Amy Morris

and Israel.

but want security guarantees, reiterating demands for ending the war.

Now, those demands are from a week ago and included a complete halt to attacks on Iran by U.S.

and Israeli forces, pledges that the U.S.

and Israel won't attack Iran in the future, and recognition of Iran's sovereign right to exercise authority over the Strait of Hormuz.

Now, Iran's foreign minister told Al Jazeera, this is an exchange of messages, either directly or through friends and not negotiations.

He says these exchanges are happening within a defined framework across government and under the supervision of Iran's National Security Council, but that Iran has not sent a response to the U.S.

proposal and has not made any decisions.

He says Iran's conditions are clear.

President Trump called on other nations to wrest control of the Strait of Hormuz as Iran maintained missile fire across the Persian Gulf.

Trump says countries that cannot get energy supplies should, quote, go to the Strait and just take it.

and that the U.S., quote, won't be there to help you anymore.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says diplomatic talks to end the conflict with Iran are gaining strength, and the U.S.

military's job is to bring pressure and compel Tehran to make a deal.

At a briefing this morning, Hegseth said many of Iran's troops are deserting and its leaders are frustrated.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to suspend its construction of a 400 million dollar ballroom where it demolished the east wing of the White House.

The judge granted a preservationist group's request for a preliminary injunction temporarily halting Trump's White House ballroom project.

The judge wrote that the president is a steward of the White House and not the owner.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued for an order pausing the project until it goes through multiple independent reviews and wins approval from Congress.

A federal judge has agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for national public radio and the public broadcasting service, calling the order unlawful and unenforceable.