U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed Iran’s president wanted a ceasefire ahead of his speech to the American people. Trump made the claim on his Truth Social website. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Trump’s remarks were “false and baseless.” The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush is slated to go to the Middle East along with three destroyers.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Thousands of additional U.S. troops are heading to the Middle East as the Trump administration has insisted that progress has been made in talks with Iran and has threatened to escalate the war if a deal is not reached soon.
TOKYO (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron called for a ceasefire in the Middle East during a visit to Japan on Wednesday. Macron, held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, said said “This is why … we both advocate for a return to peace, a ceasefire, calm, and free passage through the Strait of Hormuz.”
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. consumer confidence inched higher in March despite soaring energy prices. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose modestly to 91.8 in March from 91 in February. The board said that there was increasing pessimism in other measures of the survey, including expectations of higher inflation.
JERUSALEM (AP) – Hundreds of protesters took to the streets across the embattled Palestinian territories on Tuesday after Israel’s parliament passed a measure establishing the death penalty by hanging for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis.
BEIRUT (AP) – Since the United States and Israel launched their war against Iran on Feb. 28, the Trump administration claims to have all but “obliterated” the Islamic Republic’s military capabilities. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared last week that “never in recorded history has a nation’s military been so quickly and so effectively neutralized.”
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – It’s humanity’s first flight to the moon since 1972. In a throwback to Apollo, NASA’s Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a lunar fly-around. They’ll hurtle several thousand miles beyond the moon, hang a U-turn and then come straight back. No circling around the moon, no stopping for a moonwalk.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is threatening to deploy ground troops to seize critical oil infrastructure on Iran’s Kharg Island, a military gambit that experts say would risk American lives and could still fail to end the war.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war against Iran, arguing that Tehran hasn’t been weakened enough by the monthlong U.S.-led bombing campaign, according to U.S., Gulf and Israeli officials.
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