The Kuwait Defense Ministry is reporting Iranian drone attacks in the last hour on a number of “vital infrastructure sites” across the country, despite the ongoing ceasefire between Iran and the United States.

Container (green) and tanker (red) vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz via @MarineTraffic since the announcement of the ceasefire shows that the few vessel transits that have occurred continued to deviate out of the main channel around the north side of Larak Island for inspection by Iran.

First Lady Melania Trump this morning, in a rare and unusual statement from the White House, denied her involvement or any relationship with late convicted sex offender and trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, calling for Congress “to act” against his co-conspirators and accomplices, while providing a public hearing for the victims of Epstein.

In a long ranting post earlier on TruthSocial, President Donald J. Trump launched a brutal attack against some of previous strongest supporters, including Conservative commentators Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones, who have recently begun to criticize Trump for the Iran War, Epstein Files, and other moves that they consider against his agenda of “MAGA” and “America First.” President Trump, in the post, call the above named commentators, “Low IQs…stupid people..NUT JOBS, TROUBLEMAKERS,” who he says have, “Third Rate Podcasts, but nobody's talking about them, and their views are the opposite of MAGA - Or I wouldn't have won the Presidential Election in a LANDSLIDE. MAGA agrees with me, and just gave CNN a 100% Approval Rating of "TRUMP," not Hand Flailing Fools like Tucker Carlson.”

After appearing to express his support for the tolls yesterday, claiming that it could a “joint venture” in the future between Iran and the United States, President Trump has now stated that Iran “better not be” charging fees on tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz, and if they are “they better stop now!”

According to the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed administration officials, the White House is considering a plan to punish NATO countries who didn’t aid the U.S. and Israel in operations against Iran. The proposal includes moving U.S. forces out of NATO member states in Europe who refused to join the Iran War.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump posted the below photo on TruthSocial earlier today, featuring himself and Dana White, as a promotion for the upcoming UFC Freedom Fights 250 on the lawn of the White House, June 15, 2026.

According to Axios, citing an Israeli official, Israel will not consider Lebanon as a part of the currently in place ceasefire framework during negotiations with Lebanon. Israel-Lebanon negotiations on the disarmament of Lebanese Hezbollah are set to commence in the coming days.

According to Reuters, citing three European diplomats, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has told his counterparts in NATO member states that U.S. President Donald J. Trump is looking for commitments to a Strait of Hormuz framework within days. One diplomat said “We note the frustration in Washington, but they did not consult allies either before or after starting this war.”

Following the announcement by UK Defense Secretary John Healey of Russian undersea operations near the UK’s undersea critical infrastructure in the North Sea, the UK Ministry of Defense also announced that, alongside other NATO partners, they shadowed two Russian shadow fleet vessels that were being escorted by the Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich through the English Channel.

Reports of several explosions over the last hour in Northern Tehran, Iran.

On Thursday, a total of six ships traveled through the Strait of Hormuz, a one ship increase since Wednesday but still significantly lower than averages seen prior to the Iran War, with today’s transits including two oil, chemical or liquid natural gas tankers, three cargo ships, and one bunkering tanker, according to data provided to CBS News by the global ship tracking firm MarineTraffic.

Entering the ninth day of their ten-day mission, NASA’s Artemis ll has now reached its halfway point on their return to Earth from their journey around the Moon, with the crew scheduled to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California at around 8:07PM Eastern Time on Friday, April 10, 2026.

The U.S. delegation, led by Vice President JD Vance, White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, and Special Envoy Jared Kushner arriving earlier today in Pakistan for the U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks in Islamabad.