BREAKING NEWS OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST THAT A U .S. F-15 FIGHTER JET WAS SHOT DOWN EARLIER TODAY IN IRAN.HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW AT THIS HOUR. TWO U .S. OFFICIALS CONFIRM THAT MISSION IS IN A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK TO TRY TO RESCUE THAT SERVICE MEMBER BEFORE THEY ARE CAPTURED BY Iran.Iranian state TV says authorities are asking residents to find the other American. The status of that service member has been labeled by the U .S. as duty status whereabouts ...

WELCOME TO MEET THE PRESS NOW, I'M KRISTEN WELKER IN WASHINGTON, AND WE ARE FOLLOWING MAJOR BREAKING NEWS IN THE WAR WITH IRAN AFTER AN AMERICAN F-15 FIGHTER JET WAS SHOT DOWN BY IRAN. TODAY, DEEP INSIDE IRANIAN AIRSPACE, IT'S BELIEVED THE TWO PILOTS EJECTED FROM THAT AIRCRAFT. ONE PILOT HAS BEEN RESCUED AND IS ALIVE, AND A SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION IS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW FOR THE SECOND PILOT, WE'RE ALSO JUST LEARNING THAT TWO U.S. MILITARY HELICOPTERS INVOLVED IN THE F 15 SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS WERE ST ...

Europe knows it’s part of the struggle over the Strait of Hormuz's future, whether it likes it or not, writes @LionelRALaurent (via @opinion) https://t.co/ApZQB9bQul ...

donald trump's rhetoric on iran now confronts harsh reality this morning hours after his primetime address defending his decision to enter into an armed conflict with Iran, the conservative National Review issued this blunt critique. Quote, Trump's speech didn't make the case. The New York Times noted that the president's failure to, quote, define a clear path out of the conflict was determinative.And the Wall and Wall Street also experienced volatility in both oil and stocks after the president bizarrely c ...

QUESTIONS AND FRUSTRATIONS TODAY. AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP GAVE HIS FIRST PRIMETIME ADDRESS SINCE THE START OF THE WAR WITH IRAN, BUT DELIVERED VERY FEW DETAILS ABOUT HOW THE WAR COULD WIND DOWN IN A ROUGHLY 20 MINUTE LONG SPEECH, THE PRESIDENT PRAISED U.S. MILITARY OPERATIONS, SAYING IRAN HAS BEEN EVISCERATED AND IS ESSENTIALLY NO LONGER A THREAT. THE PRESIDENT WENT ON TO SAY THE WAR, WHICH IS NOW IN ITS FIFTH WEEK, WILL END SHORTLY, WHILE ALSO SAYING THE WAR WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE MILITARY OBJECTIVES WERE F ...