Hours before fresh military strikes were exchanged in the strait of Hormuz, vice-president JD Vance continued to reiterate the administration\u2019s triumphant line on the war with Iran.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we make the final deal, then great,\u201d the US vice-president told HBO\u2019s Bill Maher.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we don\u2019t make the final deal, their nuclear program is still destroyed. They\u2019re still much weaker as a country, so my attitude is America wins either way.\u201d<\/p>\n
The shaky ceasefire between the US and Iran is being increasingly tested, with more retaliatory strikes this weekend. President Donald Trump<\/a> has also claimed the US has the upper hand.<\/p>\n \u201cThere may come \u200ca point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and \u200cwill be forced to militarily \u200bcomplete the job that we very successfully started,\u201d he posted to Truth Social in the wake of Saturday\u2019s strikes.<\/p>\n \u201cIf \u200bthat happens,\u201d he wrote, \u201c\u200bthe Islamic \u200bRepublic \u200cof Iran \u200bwill \u200bno longer exist.\u201d<\/p>\n JD Vance claims US holds all the cards in Iran and will win \u2018either way\u2019<\/p>\n JD Vance<\/a> said on Friday that the US wins \u201ceither way\u201d regarding negotiations with Iran<\/a>, pointing to what he called the destruction of its nuclear program and diminishment as a country.<\/p>\n Vance said that the increased flow of oil through the strait of Hormuz was a \u201csignal that there\u2019s something real going on\u201d.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n US says it struck targets in Iran over \u2018continued aggression\u2019 against shipping<\/p>\n The US military has launched further strikes on multiple targets in Iran<\/a>, the US Central Command (Centcom) confirmed, a day after it had struck Iran in retaliation for a drone attack on a cargo ship in the strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n Centcom said its strikes on Saturday were in \u201cdirect response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping\u201d. The US strikes targeted \u201cIranian military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities\u201d, Centcom said in a statement.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n Appeals court rejects Trump EPA bid to abandon rule restricting deadly soot pollution<\/p>\n A federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Environmental Protection Agency<\/a>\u2019s attempt to abandon a Biden<\/a>-era rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution.<\/p>\n The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel is a setback for the Trump administration<\/a>\u2019s deregulatory agenda and its repeated efforts to boost coal, a reliable but polluting energy source.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n Trump says he will nominate Lance Schroyer as next ICE director<\/p>\n Donald \u200bTrump<\/a> said on \u2060Saturday \u2060that \u200bhe \u200cwill \u200cnominate \u200cLance Schroyer as \u200cthe next director of US \u200bImmigration \u2060and \u200bCustoms \u200bEnforcement (ICE<\/a>), succeeding David Venturella, who had been performing the duties of the director.<\/p>\n Trump said<\/a> in a Truth Social post that Schroyer \u201chas over 29 YEARS of Law Enforcement experience in Oklahoma \u2014 A State where I WON all 77 Counties in 2016, 2020, and 2024! Lance is a former Oklahoma State Trooper, and United States Marine\u201d.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n What else happened today:<\/p>\n