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Why did Iran's Revolutionary Guard announce the Strait of Hormuz is closed?

Carmen Roberts 0:03
This is a Fox News alert. The Strait is closed and missiles are flying. I'm Carmen Roberts. Iran's Revolutionary Guard Navy announced this evening that crucial waterway is closed and will stay that way until further notice. U.S. Central Command said a short time later that its forces began a third round of strikes against Iran after the IRGC fired on and hit a ship today that was trying to transit through the Strait of Hormuz.

How did the U.S. respond to the IRGC attack on a ship transiting the Strait?

Carmen Roberts 0:30
And Fox's Alex Hogan has more on the back-and-forth threats between the U.S. and Iran.
Alex Hogan 0:35
The supreme leader in Iran issuing his first written statement that avenging his late father must take place. And according to a Wall Street Journal report, Israel shared intelligence with the U.S. that it said indicated a fresh Iranian plan to kill President Trump. Trump says that orders have already been given threatening Iranian decimation if Iran were to carry out such a plan, writing in part, quote, 1,000 missiles are locked and loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran with thousands of more to immediately follow should the Iranian government act. on its threat.
Carmen Roberts 1:07
The New York Times is fighting a Department of Justice subpoena seeking reporters testimony and confidential sources tied to its reporting on security concerns about Trump's new Air Force One, which was a gift from Qatar. The Times calls it an attack on press freedom and the National Press Club is calling on the DOJ to immediately withdraw the subpoenas. And millions of Americans need to brace for brutal heat wave that is building across the country. Triple digit temperatures are set to bake the southwest and Great Plains this weekend.

What intelligence claims link Iran to a plot against former President Trump?

Carmen Roberts 1:40
And then a heat of dome of high pressure is going to push that oppressive heat eastward. And that could stick around for a week or more. Temperatures will be 15 to 25 degrees warmer than normal in many of those areas. America's listening to Fox News.
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Carmen Roberts 2:17
Flash flooding in Missouri turns deadly. Search and rescue teams recovered the body of Faith Gregory, who was swept away by dangerous floodwaters yesterday in Crawford County.

How will the upcoming heat wave and flash flooding affect U.S. regions?

Carmen Roberts 2:26
More rain and flooding is expected, and we get more from Fox meteorologist Adam Klotz.
Adam Klotz 2:31
There's been so much rain across this area, any additional rainfall will cause flooding, and it's a large area that we're worried about. Major cities like Indianapolis, Louisville, down towards Nashville, maybe even towards Atlanta, all spots where you can see some really heavy rainfall.
Carmen Roberts 2:44
And the Missouri State Highway Patrol says the body of Gregory was recovered about a mile from her home after an extensive search. Meta may soon face a multi-billion dollar fine from the European Union after regulatory findings concluded its platforms were designed to be addictive.
Connor Hanson 3:01
The European Union now accuses the company of breaching its social media law. In preliminary findings, the European Commission says Meta is not doing enough to protect users from the physical and mental harms of its platform's addictive designs.

What regulatory and political controversies are unfolding involving Meta and the Kennedy Center?

Connor Hanson 3:16
If the findings are confirmed, Meta could be liable to pay a fine worth up to 6% of its global annual revenue. In a statement, Mehta says it disagrees with the findings, adding in part, quote, Since this investigation began, we rolled out teen accounts that automatically protect teens and put parents in control, allowing them to block access to Instagram at night and cap daily screen time at just 15 minutes.
Carmen Roberts 3:41
Fox Business's Connor Hanson reporting. Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island says a whistleblower report alleges rushed, sloppy renovations at the Kennedy Center, now under President Trump's control, and Whitehouse claims that corner cutting led to rusting steel columns, a reflecting pool that may need to be rebuilt, and a bathroom floor that was ripped out over its tile color.

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