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What are the latest updates on the Middle East ceasefire?
An insurance policy against future strikes. I'm Lisa Lucera, Fox News. War Secretary Pete Hegseth says American troops will remain in the Middle East to make sure Iran lives up to its end of the two-week ceasefire.
Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory on the battlefield. Secretary Hegseth says our military presence in the region remains. We'll be hanging around. We're not going anywhere. We're going to make sure Iran complies with this ceasefire.
How has Iran's military capability been affected by recent conflicts?
and then ultimately comes to the table and makes a deal.
Joint Chiefs Chairman General Dan Kaine says more than 13,000 Iranian targets were hit.
It will take years for Iran to rebuild any major surface combatants.
80% of Iran's air defense systems and at least 90% of its naval fleet and weapons factories are destroyed.
Fox's Chris Foster, Vice President J.D. Vance had to travel to Pakistan to continue negotiations with Iran.
I'm happy about where we are. I think the president has struck a good deal for the American people. But fundamentally, the Iranians have got to take the next step where the president has a lot of options to go back to the war.
Though the first day of the ceasefire has been rocky with accusations of violations and Iran continuing to turn back ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Lebanon's health ministry says Israeli strikes in Beirut have killed at least 182 people, the highest number of dead in a single day in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. Former Attorney General Pam Bondi no longer expected to testify before the House Oversight Committee next Tuesday.
Testimony is tied to the panel's investigation into the Justice Department's handling of the case against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But a spokesperson for the Oversight Committee says Bondi will not appear because she was subpoenaed in her capacity as Attorney General, but adds the committee will contact Bondi's personal counsel to discuss next steps regarding scheduling her deposition.
Fox's Jared Halpern at the White House. America is listening to Fox News. A Texas man who tried to blame the death of his girlfriend on a dog is headed to prison.
34-year-old Caleb Mickens, sentenced to 40 years in prison by a judge in Fort Worth, and the death in 2023 of girlfriend Sheila Cuevas, who was found in their apartment with broken ribs and puncture wounds, a death that prosecutors say Mickens originally blamed on his dog.
Ultimately, the medical examiner was able to rule out any injuries actually being from the dog.
Tarrant County Prosecutor Alina Bangs. Investigators later determined that Mickens drugged Cuevas and beat her to death. They say all part of the downfall of Mickens, who was already a convicted felon accused of running a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme. Jeff Manasso, Fox News.
An architect who lives on New York's Long Island is pled guilty to murdering seven women and admitted to killing an eighth in a string of crimes known as the Gilgo Beach killings. Rex Heuermann will be sentenced in June to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Michael Avenatti, the once high-profile attorney known for representing adult film star Stormy Daniels, in her lawsuit against President Trump is out of prison after serving four years, but he's not off the hook just yet.
TMZ reports he'll have to serve time in a Hollywood halfway house, participate in mental health health treatment, and stay away from illegal drugs. A judge sentenced Avenatti to more than 11 years in federal prison for various crimes, including trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike and stealing nearly $300,000 from Daniels. If Avenatti successfully completes his community confinement, he could be freed in September 2028.
Fox's Carmen Roberts. Jim Whitaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, died yesterday at his home in Port Townsend, Washington. He was 97. I'm Lisa Lucera, and this is Fox News.
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