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White House Walks Back Trump’s Strait of Hormuz "US Territory" Claim  Trump Strait of Hormuz Claim: White House Clarifies "US Territory" Remark as a Joke WASHINGTON D.C. — In a development that sent brief shockwaves through international diplomatic circles, global trade networks, and commodity markets, the White House was forced to issue a rapid clarification following high-stakes comments made by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the Strait of Hormuz. During an address at the Nassau County Police Academy in Garden City, New York, President Trump suggested that the United States would officially declare the strategically critical waterway as an American territory. The statement caught immediate fire across global news outlets, foreign policy channels, and international diplomatic networks. However, senior White House officials moved swiftly to perform damage control, stating that the President's remark was made purely in jest and should not be interpreted as...

# Senate Rejects Bid to End Iran War; Trump Notches Key Win The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted down a Democratic-led resolution that would have forced President Donald Trump to pull back American forces from the escalating conflict with Iran, handing the administration a narrow but significant political victory as the war enters a more dangerous phase. The War Powers resolution failed by a vote of 49-50, falling short of the majority needed to pass. It marked the thirteenth time the Senate has taken up a War Powers measure aimed at reining in the president's military campaign against Iran — and the thirteenth time such an effort has failed. ## A Vote That Crossed Party Lines What made Thursday's vote notable wasn't just the outcome, but who voted which way. The result did not break cleanly along party lines, underscoring how divided both parties have become over the direction of the war. Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman broke from his party to vote against the resolution...