Iran live updates: Trump maintains strait is open after Iranian drone strike
ABC NewsLiveVideoShowsGood Morning AmericaShopGMAInterest Successfully AddedWe'll notify you here with news aboutTurn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Jacquelyn Martin/AP PhotoByKevin Shalvey and Nadine El-BawabLast Updated: June 25, 2026, 3:41 PM EDTPresident Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. "I think we will, but the strait is open.""We knocked the hell out of them, and now we're negotiating from a position of pure strength, pure strength.
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- ▪Jacquelyn Martin/AP PhotoByKevin Shalvey and Nadine El-BawabLast Updated: June 25, 2026, 3:41 PM EDTPresident Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb.
- ▪"I think we will, but the strait is open.""We knocked the hell out of them, and now we're negotiating from a position of pure strength, pure strength.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 18 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean left. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Trump blames Iran for drone strike on cargo ship in strait of Hormuz — the Guardian
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ABC NewsLiveVideoShowsGood Morning AmericaShopGMAInterest Successfully AddedWe'll notify you here with news aboutTurn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOnStream onLiveIran live updates: Trump maintains Strait of Hormuz is open after Iranian drone strikeThe IMO said it temporarily suspended the evacuation of vessels from the strait.1:32President Donald Trump speaks during a Rose Garden Club dinner with U.S. farmers, in the Rose Garden at the White House, Thursday, June 25, 2026, in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/AP PhotoByKevin Shalvey and Nadine El-BawabLast Updated: June 25, 2026, 3:41 PM EDTPresident Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb.
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