President Donald Trump announced a naval blockade of Iran.

That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post.

I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Monday, April 13th.

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

Over the weekend, Vice President J.D. Vance headed up an American delegation negotiating with Iran to end the war.

He ended up having a very, very long night. The negotiations in Pakistan stretched over 20 hours.

But despite that marathon session, here's what Vance had to show for it Sunday morning.

We've had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians. That's the good news.

The bad news is that we have not reached the agreement. And I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news for the United States of America.

Vance said the main sticking point was disagreement over Iran's nuclear program, but he said

the U.S. remains open to diplomacy if Iran accepts what he called our best and final offer.

President Trump, meanwhile, took a dramatic new approach yesterday to pressuring Iran that threatens

to derail the two-week ceasefire.

He announced a naval blockade on all ships entering or departing Iranian ports or coastal areas,

whether they are Iranian ships or vessels from other countries paying tolls to Iran to pass

the strait of Hormuz. The blockade is set to take effect at 10 a.m. Eastern this morning.

Taking questions from reporters yesterday, Trump also attacked Pope Leo the 14th. The first American

Pope has spoken out against the Iran war. I don't like it. I'm not a big fan of Pope Leo.

He's a very liberal person, and he's a man that doesn't believe in stopping crime.

He's a man that doesn't think that we should be toying with a country that wants a nuclear weapon so they can blow up the world.

Earlier yesterday, Trump had blasted the pontiff in a post on truth social, calling him weak and terrible.

Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell suspended his campaign for California governor. That's number two.

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