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Why is Iran defiant about the Strait of Hormuz and how could it affect global oil prices?
Iran remains defiant. I'm Dave Anthony, Fox News responding to President Trump's insistence the U.S. controls the Strait of Hormuz, where ships have been attacked for months, disrupting oil and other shippings.
With no diplomatic breakthroughs, tension remains high across the Middle East as questions loom about the future of the region and whether or not a deal can be reached on this critical waterway. The Persian Gulf Strait Authority, an Iranian government agency, said Wednesday claims in repeated posts by US officials that the Strait of Hormuz is no longer blocked do not change the reality. The Strait of Hormuz remains blocked and will not be reopened until Iran's conditions are are accepted.
Fox's Trey Yingston Tel Aviv oil prices, which keeps fluctuating in all that tension. They are down almost two percent this morning. Two U.S.
What happened in the Texas Army Apache helicopter crash and what were the immediate consequences?
soldiers are dead in Texas, killed when an Army Apache helicopter went down during a training flight after taking off from Fort Hood.
It was uh it crashed into a field.
Bell County Sheriff Spokesman Cliff Coleman says that crash sparked a fire that forced people to evacuate some homes. A ninth grade student hospitalized in Georgia after being shot by another ninth grader during a fight in a bathroom at Warner Robbins High School. The student gunman fled but was arrested an hour later a half mile away. Caroline Levitt is on her way out as White House press secretary, leaving at the end of August.
So the White House indicates there is no controversy regarding press Secretary Caroline Levitt's departure. Levitt says her reasons simply came down to family. She says being a mother and welcoming a new baby while working in one of the most demanding jobs in the world has been the most rewarding yet challenging season of my life, to say the least. Levitt just came back from maternity leave last month after having her second child.
Why is White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt leaving and how does her maternity leave factor in?
Fox is Madeline Rivera. President Trump posted on two social left it will be a top outside advisor. Somebody's life changed overnight dramatically in Illinois. They hit the Powerball Jack butt. Worth just over a billion dollars. It'll be four hundred and fifty million dollars if they take the cash option. America's listening. After the Supreme Court blocked President Trump's order trying to prevent kids born to parents in the US illegally from becoming American citizens automatically, he has another order attempting to restrict what's called birth tourism, and the Trump administration is also cracking down on marriage fraud.
Attorney General Todd Blanche directing U.S. attorneys' offices around the country to work with DHS to prioritize the investigation and prosecution of birth tourism schemes and those who've obtained U.S.
How is the Trump administration targeting birth‑tourism and marriage fraud schemes?
citizenship through fraud.
We are a nation of borders and sovereignty. The greatness of America is only as strong as our willingness to protect it.
The DOJ charging eleven people accused of overseeing a marriage fraud scheme involving more than one thousand sham marriages between Chinese nationals and U.S. citizens.
I am proud to be part of the whole of government approach to bring down sophisticated networks like this.
Calling this one of the largest marriage fraud prosecutions in US history. Kristen Goodwin, Fox News.
Now some more birth controversy. A surrogate mother refused to get an abortion that the baby's biological parents wanted.
What legal battle is unfolding over surrogate mother McKenna Ward and the baby’s health care?
The surrogate mom, McKenna Ward, was caught up in a multi-state controversy, refusing to abide by the biological parents' request, relocating to Texas, where she gave birth to baby Gabrielle, the infant suffering a congenital heart disease now undergoing life saving care. Although she gave birth, Ward cannot, by court order, see or hold the baby. Gary Baumgarten, Fox News.
We'll get another inflation update this morning at the wholesale level, the day after we got the consumer price index showing just a one tenth of a percent increase last month from June and the overall an annual inflation rate dropped a tenth to three point four percent. On Wall Street, stock futures are mixed.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why is Iran defiant about the Strait of Hormuz and how could it affect global oil prices?
0:03–0:50
2
What happened in the Texas Army Apache helicopter crash and what were the immediate consequences?
0:50–1:45
3
Why is White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt leaving and how does her maternity leave factor in?
1:45–2:28
4
How is the Trump administration targeting birth‑tourism and marriage fraud schemes?
2:28–3:08
5
What legal battle is unfolding over surrogate mother McKenna Ward and the baby’s health care?
3:08–3:58