Tonight, the president orders the military to shoot and kill any Iranian boats laying

mines in the strait of war moves.

As peace talks are at a standstill.

Then a U.S. soldier involved in the capture of Nicolas Maduro is arrested, accused of pocketing

almost half a million dollars through polymarket bets tied to the mission. Plus, how Syrian billionaires reportedly tried to influence American foreign policy

by using the Trump name as the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night.

Good evening once again. I am Stephanie R, and two days from now, Donald Trump's war on Iran will hit the eight-week mark. Remember, he said this war would last four to six weeks. It is already costing Americans at the gas pump and will likely cause prices for other things like food to increase. And it is far, far,

far from clear that this war will actually end with any major meaningful change in Iran. Right now,

it seems like the two countries are stuck in a complete standoff. Today, Trump ordered the Navy to shoot and kill any boats laying mines in the Strait of Formuz. Both the U.S. and Iran are claiming

they have control of the key waterway. But Iran says they have now collected revenue for the

first time for some serious tolls on ships that are passing through the strait. The country

is reportedly trying to formalize its control of the strait. The U.S. seized another ship that it says was transporting oil from Iran.

It is the third time the U.S. has seized a tanker in just the last few days.

As you can imagine, this has not been good for the price of oil, which topped $105 today,

and gas is still more than four bucks a gallon across the country.

And the head of the International Energy Agency clearly does not think this is just a short-term issue.

Today, he told our colleagues at CNBC, quote,

we are facing the biggest energy security threat in history.

And I want to clear something up.

One of Trump's new talking points is that he wants to give Iran time to figure out

what to do next because their leadership is in such disarray. Here's how he put it earlier today.

Now what we're doing is sitting back and seeing what deal. And if they don't want to make a deal,

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