President Trump on Tuesday threatened to escalate U.S. attacks on Iran if it has put mines in the Strait of Hormuz amid reporting that it has done so. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, made the threat but also indicated that the U.S. doesn’t have evidence of such activity. “If Iran has put out any mines...

Podcaster Joe Rogan said supporters of President Trump “feel betrayed” by what he called the “insane” conflict with Iran. “Well, it just seems so insane, based on what he ran on. I mean, this is why a lot of people feel betrayed, right?” Rogan said during the latest episode of his podcast. “He ran on,...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday expressed uncertainty about President Trump banning all federal agencies from using Anthropic after the AI company and the Pentagon traded blows in recent weeks.  “I’ll confess, I have not seen a basis laid out for why the government would be prohibited from using Anthropic,” Cruz told host Andrew Ross...

The Pentagon said on Tuesday that about 140 U.S. service members have been wounded since the U.S. war with Iran kicked off late last month. "Since the start of Operation Epic Fury, approximately 140 U.S. service members have been wounded over 10 days of sustained attacks,” Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement...

The U.S. military has not yet escorted any oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday, contradicting a now-deleted post from Energy Secretary Chris Wright. “I was made aware of this post. I haven’t had a chance to talk to the Energy secretary about it directly, however, I...