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This is a Fox News alert. Iran no longer a threat. I'm Chris Foster. That's President Trump's message during an address about the military operation in Iran.
They were the bully of the Middle East, but they're the bully no longer.
He says the job's almost done.
We're going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks.
Fox's Mike Emanuel in Washington.
The president also signaling he could end U.S. military operations without reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The United States...
imports almost no oil through the Hormuz Strait and won't be taking any in the future. We don't need it.
The president says Iran wants a ceasefire. A spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry saying, quote, we will not tolerate this vicious cycle of war, negotiation, ceasefire, and then repeating the same pattern.
European leaders are meeting virtually today about keeping the Strait of Hormuz open to oil shipping traffic. Oil prices are up more than 7% today. The Senate could take up a revived plan as soon as this morning to end the partial government shutdown.
House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune say each chamber will take a two-step approach to end the funding lapse for the Department of Homeland Security. The plan, detailed in a joint statement from the two leaders, would advance most of DHS funding through a spending plan already agreed to in the Senate. Spending for immigration and border enforcement would be handled in a parallel bill using a budget tool to get around Senate filibuster rules. It would not include the reforms to ICE sought by Democrats. Still, success is not guaranteed. Both paths would likely require near unanimous support from Republicans without votes from many Democrats. At the White House, Jared Halpern.
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Democrats in Congress and state governors are suing to block President Trump's order attempting to limit mail-in voting in the midterm elections. It would create an approved list of absentee voters in each state. And the suit says the order illegally interferes in the state's power to regulate elections. America's listening to Fox News. The vice mayor of Coral Springs, Florida, Nancy Matea Bowen, is found shot to death by police officers conducting a welfare check at her home. Her husband was found and arrested. The death of a nearly blind refugee found dead in Buffalo, New York, five days after being dropped off at a donut shop by Border Patrol agents in February, has been ruled a homicide.
Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gail Burstein on what the homicide ruling means.
It refers to death resulting from volitional or through a choice or decision or an act of another. And so this includes negligent acts or omissions or inaction.
The medical examiner's office didn't reach any conclusions about responsibility for Nurul Amin Shah Alam's death. He was briefly detained by CBP after serving time for misdemeanor assault charges, but released after it was determined he wasn't eligible for deportation. CBP says Shah Alam showed no signs of distress or disabilities when they dropped him off at a Tim Hortons restaurant chosen because it was a safe location near his last known address. Lisa Lucera, Fox News.
Trump administration is lifting sanctions on the acting president of Venezuela.
Delcy Rodriguez has been in charge of Venezuela since the U.S. military captured her predecessor, Nicolas Maduro. The Treasury Department has now lifted longstanding sanctions against her. It means she'll be able to work more freely with American companies and investors, but is also a symbol of Rodriguez being recognized as a legitimate authority. She says she values President Trump's decision as a step forward towards normalising relations. The US has a phased plan to turn Venezuela around, now allowing Caracas to sell oil to American companies and on global markets. Jonathan Savage, Fox News.
Dow futures are down 521 points ahead of the opening bell on Wall Street after President Trump says Iran will be hit extremely hard over the next two to three weeks.
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