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President Trump said on Monday the U.S. is “taking over” the Strait of Hormuz from Iran. Speaking to ‘Fox & Friends’ the President saying: “We're taking over the strait. They have nothing. They've got nothing.” He said the U.S. held meetings with Iran for 11 hours on Sunday “and everything was agreed to” but Iran later demanded changes.

EU countries have yet to reach agreement on a broad 21st package of sanctions against Russia, but may decide on Monday (July 13) to add 250 individuals and entities to their Russia sanctions list, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.

President Donald Trump says he will not sign the housing bill into law. Posting on his social media platform, Truth Social, the president wrote, “I will not sign the Housing Bill, which has been fully approved by Congress and sent to the White House, in PROTEST over the fact that the United States Senate is not capable of passing THE SAVE AMERICA ACT.”

Prosecutors in Utah are presenting final evidence against Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old accused of murdering Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. Friday marks the final day of the five-day preliminary hearing.

Graham Platner, the U.S. Democrat senate candidate and self described progressive from Maine has resigned from the race. It comes after mounting calls from within his own party after sexual and assault allegations.

Vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz appears to have ground to a near-halt after the latest escalation of hostilities between the United States and Iran, after Tehran attacked ships trying to pass the strait using the non-Iran-controlled southern Oman route, triggering a fresh cycle of escalation as Washington responded with a flurry of strikes.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States will probably strike Iran again after saying an initial ceasefire deal with the Islamic Republic was "over.” Speaking on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Ankara, Trump criticized Iranian officials for what he described as not sticking to the deals they negotiated. "I'll give a little warning: We're going to hit them hard tonight," Trump told reporters.

Trump said Wednesday that the United States will give a license to Ukraine to manufacture Patriot air defense systems to help counter Russian missile attacks, a big win for Ukraine, which has badly needed the technology for the war now in its fifth year.

U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Ankara on Tuesday for a summit with NATO leaders. The U.S. president announced that Washington would lift U.S. sanctions on Turkey that were imposed in 2020 over Ankara's purchase of the Russian S-400 air defense system, while expressing a willingness to sell the fellow NATO ally F-35 fighter jets.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said on Tuesday he would quit as a member of the UK Parliament to trigger a by-election in his parliamentary seat, which he says he will stand in.

Farage is under investigation by the standards watchdog over whether he should have declared a 5 million pound ($6.7 million) donation from a cryptocurrency billionaire he received ​before entering parliament.

His spokesperson said, "No parliamentary rules have been broken." Farage's Reform UK party has led in almost every opinion poll in the UK for more than a year.

U.S. President Donald Trump marked the launch of Trump Accounts in the Oval Office on July 6. Under the program, parents can open special investment accounts for any child born during Trump’s second term and automatically receive $1,000 from the government.

Trump will travel to Ankara, Turkey, to attend the NATO summit on July 7 and 8, where leaders are expected to review progress on the alliance’s defense spending commitments and burden-sharing goals. Hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the summit brings together the leaders of NATO’s 32 member states.

A day before America’s 250th Independence Day, Mount Rushmore will serve as the majestic backdrop for a speech from President Donald Trump—capped by a show-stopping $700,000 fireworks display.

A dangerous heat wave is gripping much of the eastern United States, with extreme temperatures expected through the July 4th weekend. Forecasters warn the heat and humidity could be life-threatening.

U.S. applications for jobless aid inched down last week as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits in the week ending June 27 fell by 1,000 to 215,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

U.S. employers slowed hiring last month and added only 57,000 jobs, less than half the previous month’s total and a sign companies still have a cautious economic outlook.

New York City is preparing for one of its busiest Fourth of July weekends in years under dangerous heat and heightened security. The challenges come as a major heat wave expands across much of the country.

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States was getting along very well with Iran and that recent meetings in Qatar went well. "The denuclearization of Iran is moving along well," Trump told reporters. "They've had very good meetings, and we'll see."

Democratic socialist Melat Kiros was declared victorious over longtime Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) in a major political upset in the Colorado Primary elections on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court makes decisions on birthright citizenship, transgender participation in women’s sports, and campaign finance. It comes after the nation’s highest court released several more decisions in landmark cases on Monday, including gun rights, voting laws, and Fourth Amendment protections.

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and adviser to the president Jared Kushner are traveling to Doha for talks with Qatari mediators on the U.S.–Iran peace process, but there will be no high-level meeting between American and Iranian officials, Qatar’s foreign ministry said Tuesday.