Iran says it shot down a U.S. MQ-1 drone over the Strait of Hormuz.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Darline Graham Nordone, Sen. Lindsey Graham's sister, to temporarily fill his U.S. Senate seat after Graham's sudden death.

CENTCOM:

At 4:45 p.m. ET today, U.S. Central Command began launching the third consecutive night of strikes against Iran, at the Commander in Chief's direction.

These strikes will continue imposing a heavy cost on Iranian forces and degrade their ability to attack innocent civilians and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

Hugh Hewitt to Trump:

Make American the official language of America, not English.

I think you ought to look at that because it's a good idea.

Trump on Iran:

We had a deal yesterday. It was all done, and then they broke up that deal because they found out there was something in the deal they didn't like.

Trump on Iran:

We are taking out all of their capability for anything having to do with the Hormuz Strait.

I think, in the end, we will end up controlling the whole thing.

Reporter: There are reports about Iranian drones in Cuba.

Trump: If they do have that, we will take care of it. They might have that.

Reporter: Do you think a deal is still possible with Iran?

Trump: Sure.

Reporter: You have been bombing Iran for months now. Is this just the new normal?

Trump: We were in Vietnam for 19 years. We're here for four months.

Trump:

Soleimani was looking to take out a lot of our military installations in Iran.

Trump on Iran:

They sent missiles to five different countries that never even knew they were involved.

Because they are stone-cold crazy. They are crazy.

Trump on Iran:

I want to be reimbursed because we are protecting a very rich portion of the world. We are spending money.

We will be reimbursed by the countries we are helping, like the five countries. You have Saudi Arabia, you have the UAE, you have Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and others.

Trump:

Venezuela has tremendous amounts of oil that we control.

Trump on Iran:

Four months ago, Iran had a military that was very strong, by far the strongest-probably in the Middle East.

Trump on Iran:

They had tremendous radar. It's all gone.

Trump on Iran:

They made a deal. They broke it probably 10 times.

Trump on Iran:

They want to make a deal. They came back.

We made a deal two days ago, and they want to make a deal.

UAE says Iranian cruise missiles struck two of its oil tankers in the southern Strait of Hormuz, killing one Indian crew member and injuring eight others.

Footage of U.S. airstrikes in southeastern Iran.

Trump backed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman before Saudi Arabia launched strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.

The strikes followed Saudi concerns that an Iranian aircraft was allegedly transporting weapons and military personnel to the Houthis, and targeted Sanaa airport.

The Houthis retaliated with missiles and drones targeting Saudi Arabia.

Source: Axios

Overnight drone strikes hit two Russian oil refineries—Gazprom Neftekhim in Salavat (~1,500 km from Ukraine) and the Afipsky refinery in Krasnodar Krai.