Αρχική Ειδήσεις Ζωντανές ενημερώσεις για τον πόλεμο του Ιράν: Οι Witkoff και Kushner θα...

Ζωντανές ενημερώσεις για τον πόλεμο του Ιράν: Οι Witkoff και Kushner θα κατευθυνθούν αύριο στο Ισλαμαμπάντ, λέει ο Λευκός Οίκος

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&lbrace;"restUrl"&colon;"https&colon;&bsol;&sol;&bsol;&sol;www&period;ms&period;now&bsol;&sol;wp-json&bsol;&sol;"&comma;"refreshRate"&colon;20000&comma;"liveblogId"&colon;1236482&comma;"adminTimezone"&colon;"America&bsol;&sol;New&lowbar;York"&comma;"liveblogStatus"&colon;"ended"&comma;"lastUpdate"&colon;"2026-04-24T21&colon;40&colon;19-04&colon;00"&comma;"startingEntries"&colon;&lbrack;&lbrace;"id"&colon;1237043&comma;"title"&colon;"As Trump&bsol;u2019s Iran war drags on&comma; Republicans urge patience"&comma;"entryLabel"&colon;""&comma;"parent"&colon;1236482&comma;"date"&colon;"2026-04-24T23&colon;45&colon;02Z"&comma;"modified"&colon;"2026-04-25T00&colon;33&colon;25Z"&comma;"content"&colon;"&bsol;n</p> <p>With the Iran war closing in on two months &bsol;u2014 longer than the &bsol;u201cfour to five&bsol;u201d week estimate Trump gave at the outset &bsol;u2014&bsol;u00a0congressional Republicans continue to give the president wide latitude&comma; downplaying questions about the shifting timelines and insisting the U&period;S&period; needs to accomplish its goals&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>&bsol;u201cOnce you start it&comma; you&bsol;u2019ve got to finish it&comma;&bsol;u201d Sen&period; Ron Johnson&comma; R-Wis&period;&comma; said&comma; a sentiment echoed by several other Republicans who spoke with MS NOW&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>But that&bsol;u2019s not to say that all members of the Republican caucus on Capitol Hill are offering a ringing endorsement of the White House&bsol;u2019s communication strategy&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Rep&period; Brian Fitzpatrick&comma; R-Pa&period;&comma; told MS NOW that &bsol;u201cof course&bsol;u201d he wishes the White House was more clear when publicly discussing the war&period; But&comma; he added&comma; &bsol;u201cthis has been a problem with generations of presidents&period; I don&bsol;u2019t think any of them use a bully pulpit enough&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Democrats&comma; meanwhile&comma; argue the president&bsol;u2019s shifting public timelines and declarations of victory only underscore that Trump has &bsol;u201cno clear strategy&bsol;u201d for the war&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p><strong>Read the full story <a>here&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Kevin Frey”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1237342&comma;”title”&colon;”Iran&bsol;u2019s foreign ministry says no planned meeting with U&period;S&period; σε Pakistan”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T22&colon;09&colo n;03Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T22&colon;49&colon;53Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>Iran&bsol;u2019s Foreign Ministry said there are no planned arrangements for a meeting with U&period;S&period; officials in Pakistan&comma; pushing back on reports of imminent talks as diplomatic efforts continue&period;&nbsp&semi;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>&bsol;u201cNo meeting is planned to take place between Iran and the U&period;S&period; Iran&bsol;u2019s observations would be conveyed to Pakistan&comma;&bsol;u201d Iran&bsol;u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said in a <a>post on X&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Baghaei said Foreign Minister&nbsp&semi;Abbas Araghchi&bsol;u2019s visit to&nbsp&semi;Islamabad&nbsp&semi;is focused on consultations with Pakistani leadership rather than direct negotiations with Washington&period; &bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The talks are expected to center on ongoing mediation to end the &bsol;u201cAmerican imposed war of aggression and the restitution of peace in our region&comma;&bsol;u201d the spokesperson wrote&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Ebony Davis”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236696&comma;”title”&colon;”Democrats see a war powers shift coming&period; Republicans say not so fast&period;”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;”Analysis”&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T21&colon;49&colon;26Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T22&colon;06&colon;44Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>When lawmakers return to Capitol Hill next week&comma; with April 29 marking 60 days since the U&period;S&period; began strikes against Iran&comma; Democrats are hoping Republicans may finally be ready to rein in Trump&bsol;u2019s war authority&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>That may be wishful thinking&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p><strong><a>Read the full story&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Mychael Schnell”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1237310&comma;”title”&colon;”S&P 500&comma; Nasdaq close week at record levels”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T21&colon;48&colon;40Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T22&colon;05&colon;56Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>Two major indexes ended the week posting record-level highs&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The&nbsp&semi;S&P 500&nbsp&semi;climbed about 57 points&comma; or 0&period;80&percnt;&comma; and&nbsp&semi;the Nasdaq Composite was up 398 points&comma; or 1&period;63&percnt;&period; Meanwhile&comma; the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped almost 80 points&comma; or 0&period;16&percnt;&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Global benchmark&bsol;u00a0Brent crude&bsol;u00a0is currently trading at just below &dollar;100 per barrel&comma; while U&period;S&period; benchmark&bsol;u00a0West Texas Intermediate&bsol;u00a0is roughly &dollar;94 per barrel&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Ebony Davis”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1237192&comma;”title”&colon;”Trump speaks with Qatar&bsol;u2019s emir on fragile U&period;S&period;-Iran ceasefire”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T20&colon;05&colon;03Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T21&colon;07&colon;10Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>Trump spoke with Qatar&bsol;u2019s emir&comma; Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani&comma; in a call focused on the fragile U&period;S&period;-Iran ceasefire&comma; as diplomatic efforts to sustain the truce continue&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The leaders focused on the repercussions of the war&comma; including how disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have affected maritime security and global supply chains&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Qatar&bsol;u2019s official readout of the call said Al Thani emphasized the need to &bsol;u201creduce tensions and support peaceful solutions&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The Qatari leader also reiterated his country&bsol;u2019s &bsol;u201ccontinued coordination with regional and international partners&bsol;u201d to support Pakistan&bsol;u2019s mediation efforts in negotiating a ceasefire between Iran and the U&period;S&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Ebony Davis”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1237251&comma;”title”&colon;”Trump says Iran will make offer that meets U&period;S&period; demands”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T20&colon;50&colon;26Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T21&colon;05&colon;09Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>Trump said in <a>an interview with&nbsp&semi;Reuters&nbsp&semi;that Iran is preparing to present a proposal aimed at meeting U&period;S&period; demands&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>&bsol;u201cThey&bsol;u2019re making an offer and we&bsol;u2019ll have to see&comma;&bsol;u201d the president said in a phone interview earlier today&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Trump did not provide details about the expected offer&comma; but he said U&period;S&period; officials would evaluate it once submitted&comma; adding that talks are set to resume in&nbsp&semi;Islamabad&period; Witkoff and Kushner are set to depart for the Pakistani capital on Saturday&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Asked who the U&period;S&period; is negotiating with&comma; Trump declined to name specific counterparts&comma; only telling Reuters that Washington is engaging with &bsol;u201cthe people who are in charge now&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The president&bsol;u2019s remarks come as Washington maintains pressure on Tehran&comma; including a naval blockade&comma; while diplomatic efforts continue to reach a broader agreement to end the conflict&period;&bsol;u00a0&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Ebony Davis”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1237145&comma;”title”&colon;”Iran&bsol;u2019s foreign minister arrives in Pakistan for ceasefire talks”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T19&colon;34&colon;13Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T19&colon;36&colon;00Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>Iran&bsol;u2019s foreign minister arrived in&bsol;u00a0Islamabad&bsol;u00a0today for a new round of diplomatic talks aimed at reviving stalled ceasefire negotiations&comma; according to The Associated Press&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Araghchi is expected to meet with senior Pakistani officials to discuss<span>&bsol;u00a0efforts to advance peace and stability&comma; with Islamabad once again positioning itself as a key intermediary in efforts to bridge gaps between Iran and its adversaries&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>In a <a>post on X earlier today&comma; Araghchi said the purpose of the visit &bsol;u201cis to closely coordinate with our partners on bilateral matters and consult on regional developments&period;&bsol;u201d &bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Ebony Davis”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236889&comma;”title”&colon;”Lebanese state media reports surge of Israeli strikes despite ceasefire”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T19&colon;12&colon;07Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T19&colon;34&colon;12Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p><a>Lebanese state media reported today that a surge of Israeli airstrikes hit multiple towns in the southern district of Tyre&comma; an area that has seen heavy fighting since Israeli forces entered Lebanon last month&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The <a>National News Agency&comma; the Lebanese government&bsol;u2019s official news outlet&comma; said the Israeli military carried out strikes in the Tyre towns of Mansouri&comma; Bouyout al-Siyyad&comma; Bayada&comma; Naqoura and Deir Aames&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Today&bsol;u2019s strikes were the latest to hit Tyre&bsol;u2019s municipalities&comma; which have seen reduced but ongoing airstrikes and military incursions since the start of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <figure><img>&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>That agreement states&comma; &bsol;u201c<a>Israel shall preserve its right to take all necessary measures in self-defense&comma;&bsol;u201d including against civilian targets&period; Lebanese state media has reported that Israeli strikes have resulted in multiple civilian deaths during the agreed ceasefire period&comma; including <a>two that occurred today in the Marjeyoun district in the towns of Taybeh and Touline&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>State media <a>also reported Israeli forces detonating homes in Beit Lif yesterday&comma; while Israeli warplanes were observed flying over the city of Bint Jbeil in the Nabatieh district toward Kounine&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p><em>Map&colon; Carson Elm-Picard &bsol;&sol; MS NOW&semi; Source&colon; National News Organization &lpar;Lebanon&rpar;&semi; OpenStreetMap contributors&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Adam Hudacek”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1237090&comma;”title”&colon;”U&period;S&period; sanctions China-based oil refinery&comma; shippers”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T19&colon;04&colon;08Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T19&colon;11&colon;11Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>The Trump administration imposed <a>new sanctions Friday on a China-based oil refinery&comma; as well as roughly 40 shipping companies and tankers accused of helping move Iranian oil&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>&bsol;u201cTreasury will continue to constrict the network of vessels&comma; intermediaries&comma; and buyers Iran relies on to move its oil to global markets&comma;&bsol;u201d Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement&period; &bsol;u201cAny person or vessel facilitating these flows &bsol;u2014&bsol;u00a0through covert trade and finance &bsol;u2014 risks exposure to U&period;S&period; sanctions&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The move was part of Washington&bsol;u2019s effort to choke Tehran&bsol;u2019s energy revenue&period;&bsol;u00a0Treasury&bsol;u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control&bsol;u00a0<a>targeted&bsol;u00a0Hengli Petrochemical&bsol;u2019s refinery in Dalian&comma; alleging it has processed Iranian crude since 2023&period; More than three dozen shipping companies and vessels tied to Iran&bsol;u2019s shadow fleet were also hit with sanctions&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Last week&comma; Bessent sent a letter <a>warning financial institutions in Hong Kong&comma; the United Arab Emirates and Oman about possible secondary sanctions tied to Iranian transactions&period;&bsol;u00a0&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The sanctions&comma; which bar the companies from access to the U&period;S&period; financial system and impose penalties on those who engage in business with them&comma; come weeks before Trump&nbsp&semi;and&nbsp&semi;Chinese President Xi Jinping&nbsp&semi;are <a>expected to meet in China&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Ebony Davis”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236938&comma;”title”&colon;”Iranian foreign minister confirms travel to Islamabad”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T16&colon;45&colon;58Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T18&colon;49&colon;01Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed that he plans to travel to Islamabad&comma;&bsol;u00a0as well as the capitals of Oman and Russia&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>&bsol;u201cEmbarking on timely tour of Islamabad&comma; Muscat&comma; and Moscow&comma;&bsol;u201d he <a>wrote on X this morning&period; &bsol;u201cPurpose of my visits is to closely coordinate with our partners on bilateral matters and consult on regional developments&period; Our neighbors are our priority&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Earlier&comma; a Pakistani government official told MS NOW Araghchi was expected to travel to Islamabad tonight with a small team to discuss next steps for peace negotiations with the U&period;S&period; and that a second round of talks was expected to occur after &bsol;u201cimportant discussions&bsol;u201d with the Pakistani mediators&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <figure> <div>&bsol;n</p> <blockquote> <p>Embarking on timely tour of Islamabad&comma; Muscat&comma; and Moscow&period;</p> <p>Purpose of my visits is to closely coordinate with our partners on bilateral matters and consult on regional developments&period;</p> <p>Our neighbors are our priority&period;&mdash&semi; Seyed Abbas Araghchi &lpar;&commat;araghchi&rpar; April 24&comma; 2026&bsol;n&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Julianne McShane”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1237067&comma;”title”&colon;”Most Americans &bsol;u2014 and most Republicans &bsol;u2014 blame Trump for rising gas prices”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T18&colon;38&colon;40Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T18&colon;44&colon;53Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>A new <a>Reuters-Ipsos poll released today showed most Americans &bsol;u2014&bsol;u00a0and most Republicans &bsol;u2014 blame Trump for rising gas prices&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The poll found that 77&percnt; of registered voters surveyed&comma;&bsol;u00a0and 55&percnt; of Republicans&comma;&bsol;u00a0blame Trump for the recent rise in gas prices&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Today&bsol;u2019s national average is more than &dollar;4 a gallon&comma; <a>according to AAA&comma; which also found a handful of states have seen average rates of more than &dollar;5 a gallon&period; The national average before the war was &dollar;2&period;98 per gallo&comma; per AAA&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Trump <a>has promised voters gas prices will &bsol;u201ccome roaring down&bsol;u201d once the war ends&period; But the Reuters poll suggested voters may have little patience to wait&comma; with 78&percnt; of registered voters&comma; including nearly three-quarters of Republicans&comma;&bsol;u00a0characterizing fuel prices as &bsol;u201ca very big concern&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The poll was based on responses from more than 4&comma;500 adults nationwide&comma; including more than 3&comma;500 registered voters&comma; with a margin of error of 2&percnt;&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Julianne McShane”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236983&comma;”title”&colon;”Leavitt says Witkoff&comma; Kushner will visit Pakistan tomorrow”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T17&colon;21&colon;19Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T18&colon;03&colon;45Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>In an interview on Fox News&comma; White House press secretary confirmed U&period;S&period; special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump&bsol;u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner will go to Pakistan tomorrow &bsol;u201cto engage in talks&comma; direct talks&comma; intermediated by the Pakistanis&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Leavitt said the Iranians &bsol;u201casked for this in-person conversation&comma;&bsol;u201d adding&comma; &bsol;u201cThe President is dispatching Steve and Jared to go hear what they have to say&comma; and we&bsol;u2019re hopeful that it will be a productive conversation and hopefully move the ball forward towards a deal&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Julianne McShane”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1237007&comma;”title”&colon;”Leavitt says Vance &bsol;u2018on standby&bsol;u2019 during talks with Pakistan”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T17&colon;48&colon;19Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T17&colon;55&colon;55Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>Leavitt told reporters outside the White House this afternoon that Vice President JD Vance &bsol;u201cis on standby&bsol;u201d and could be dispatched to Pakistan this weekend &bsol;u201cif we feel it&bsol;u2019s a necessary use of his time&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Earlier today&comma; Leavitt said on Fox News that Witkoff and Kushner will go to Pakistan tomorrow &bsol;u201cto engage in talks&comma; direct talks&comma; intermediated by the Pakistanis&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>She told reporters this afternoon that Trump&comma; Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be waiting for updates as the talks unfold&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Vance visited<a> Pakistan earlier this month to lead the U&period;S&period; delegation in peace talks&comma; but <a>no deal was reached&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Julianne McShane”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236714&comma;”title”&colon;”A third U&period;S&period; aircraft carrier joins the blockade”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T14&colon;17&colon;44Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T15&colon;45&colon;42Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>A third U&period;S&period; aircraft carrier strike group joined the naval blockade of Iran&bsol;u2019s key ports yesterday&comma; <a>according to U&period;S&period; Central Command&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The USS George H&period;W&period; Bush joined the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Gerald R&period; Ford in the U&period;S&period; effort to halt the flow of oil from Iranian ports via the Strait of Hormuz&period; It&bsol;u2019s the biggest aircraft carrier buildup in decades&comma; CENTCOM said&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <figure><img>&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p><em>Map&colon; Ben King &bsol;&sol; MS NOW&semi; Source&colon; U&period;S&period; Department of Defense&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Adam Hudacek and Ben King”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img><img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236681&comma;”title”&colon;”&bsol;u2018Only the president knows&bsol;u2019&colon; Trump&bsol;u2019s mixed messages on Iran strain his own White House”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T15&colon;03&colon;05Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T15&colon;27&colon;08Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>&bsol;u201cOnly the president knows where things stand and what he will do&period;&bsol;u201d That&bsol;u2019s what White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters earlier this month after President Donald Trump threatened that&nbsp&semi;<a>a &bsol;u201cwhole civilization will die tonight&bsol;u201d&nbsp&semi;unless Iran reached a deal with the U&period;S&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>For the aides left to defend Trump&bsol;u2019s shifting messages on the war with Iran&comma; Leavitt&bsol;u2019s comment was less a reassurance than a job description&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The president&bsol;u2019s messaging on the war with Iran has shifted consistently &bsol;u2014 at times&comma; hour by hour&period; Within 48 hours last weekend&comma; he went from saying Iran had &bsol;u201cagreed to everything&bsol;u201d toward a potential deal to warning that if Iran did not sign on the dotted line&comma; the &bsol;u201cwhole country is getting blown up&period;&bsol;u201d He has extended the war&bsol;u2019s timeline by weeks&comma; offered Iran a handful of deal extensions after saying he likely would not and&comma; most recently&comma; indicated that there was &bsol;u201cno time frame&bsol;u201d for the war to conclude&comma; swiftly followed by a threat that Iran has &bsol;u201ca matter of days&bsol;u201d to reach a deal as a fragile ceasefire holds&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p><strong><a>Read the full story&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Jake Traylor&comma; Jacqueline Alemany&comma; and Laura Barr&bsol;u00f3n-L&bsol;u00f3pez”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img><img><img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236736&comma;”title”&colon;”Netanyahu said he hid tumor diagnosis because of war”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T14&colon;13&colon;58Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T14&colon;45&colon;28Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he underwent targeted treatment for a malignant tumor in his prostate two months ago and has been under medical monitoring since then&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The diagnosis was revealed in a medical report his office released today&comma; which was delayed by two months to avoid his condition being used as propaganda by Iran&comma; he said in a social media post in Hebrew today&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Netanyahu said he had surgery for a benign tumor found in his prostate 18 months ago&period; A small spot was discovered in his prostate two months ago that turned out to be an early stage of a malignant tumor&comma; he said&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The prime minister said he subsequently underwent targeted treatment and the spot was removed&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Clarissa-Jan Lim”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236685&comma;”title”&colon;”Death toll continues to rise after Israeli strikes in Lebanon”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T13&colon;37&colon;18Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T14&colon;40&colon;34Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>Two people were killed by an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanon town of Touline today&comma; Lebanese state media reported &bsol;u2014 adding to the high death toll in the country even as the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon was extended by three weeks&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <figure><img>&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The deaths are the latest in a spate of fatal strikes by the Israeli army&comma; which this week have killed multiple Lebanese civilians&comma; including a journalist&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>More than 6&comma;000 people have died in the Middle East&comma; almost all within Iran and Lebanon&comma; since the Iran war began in late February&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The death toll stands at about 2&comma;300 in Lebanon&comma; according to&nbsp&semi;<a>the country&bsol;u2019s health agency&comma; and more than 3&comma;600 in Iran&comma; the nonprofit&nbsp&semi;<a>Human Rights Activists News Agency reported&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Roughly 3&period;2 million Iranians and 1&period;1 million Lebanese have been displaced by the fighting&comma;&nbsp&semi;<a><a>according to the U&period;N&period; refugee agency&period;&nbsp&semi;<a>More than 100 people have been killed in Iraq&comma; and at least 38 have died in Israel&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Two French peacekeepers were killed in the conflict over the weekend by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah&comma; <a>French President Emmanuel Macron said&comma; which brought the NATO member death toll to 19&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Thirteen U&period;S&period; service members&comma; one French military officer&comma; one Turkish soldier and two Turkish defense contractors were killed in the wider Middle East conflict&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p><em>Photo&colon; Bilal Hussein &bsol;&sol; AP Photo&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Adam Hudacek”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236487&comma;”title”&colon;”Acting Navy secretary&bsol;u2019s record raises eyebrows”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;”Analysis”&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T11&colon;48&colon;20Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T13&colon;50&colon;59Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>One of the oddities of Donald Trump&bsol;u2019s personnel choices in his second term is&bsol;u00a0<a>how often&bsol;u00a0he has chosen&bsol;u00a0<a>failed GOP candidates&bsol;u00a0for&bsol;u00a0<a>important positions&period; Indeed&comma; the White House seems to be a jobs program for Republicans who have been rejected by voters&comma; hiring so many failed candidates that Roll Call last year said the president had&bsol;u00a0<a>created a &bsol;u201cTeam of Losers&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>This week&comma; that list grew a little longer&comma; as Hung Cao took the reins at the U&period;S&period; Navy&comma; replacing former Navy Secretary John Phelan&comma;&bsol;u00a0<a>who was fired&bsol;u00a0Wednesday by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth&period; Cao is known to campaign watchers as a Virginia Republican who ran a failed congressional campaign in 2022&comma; losing to then-Democratic Rep&period; Jennifer Wexton by almost 7 points&comma; followed by a failed Senate campaign in 2024&comma; losing to Democratic Sen&period; Tim Kaine by almost 9 points&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Just months after Cao&bsol;u2019s defeat&comma; Trump tapped the Republican to serve as undersecretary of the Navy&comma; and he was&bsol;u00a0<a>narrowly confirmed&bsol;u00a0last fall&period; Now he&bsol;u2019s the acting Navy secretary&comma; the 10th person to serve in the position across both of Trump&bsol;u2019s terms&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Cao&bsol;u2019s record&comma; however&comma; is not without controversy&period;&nbsp&semi;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p><strong><a>Read the full story here&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Steve Benen”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236678&comma;”title”&colon;”Hezbollah politician calls Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extension &bsol;u2018meaningless&bsol;u2019″&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T13&colon;32&colon;04Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T13&colon;35&colon;59Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>A Hezbollah politician dismissed Trump&bsol;u2019s announcement of a three-week extension to the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire as &bsol;u201cmeaningless&comma;&bsol;u201d in the Iran-backed militia&bsol;u2019s first public response to the extension&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Ali Fayyad&comma; a Hezbollah-affiliated member of the Lebanese Parliament&comma; said today that ongoing Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon &bsol;u201creveal a blatant contradiction between what these authorities declare and the actual realities on the ground&comma;&bsol;u201d according to the <a>Lebanese state-run media outlet Al-Manar&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Israeli forces said today they had targeted rocket launchers in southern Lebanon&period; The <a>Israel-Lebanon ceasefire states that Israel has the right to &bsol;u201ctake all necessary measures in self-defense&comma; at any time&comma; against planned&comma; imminent&comma; or ongoing attacks&bsol;u201d but cannot carry out &bsol;u201cany offensive military operations against Lebanese targets&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Fayyad said the ceasefire imposes &bsol;u201cno obligations&comma; not even minimal ones&comma; on the Israeli side&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>&bsol;u201cAny Israeli aggression against any Lebanese target&comma; regardless of its nature&comma; gives the resistance the right to respond proportionately according to the field situation&comma;&bsol;u201d he said&period; &bsol;u201cFurthermore&comma; any ceasefire that does not constitute a prelude to an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory affirms the Lebanese people&bsol;u2019s unwavering and final right to resist the occupation and expel it from our land in order to restore full Lebanese sovereignty&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Hayley Meissner”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236591&comma;”title”&colon;”Trump extends Jones Act waiver for 90 days”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T11&colon;56&colon;25Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T13&colon;33&colon;19Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>The White House said Trump issued a 90-day extension to the Jones Act waiver&comma; making it easier for non-American vessels to transport oil and natural gas in the midst of the war with Iran&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Trump first announced a 60-day waiver in mid-March&comma; aiming to help stabilize energy prices and make it easier for more ships to travel to the U&period;S&period; since the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The post on social media by a White House press aide said&comma; &bsol;u201cNew data compiled since the initial waiver was issued revealed that significantly more supply was able to reach U&period;S&period; ports faster&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”The Associated Press”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236606&comma;”title”&colon;”Hegseth says 34 ships turned around due to U&period;S&period; blockade”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T12&colon;23&colon;35Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T13&colon;31&colon;59Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>Hegseth said that 34 ships have turned around due to the U&period;S&period; blockade on Iranian ports and that the U&period;S&period; has seized two of Iran&bsol;u2019s dark-fleet ships so far&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>&bsol;u201cWe seized their sanctioned ships&comma; and we will seize more&period; Our blockade is growing and going global&comma;&bsol;u201d Hegseth said&period; &bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>He also declared that the U&period;S&period; is &bsol;u201cin control&bsol;u201d in the Strait of Hormuz&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>&bsol;u201cNo one sails from the Strait of Hormuz to anywhere in the world without the permission of the United States Navy to the regime in Tehran&comma;&bsol;u201d he said&period; &bsol;u201cThe blockade is tightening by the hour&period; We are in control&period; Nothing in&comma; nothing out&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Trump has called the blockade a <a>&bsol;u201ctremendous success&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p><a>More than two dozen Iranian vessels have dodged the U&period;S&period; blockade&comma; according to cargo tracking group Vortexa&period; Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell earlier this week <a>denied reports that Iranian ships were bypassing the blockade&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Clarissa-Jan Lim”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236664&comma;”title”&colon;”Oil&comma; gas prices jump after Hegseth warns of indefinite blockade”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T13&colon;16&colon;28Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T13&colon;27&colon;14Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>The price of crude oil rose to more than &dollar;105 a barrel this morning after Hegseth signaled at his press briefing that the U&period;S&period; blockade on Iranian ports will last &bsol;u201cas long as it takes&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Prices for Brent crude&comma; the global benchmark&comma; and West Texas Intermediate crude&comma; the U&period;S&period; benchmark&comma; have climbed steadily in the past week amid the uncertainty about a second round of peace talks between Iran and the U&period;S&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Gas prices have also gone up&period; The <a>average price of a gallon of gas is &dollar;4&period;06&comma; up almost 3 cents from the day before and a stark increase from the &dollar;1&period;08 per gallon from before the Iran war began in late February&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Trump has shown no desire to end the blockade on Iranian ports &bsol;u2014 or the war&period; He <a>suggested on Truth Social yesterday that he had &bsol;u201call the time in the world&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Experts on the global oil trade and Iran&bsol;u2019s economy told MS NOW that <a>Iran has the upper hand when it comes to waiting out the economic pain&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Clarissa-Jan Lim and Charlie Herman”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img><img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236610&comma;”title”&colon;”Hegseth&colon; U&period;S&period; naval blockade will last &bsol;u2018as long as it takes&bsol;u2019″&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T12&colon;24&colon;30Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T13&colon;11&colon;57Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at the Pentagon this morning that the U&period;S&period; naval blockade of Iranian ports throughout the Strait of Hormuz will last &bsol;u201cas long as it takes&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>&bsol;u201cAll they have to do is abandon a nuclear weapon in meaningful and verifiable ways&comma; or instead they can watch the regime&bsol;u2019s fragile economic state collapse under the unrelenting pressure of American power&comma; a blockade&comma; as long as it takes&comma;&bsol;u201d Hegseth said&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Trump this week extended the pause in fighting between the U&period;S&period; and Iran indefinitely&period; Hegseth said the U&period;S&period; Navy&bsol;u2019s blockade would continue until Iran presents American negotiators with a plan for lasting peace&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Trump and his administration have repeatedly said Iran must give up its right to enrich uranium to reach an agreement&comma; but experts have doubted the Iranian regime&bsol;u2019s willingness to do so&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>&bsol;u201cThe bottom line remains the bottom line&colon; Iran will never get a nuclear bomb&period; The choice is theirs&period; But with this blockade&comma; the clock is not on their side&comma;&bsol;u201d Hegseth said&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Sydney Carruth”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236635&comma;”title”&colon;”Iran&bsol;u2019s foreign minister headed to Islamabad&comma; Pakistani official says”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T12&colon;28&colon;06Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T13&colon;10&colon;23Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to travel to Islamabad tonight with a small team to discuss next steps for peace negotiations with the U&period;S&period;&comma; a Pakistani government official involved in the peace talk negotiations told MS NOW&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>A second round of talks is expected to happen after &bsol;u201cimportant discussions&bsol;u201d with the Pakistani mediating team&comma; said the official&comma; who did not want to be named due to sensitivities around the topic&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Inzamam Rashid”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236618&comma;”title”&colon;”Hegseth says Strait of Hormuz is not America&bsol;u2019s fight”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T12&colon;32&colon;34Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T13&colon;08&colon;58Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>Hegseth decried America&bsol;u2019s European allies for refusing to send military forces to aid with the U&period;S&period; Navy&bsol;u2019s blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>&bsol;u201cIf Iran is putting mines in the water or otherwise threatening American commercial shipping or American forces&comma; we will shoot to destroy&comma;&bsol;u201d he said at the press briefing&period; &bsol;u201cIt&bsol;u2019s also worth saying this should not be America&bsol;u2019s fight alone&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>He claimed the U&period;S&period; barely uses the strait&comma; the closure of which has hamstrung the global energy economy and sent oil and gas prices skyrocketing&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>&bsol;u201cOur energy doesn&bsol;u2019t flow through there&comma; and we have plenty of energy&comma;&bsol;u201d Hegseth said&period; &bsol;u201cEurope and Asia have benefited from our protection for decades&comma; but the time for free riding is over&period; America and the free world deserve allies who are capable&comma; who are loyal&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>While it is true that Asian and European countries receive more oil shipments through the strait than the U&period;S&period; does&comma; oil is a global market&period; That means negative supply chain impacts in one part of the world spike prices for crude oil in another&period; The strait&bsol;u2019s closure has made energy more expensive for countries around the world and has led to spikes in gas prices in the U&period;S&period;&comma; regardless of how much oil countries receive through the waterway&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Sydney Carruth”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236646&comma;”title”&colon;”Hegseth&colon; &bsol;u2018Pope is going to do his thing&bsol;u2019″&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T12&colon;57&colon;08Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T13&colon;05&colon;55Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>Asked about Pope Leo XIV&bsol;u2019s condemnation of the Iran war&comma; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the leader of the Catholic Church &bsol;u201cis going to do his thing&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>&bsol;u201cThe pope is going to do his thing&comma; that&bsol;u2019s fine&comma;&bsol;u201d Hegseth said during a press conference at the Pentagon moments ago&period; &bsol;u201cWe know what our mission is&period; We know what authority we have&period; We&bsol;u2019re very clear about that&period; We follow the orders of the president&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Trump and his administration have repeatedly attacked the pontiff for using his platform to discourage the U&period;S&period; and Israel&bsol;u2019s war with Iran and to call for a lasting peace agreement to end the fighting&period; Speaking at an evening prayer service in St&period; Peter&bsol;u2019s Basilica&bsol;u00a0earlier this month&comma; Leo denounced what he called the &bsol;u201cdelusion of omnipotence&bsol;u201d fueling the president&bsol;u2019s war with Iran&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Trump&bsol;u2019s rift with the pope has emerged as a divisive topic within his base among the Christian right&period; Prominent MAGA voices who were once among Trump&bsol;u2019s most ardent supporters have spoken out against Trump&bsol;u2019s criticisms of the American-born pontiff&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Trump has attacked Leo as too liberal and &bsol;u201cweak on crime&comma;&bsol;u201d descriptions he typically uses to slam Democrats&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Sydney Carruth”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236634&comma;”title”&colon;”Hegseth mocks European leaders meeting to discuss securing strait”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;””&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T12&colon;42&colon;24Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T13&colon;03&colon;26Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>Hegseth dismissed a meeting of world leaders this week to discuss efforts to secure the Strait of Hormuz&comma; calling it a &bsol;u201csilly conference &&num;8230&semi; where they got together and talked about &bsol;u2014 talking about maybe doing something eventually&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>French President Emmanuel Macron and U&period;K&period; Prime Minister Keir Starmer gathered leaders from dozens of countries to discuss restoring freedom of navigation in the strait&period; Hegseth said that the talks were &bsol;u201cnot serious efforts yet&bsol;u201d but that the U&period;S&period; &bsol;u201cwould welcome a serious European effort to do something about this&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Hegseth was responding to a question about the jet fuel shortage in Europe&comma; which has been especially acute&period; Several European airlines have canceled flights&comma; and the cost of air travel is rising&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Hegseth said Europe&bsol;u2019s jet fuel crisis is &bsol;u201ca wake-up call&bsol;u201d to &bsol;u201cdo something&bsol;u201d about the Strait of Hormuz&period; &bsol;u201cOtherwise&comma; you&bsol;u2019re at the behest of a country like Iran&comma; and the only country that can do something about it is the United States military&period;&bsol;u201d&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Clarissa-Jan Lim”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236489&comma;”title”&colon;”Political inflection point&quest; Trump&bsol;u2019s approval rating is cratering”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;”Analysis”&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T11&colon;49&colon;04Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T11&colon;49&colon;04Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>Every single day&comma; President&nbsp&semi;<a>Donald Trump&nbsp&semi;digs this country deeper and deeper into his mess&period; On Wednesday evening&comma; we learned that the secretary of the Navy&comma; a guy named&nbsp&semi;<a>John Phelan&comma; had been fired by Defense Secretary&nbsp&semi;<a>Pete Hegseth&comma; in the midst of a war that has not ended&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>The United States has directed an enormous number of its naval assets to Iran&period; According to the Pentagon&comma; we are conducting an active naval blockade there&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Phelan&bsol;u2019s firing comes just three weeks after the&nbsp&semi;<a>Army chief of staff&nbsp&semi;was&nbsp&semi;<em>also&nbsp&semi;fired&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>But it also comes at the tail end of a truly awful 24 hours for the White House&period; Even grading on a curve&comma; for what has been&comma; generally speaking&comma; a pretty rough year for this president&comma; Trump had an absolutely brutal day on Tuesday&period; It was one of those days that&comma; in hindsight&comma; can look like a political inflection point&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p><strong><a>Read the full story here&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Chris Hayes”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&comma;&lbrace;”id”&colon;1236485&comma;”title”&colon;”Americans are asking if the president is OK”&comma;”entryLabel”&colon;”Opinion”&comma;”parent”&colon;1236482&comma;”date”&colon;”2026-04-24T11&colon;48&colon;53Z”&comma;”modified”&colon;”2026-04-24T11&colon;48&colon;53Z”&comma;”content”&colon;”&bsol;n</p> <p>Is the president OK&quest;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>I asked that question on TV this week&period; Not as a throwaway line or a partisan jab&comma; but as a serious question about the capacity of the person holding the most powerful office in the world&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Since Donald Trump announced his first campaign for the White House in 2015&comma; critics have wondered about his frequent digressions&comma; anecdotes that never happened and seemingly dwindling vocabulary&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>But in his second term&comma; especially over the past few weeks&comma; Trump has seemed more erratic than ever&comma; making bizarre claims and accusations about the Iran war on social media and ratcheting up his already inflammatory rhetoric&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p>Americans are noticing&period;&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n&bsol;n</p> <p><strong><a>Read the full story here&period;&bsol;n”&comma;”status”&colon;”publish”&comma;”author”&colon;&lbrace;”bylines”&colon;”Symone D&period; Sanders Townsend”&comma;”avatars”&colon;”<img>“&rcub;&comma;”isPinned”&colon;false&comma;”isReply”&colon;false&comma;”location”&colon;””&comma;”replies”&colon;&lbrack;&rsqb;&rcub;&rsqb;&rcub;&NewLine;&sol;&sol;&num; 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