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The former Obama chief of staff and anticipated 2028 presidential candidate explained how he'd free up the strait, as the U.S. and Iran head toward war again.

"He's screwing us into political oblivion," said one House member.

The president's comments that the U.S. ceasefire with Iran had ended only cemented the sense among NATO members that they can no longer rely on America.

The president started his visit to Ankara berating the NATO alliance. Something changed before he left.

Ukraine has urgently sought more interceptors as Kyiv tries to defend its cities against Russian missile barrages.

The former GOP leader has been absent as the bipartisan appropriations process he helps oversee has run aground.

But the president praised Turkey and again floated the idea of selling Ankara advanced fighter jets, even as he aired old complaints about Greenland, Ukraine and European energy policy.

The U.S. president has refashioned the alliance into something far different from its original intention.

Even Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee emerged from the classified briefing urging Pentagon officials to give them more information.

It's the latest legal victory for The New York Times against the Defense Department's press crackdown.