​ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the U.S. military would stop Iran from choking off the Strait of Hormuz but did not say how. Oil prices remained high even after the Trump administration eased restrictions on Russian shipments.  

​ A study tracks how the North American Free Trade Agreement and trade competition with Mexico led to earlier deaths for American factory workers.  

​ Six U.S. service members have been killed when their refueling aircraft “went down” in friendly airspace in western Iraq, according to U.S. Central Command.  

​ A woman was out shopping in Malibu when she stumbled upon three Golden Retriever pups in a truck bed at the peak of golden hour in the Golden State.  

​ At a news conference, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave no indication of how long it would take before the Navy could escort civilian cargo ships through the Strait of Hormuz.