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U.S. blockade. I'm Ron Tristar in Fox News. President Trump says the U.S. will conduct its own blockade on the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. Central Command now says it will begin tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. Eastern time. Fox's Mike Tobin with more from Tel Aviv.
The blockade will involve stopping any ships that come out of Iranian ports or Iranian coastal areas. U.S. ships will not be stopping vessels traveling from non-Iranian ports. The early stages of demining the strait has begun, and information about a safe path through the strait will be communicated to commercial mariners. Now, Iran's Revolutionary Guard put out a defiant statement that the Strait of Hormuz is now under their control. Any warship approaching the strait will be seen as a breach of the ceasefire and will be dealt with strongly. President Trump told Maria Bartiromo... details of the naval blockade.
We're putting on a complete blockade. We're not going to let Iran make money on selling oil to people that they like and not people that they don't like or whatever it is. It's going to be all or none.
The announcement of the blockade came after talks in Pakistan failed to produce an agreement.
A loss for Viktor Orban, the Hungarian leader who managed to become an ally of both President Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin.
After 16 years, Viktor Orban's been ousted from power by Hungarian voters. Orban's opponent, Peter Magyar, has been pledging to rebuild Hungary's relationships with the European Union and NATO. EU President Ursula von der Leyen congratulating Magyar with a statement saying, Europe's heart is beating stronger in Hungary tonight. Orban had been endorsed by President Trump, and the Hungarian leader was also seen as a loyalist to Russia's Vladimir Putin, who would never allow Ukraine to join NATO. Till NATO, Fox News.
And in sports, Rory McIlroy wins the Masters for the second year in a row. America is listening to Fox News.
The Artemis 2 astronauts are speaking about their 10-day trip around the moon, which ended Friday. Fox's Madison Scarpino with more.
The world got to witness a historic mission, and the crew got a hero's welcome at Johnson Space Center yesterday. Commander Reid Wiseman says he and pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Cook, and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen are now bonded forever, and he gave a lot of thanks to his family.
This was not easy, being 200,000-plus miles away from home. Like, before you launch, it feels like it's the greatest dream on Earth. And when you're out there, you just want to get back to your families and your friends. It's a special thing to be a human, and it's a special thing to be on planet Earth.
The crew traveling deeper into space than any other humans before. It was a record-breaking trip around the moon.
It was a flawless splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, with all four astronauts returning safely to Earth. A complete campaign collapse for the California Democratic congressman running for governor, now facing sexual assault allegations. Fox's Matt Gordon in L.A.
Eric Swalwell's campaign for California governor appears to be in free fall, with the congressman losing all of his major endorsements within the span of about 24 hours. Swalwell's given no public indication that he'll drop out of the race, but Republican candidate for governor Steve Hilton says he's heard that soon could be happening.
He is going to be dropping out. That's not confirmed yet, but that's what's coming into me from the Democrats who are sick of this guy because he is embarrassing them.
Meanwhile, this could also become a criminal matter with four women coming forward with accusations of sexual misconduct and at least one of them alleging that Swalwell sexually assaulted her while she was too intoxicated to consent.
The Manhattan DA's office says it's investigating. Swalwell denies the allegations, claiming they may have been politically motivated. I'm Roger Stern, and this is Fox News.
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