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USS George Washington aircraft carrier docked at US Fleet Activities Yokosuka Japan

USS Lincoln’s 266-Day Iran War Deployment Ends as Sailor Crisis Grips Navy

The USS George Washington has left Vietnam for the Middle East to relieve the USS Lincoln after a record 266-day Iran war deployment. Sailors reportedly tried to jump overboard while Trump dismissed

August 16, 2026

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio with President Donald Trump in August 2026, as the State Department expanded its birth tourism visa revocations

US Revokes 750 Visas in Birth Tourism Crackdown, State Department Says

The State Department says it has revoked more than 750 visas since launching a birth tourism task force, 150 of them in recent days. None of it changes the citizenship of any

August 16, 2026

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USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier deployed in Persian Gulf during Iran war 2026

Iran Calls Trump’s Hormuz Territory Declaration ‘Delusions’ as Monday Deadline Expires

Iran's deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi dismissed Donald Trump's pledge to claim the Strait of Hormuz as US territory as 'delusions' on Friday, as the 60-day war deadline expired and the strait

August 15, 2026

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Strait of Hormuz oil tanker route Iran US tensions August 2026

Iran Refuses US Talks, Trump Claims Hormuz: ‘Cannot Be Seized by a Tweet’

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi refused Saturday to resume nuclear negotiations with Washington while Deputy Foreign Minister Gharibabadi dismissed Trump's claim to Hormuz as unseizable 'by a tweet or an aircraft carrier.'

August 15, 2026

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Iran Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi statement on Strait of Hormuz August 2026

Iran’s Parliament Formally Backs Hormuz Control as US Blockade Shows Strain

Iran's parliament advanced a formal legal framework to bar hostile-nation vessels from the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, as shipping data showed only nine of the usual twelve commodity vessels completing the

August 15, 2026

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Donald Trump gestures while speaking at the Nassau County Police Academy Center in Garden City New York August 14 2026

Trump Claims Hormuz Will Be US Territory. Hours Later, White House Called It a Joke.

Donald Trump told a Nassau County crowd Friday that he would declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory after defeating Iran, prompting an immediate rebuke from Tehran. Hours later, a White

August 15, 2026

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Donald Trump — 45th and 47th President of the United States

WASHINGTON. Few figures in modern American history have generated as much devotion, revulsion and global scrutiny as Donald John Trump. Businessman, entertainer and twice-elected president of the United States, Donald Trump occupies

January 4, 2025

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