26 entries in the ledger
In a Fox News interview published Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, President Trump said that if Oman 'gets in the way' of reopening the Strait of Hormuz, 'we'll bomb the s--- out of them.' In the same interview he said Iran should...
The administration has been looking for a current or former Cuban official who could be persuaded to take over the government in Havana, current and former U.S. officials told The New York Times on Aug. 7. Multiple...
At an August 5 rally in Las Vegas, Trump described Venezuelan oil revenue as "spoils" of the January 2026 U.S. military operation that removed President Nicolas Maduro, saying the war "lasted 48 minutes" and had paid for...
Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, President Trump said negotiations with Iran were under way and that Tehran faced a "last chance before decapitation." Iran's foreign ministry denied the...
President Trump said in a social media post late Saturday, Aug. 1, that the United States would cancel a planned attack on Iran because Iran and other Middle Eastern countries had asked the U.S. "to hold off any attack"...
President Trump ordered the U.S. military to prepare a new attack on Iran as soon as the weekend of Aug. 1-2, 2026, the Wall Street Journal reported July 31, citing unnamed U.S. officials; the strikes are reportedly...
The Senate voted 49-50 on July 30, 2026 against discharging from the Foreign Relations Committee a war powers resolution offered by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., that would require President Trump to withdraw U.S...
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it fired ballistic missiles at Jordan's Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, a hub for U.S. forces in the region, on July 29, 2026. Jordan's military said five missiles were intercepted and destroyed...
President Trump met with senior advisers and Cabinet members on July 24, 2026 to decide whether to escalate the air campaign against Iran, according to The New York Times. He told reporters, "Look, we're locked and...
On July 23, 2026, the House of Representatives approved a concurrent resolution by a vote of 214 to 208 directing President Trump to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities against Iran. The measure, led by Rep...