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Trump jokingly referred to the initial strikes on Iran to the attack on Pearl Harbor while seated next to Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
Follow our live blog as oil jumps to $118, Trump vows no ground troops and the Iran war fuels a widening energy crunch.
The Senate defeated a war powers resolution on Wednesday that aimed to block President Trump from ramping up the war with Iran, as the operation approaches a fourth week.
The Federal Reserve weighs interest rate cuts as the Iran war complicates the inflation fight. Rising oil prices have created a challenging policy dilemma for the central bank.
After the attacks on Iran and Qatar, the price of Brent crude rose to $112 a barrel, an increase of over 4 percent. Benchmark indexes in Seoul and Tokyo were down more than 2 percent on Thursday. And gasoline prices in Japan hit a record high as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrived in Washington to meet Mr. Trump.
On week three of the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, the war is expanding and the consequences are intensifying, including at the gas pump.
President Donald Trump's spy chiefs are set to testify publicly on the Iran war amid growing controversy over the conflict's justification.
Israeli war on Iran ended tomorrow, one verdict is already clear: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would walk away stronger, while President Donald Trump would be left to manage the shock to global markets and to Gulf allies who have borne the heaviest costs.
The US is weighing more troop deployments as the Iran war continues, including options tied to the Strait of Hormuz and Kharg Island.
Top counterterrorism official Kent resigns over Trump’s Iran war, says Iran posed no imminent threat
President Donald Trump is pushing back against claims by the director of the National Counterterrorism Center about the motivations for the Iran war.
President Donald Trump renewed threats against Iran as the nation suffers continued strikes by the U.S. and Israel on Thursday, March 19.