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The Fox News Rundown

President Trump Pauses Hormuz Operation, Warns Of Strikes If Talks Fail

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

News, Daily News, Politics

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran seems to be holding despite continued attacks, and Tehran forcing ships to pay a toll to transverse the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump announced a pause in the naval escort operation, 'Project Freedom', to allow negotiations to continue, but warns that failure to reach a deal would result in a significantly escalated bombing campaign. FOX’s John Saucier speaks with Lucas Tomlinson, FOX News Channel (FNC) correspondent reporting from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, who says complete control of the Strait of Hormuz is still up in the air, and later shares with us how the people of the UAE are handling random drone and missile attacks from Iran. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Trey Gowdy.

0:00.9

I'm Martha McCallum.

0:01.8

I'm Ben Dominic and this is the Fox News Rundown.

0:08.6

Wednesday, May 6th, 2026.

0:11.6

I'm John Sassier.

0:13.2

Are we getting close to an agreement finally to end this war with Iran?

0:16.7

President Trump has been busy working the phones,

0:18.9

trying to find an end of this conflict.

0:20.5

But there's one major thorny in his side, the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military recently took action against a tanker who tried to defy the current blockade in place, but are we really in control of the strait? In terms of the strait being opened or closed, you just have to look at the shipping traffic. Only a trickle, a handful of vessels, have made it through the straight-off

0:40.9

phone moves.

0:41.3

Many of those vessels that have made it out appear to have paid the toll and Iran's told with.

0:46.4

This is the Fox News Rundown, Operation Epic Fury.

0:58.6

President Trump speaking with reporters in the Oval Office with a quick update on the Iran conflict.

1:04.7

Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, and they won't. And they've agreed to that, among other things. The stock market has been up on Iran War News, but gas prices have been up also as this conflict drags on.

1:11.4

Just a few days ago when President Trump put in Project Freedom announced that the U.S.

1:17.1

military would help escort some 1,500 ships that are stranded behind me in the Persian Gulf.

1:24.2

We're speaking today with Fox News Channel correspondent Lucas Thomason reporting from Dubai.

1:28.3

Including about 150 oil tankers and make no mistake, that's probably the most important aspect of the operation is to get oil moving again.

1:36.3

I have to tell the good people listening.

1:38.3

They see it every day when they drive by the gas station back home.

1:41.3

The goal of the operation is to get commerce vessels moving through the

1:46.0

straight-of-form moves to get that price of gasoline down. And President Trump, just a few days

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