{"id":604902,"date":"2026-04-13T21:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/604902\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T21:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:34:10","slug":"us-blockade-of-strait-of-hormuz-begins-trumps-fight-with-pope-continues-iran-warns-that-retaliation-will-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/604902\/","title":{"rendered":"US blockade of Strait of Hormuz begins; Trump&#8217;s fight with Pope continues; Iran warns that retaliation will come"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A DoorDash driver made a quick drop-off this morning at an unconventional address, and was handed a US$100 tip by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Arkansas woman Sharon Simmons dropped off an order of the president&#8217;s favoured McDonald&#8217;s, which the White House said was distributed among staff.<\/p>\n<p>The photo op was to celebrate Trump&#8217;s &#8220;no tax on tips&#8221; policy, which has just marked its first anniversary.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/b0d39b27-15b3-49ef-9b91-022d2249da2e.png\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now No Tax on Tips has taken things to the next level, letting me keep more of the tips I earn and deserve,&#8221; Sharon said in a DoorDash statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today is a celebration of the advocacy of thousands of Dashers from around the country who fought to ensure we were included in this policy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Outside the White House, Simmons spoke to CNN, praising the Trump policy but acknowledging higher fuel prices were hitting hard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously gas prices, they hit us all. It&#8217;s not just us, it&#8217;s everybody,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A DoorDash driver made a quick drop-off this morning at an unconventional address, and was handed a US$100&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-604902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}