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What strikes did CENTCOM carry out in Iran and why?

Lisa Lucera 0:02
Tonight's mission is over. I'm Lisa Lucera, Fox News. U.S. Central Command says the 11th day of strikes on targets in Iran is done.
Unknown 0:11
They lasted at least one hour. CENTCOM saying that the purpose of the strikes, once again, to try and degrade Iran's ability to attack shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran was able to disable a Kuwaiti tanker inside the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours. The crew had to evacuate off the coast of Amman.

How did Iran and regional actors target shipping and infrastructure in the Strait of Hormuz?

Unknown 0:30
Also, they attacked a desalination plant. inside Kuwait.
Lisa Lucera 0:33
Fox's Steve Harrigan in Tel Aviv. This is President Trump said this morning he could order the military to hit Pickaxe Mountain next after a report in the Wall Street Journal which said Iran's moving nuclear assets to that location.
Donald J. Trump 0:45
We'll be hitting that area probably pretty soon. And there's not a thing they can do about it. Normally I wouldn't say that. If I thought they could do something about it, I would never say that. But we'll be hitting that area pretty soon and very heavily.
Lisa Lucera 1:01
Meanwhile, Yemen's Houthi rebels are threatening to blockade all of Saudi shipping in the region. Officials say a Mexican man killed after an immigration and customs enforcement encounter in Florida was on vacation in the United States.
Kristen Goodwin 1:14
A Mexican official and a farm worker's advocacy group say the Mexican national had been visiting friends and family in Atlanta before he was struck by a truck while running from ICE officers, noting he had a U.S. tourist visa. Florida Highway Patrol says the 28-year-old was one of four people inside of a vehicle stopped in St. Augustine, Florida, who fled on foot during an encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations when he ran into a busy road and was hit by a tractor-trailer. DHS and the Highway Patrol have not shared additional details, citing an investigation.
Lisa Lucera 1:46
Fox's Christian Goodwin. OpenAI says its technology acted on its own in an unprecedented hack of another company. America's listening to Fox News.
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What did President Trump say about strikes on Pickaxe Mountain and U.S. military plans?

Lisa Lucera 2:15
The Trump administration pauses more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to two states claiming fraud risks.
Jeff Manasso 2:22
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with a warning to California and Minnesota that the department is withholding more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments until the states turn over additional documentation over what the department describes as suspected fraud and noncompliance.
Unknown 2:39
You will not receive taxpayer dollars until you prove that those payments are legitimate.
Jeff Manasso 2:45
HHS also saying the Biden administration abandoned oversight on Medicaid spending, in which millions of dollars has been flagged as going to dead people. Hint of the outrage over the theft of American tax dollars crosses party lines. Jeff Manasso, Fox News.
Lisa Lucera 3:00
Democrats have accused the administration of deliberately targeting states run by political opponents. The Senate Intelligence Committee has narrowly backed President Trump's nominee, Jay Clayton, to become the next director of national intelligence. The nomination now heads to the full Senate. A father and his adult son are charged in the kidnapping of two biologists with U.S.
Tanya J. Powers 3:20
Forest Service. Joseph and Phoenix Hendrickson are accused of taking the two federal biologists at gunpoint in Northern California last week, which led to a standoff with law enforcement officials. The biologists were doing research for a study on frog habitats. Court documents say Joseph, who is 49, went up to the workers in a remote section of forest while carrying an AR-15-style rifle, zip-tied their hands, then ordered them to a nearby trailer where 23-year-old Phoenix joined them. Negotiators were ultimately able to get them to release the biologist after Joseph Henriksen called law enforcement and asked to speak to a federal investigator.

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