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Israel launched the strikes on the day President Donald Trump said a deal between the United States and Iran would be finalized.

Trump's birthday is split between a high-stakes push for a deal with Iran and a first-of-its-kind UFC fight on the White House South Lawn.

The deadline for Congress to extend a key government spy program passed at midnight with no deal in sight.

The White House faced questions about what specifically has changed as the president has claimed to be close to an agreement many times since April.

Washington Examiner Executive Editor Bob Cusack said the Iran war is posing a major challenge for Republicans in the midterm elections.

The Washington Examiner's Byron York said Americans are seeing a repeat of President Donald Trump's negotiations with Iran.

Rubio said energy has long been weaponized by Cuba's government, with its people suffering from fuel shortages and blackouts.

Trump lamented Iran's "tap-tap-tap" diplomacy after an Apache attack helicopter was shot down while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz.

Pete Hegseth's visit to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base comes as tensions between Washington, D.C., and Havana have reached new heights in 2026.

The U.S. military utilized a naval sea drone to rescue two Army pilots after their helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.