“All Or Nothing”: President Trump’s Strategy On Iran And The Strait Of Hormuz

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🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Negotiations to end joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran stalled after 21 hours of talks in Pakistan involving Vice President J.D. Vance. In response, President Trump is preparing a U.S.-led blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, aiming to strip Tehran of its leverage over global energy markets. Former Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates joins the Rundown to discuss Iran’s weakening economy, the strategic advantage of record U.S. energy production ahead of the President’s summit with China’s President Xi, and how shifting Middle East alliances are helping isolate the regime. Microplastics seem to be turning up everywhere, raising new concerns about their potential impact on our health. The federal government is launching STOMP, the Systematic Targeting of Microplastics. The initiative is a joint effort between the Department of Health and Human Services and the Environmental Protection Agency to better measure, study, and potentially remove these contaminants. Alicia Jackson, Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, joins the Rundown to discuss what scientists are discovering and what it could mean for the future of public health. PLUS, commentary by FOX New contributor, Joe Concha PHOTO CREDIT: ASSOCIATED PRESS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Brett Baer.
0:00.7	I'm Maria Barturomo.
0:01.9	I'm Brian Kilmead, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:09.0	Monday, April 13th, 2026.
0:12.8	I'm Granol Scott.
0:14.5	Negotiations during a ceasefire with Iran over the weekend were long, and they were comprehensive in scope.
0:20.3	But the talks did not
0:21.7	produce an agreement putting a stop to any nuclear future for Iran. So the question is, what now?
0:28.7	In the case of President Trump, you know, he is responding to that action of theirs and saying
0:34.0	they don't get to say, just ships going to China, for example, get out,
0:39.0	just Iranian tankers get out.
0:40.9	He's saying it's either everybody gets in and out or nobody gets in and out.
0:45.1	I'm Lisa Brady.
0:46.3	The federal government is about to shine a light on microplastics and their potential health risks.
0:52.4	Even if all of us said today, like, okay, great, let's remove them from our bodies.
0:56.6	If you can't measure it, you actually don't know if you're removing it or not.
1:00.8	And so that's the first thing we want to do is to be able to accurately measure these.
1:05.3	And I'm Joe Concha. I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown.
1:12.9	For the time nearly equivalent to a solid day, 21 hours in this case,
1:17.9	U.S. government negotiators, including Vice President J.D. Vance, sat with Iranian negotiators,
1:24.1	seeking to bring joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran to an end.
1:28.5	Vice President Vance announced in Pakistan that no deal had been reached.
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