U.S. President Donald J. Trump drove through the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial to view the progress of work there and meet with the site’s workers.

When asked if today’s high-intensity engagement in the Strait of Hormuz constitutes as an end to the nominal U.S.-Iran ceasefire, U.S. President Donald J. Trump said that it doesn’t and that they should sign a lasting ceasefire agreement “fast.”

The Ministry of Defense of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced their air defenses have monitored 3 Iranian UAVs and 2 ballistic missiles in the last several hours. The attack has resulted in injuries to at least 3 people.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi posted a short time ago, "Every time a diplomatic solution is on the table, the U.S. opts for a reckless military adventure."

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced that at least 73 tankers have been denied the opportunity to transport Iranian oil, reducing Iranian revenue by $13 billion. To date, at least 50 vessels have been redirected on their way to/from an Iranian port of call, with 2 vessels that refused to stop and were disabled by U.S. forces.

The U.S. Department of War has published War.Gov/UFO to release "never before seen" government documents relating to "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE)" program. The website will contain records from the White House, Department of War (DoW), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Department of Energy (DoE), and the National Aeronautics and Atmospheric Administration (NASA).

Despite renewed clashes between the U.S. Navy and Iran in as well as around the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, chances on Polymarket of a permanent peace settlement between the two countries by the end of the year remain at an all time high, with traders still predicting that the chances of a deal by December 31, 2026 are at 77%.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced that U.S. forces have disabled two vessels, the M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda, earlier today in the Gulf of Oman in support of the naval blockade of Iran.

We are learning a bit more about yesterday’s high-intensity engagement between U.S. and Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz. According to a report from CBS, citing Iranian media, 10 sailors are claimed to be wounded and 5 missing after the engagement.

According to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) affiliated news outlet Fars News Agency the IRGC-N and Iranian Marines interdicted and boarded the Barbados-flagged crude oil tanker Ocean Koi. Per the reports the vessel has now been redirected to Iran’s southern coast.

According to Kellie Meyer of NewsNation and Barak Ravid, U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani are meeting now to discuss the ongoing conflict in the Middle East with Iran and continued U.S.-Qatar cooperation. This, as Qatar has stepped up to partially fill the role that Pakistan previously filled as mediator between the two belligerents in the conflict.

According to Tasnim News, citing an Iranian official, should the U.S. transit the Strait of Hormuz and continue to interdict Iranian vessels traveling to and from Iranian ports, Iran will respond “decisive[ly].”

Following reports from Iranian state media that a U.S. Navy ship was damaged in the Strait of Hormuz during a complex Iranian attack that involved missiles, drones, and small fast craft, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has posted a video montage featuring the three ships involved in yesterday's incident: USS Mason (DDG 87), USS Truxtun (DDG 103), and USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115).