Tonight, the White House scrambles to maintain a fragile ceasefire with Iran as its leaders declare victory.

And Vice President Vance prepares to lead in-person peace talks.

Then First Lady Melania Trump makes an extraordinary on-camera statement saying lies about her and Jeffrey Epstein must end.

And bombshell new reporting on allegations about the man running one of the most powerful AI companies in the world.

As the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night.

Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Ruhl, and right now the Trump team is preparing for what could be crucial in-person peace talks with Iran over the weekend.

But whether those talks even happen, like most everything else in this conflict, is very, very up in the air right now.

Right now, only a handful of ships are passing through the

Strait of Hormuz. Bloomberg is reporting that those few ships that are making it through

have close ties to Iran. That sent the price of oil back up around $100 a barrel earlier today.

And tonight, the president has been using his social media platform, again, to warn Iran about continuing to keep oil from moving through the strait.

Opening the waterway was a key part of the ceasefire agreement.

But right now, it's hard to even say that any sort of ceasefire is in place.

Here's why.

Israel is still attacking Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah. Iran says that Lebanon

was included in that ceasefire deal, but clearly Israel did not agree to that. After pressure from

the international community, including President Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, agreed

to hold talks with Lebanon. But even after making that announcement, Israel

kept launching attacks. And if you are curious how Iran sees things, well, today the new Ayatollah posted

on his social media declaring a clear victory. Meanwhile, here at home, where the focus has been

on the Iran war for almost six weeks now,

First Lady Melania Trump surprised everyone by breaking her silence about the Epstein files.

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