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role in the efforts. With Lebanon, President Trump has announced that a ten-day ceasefire will take effect on Friday at midnight local time in Lebanon and Israel. With Iran, Trump says peace talks could
Strait of Hormuz as U.S. blockade continues amid ceasefire](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5795405/iran-middle-east-updates) [](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/02/nx-s1-5771160/iran-war-trump-speech) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Hegseth ousts
role." **Some Republicans signal they want a vote** A handful of GOP senators have said for weeks that Congress should assert its authority over the war at some point. One of those senators, Maine
role in global energy markets." OPEC includes major state-owned oil producers like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iran; the UAE joined the group nearly 60 years ago, just a few years after the cartel
Hormuz.  President Trump
military action as going well](http://npr.org/2026/04/16/nx-s1-5781002/georgia-focus-groups-trump-iran-war). ![President Trump is seen speaking about the Iran war on a TV in the White House on April 1. Polls have found the war to be unpopular
U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer USS Spruance conducts its interception in a location given as the north Arabian Sea, in this screen capture from a video released April
military and social media exchanges between Iran and the United States, Pakistan has been busy getting ready to host talks that it – as the principal mediator between Washington and Tehran – hopes will yield a deal