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aircraft carrier group, the George H.W.

Bush, is on its way to the Middle East.

And that could take two to three weeks to get there.

A withdrawal from Iran would leave its control over the Strait of Hormuz unresolved.

But President Trump's piling new pressure on allies to take the lead there.

Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall has more from Washington.

Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall in the nation's capital.

It would take an act of Congress to pull the U.S.

from the NATO treaty.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is promising to lead a diplomatic push to reopen the Strait.

He says there will be a meeting later this week for 35 nations from the G7, Europe and the Gulf.

At the same time, Starmer says the UK won't be dragged into the war.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he'll hold a summit with European leaders in the coming weeks to try to undo the, quote, deep damage from Brexit.

President Trump is set to give a White House address on the war tonight at 9 p.m.

Wall Street time, and we will have complete coverage on Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Television, and the Bloomberg Business app.

Before that, the president's scheduled to be in the room for Supreme Court arguments on his executive order aimed at ending automatic birthright citizenship.

Bloomberg's Amy Morris has a preview from Washington.

Bloomberg's Amy Morris in Washington, where President Trump would be the first sitting president to attend high court proceedings, a decision not expected until late June at the earliest.

Getting back to the markets, we have a fresh look at how the economy was doing before the war.

Bloomberg's Michael McKee has retail sales numbers from February.