In what was likely a joke, on his Truth Social app, U.S. President Donald J. Trump suggested the Strait of Hormuz to the Trump Strait.

Following UKMTO’s reports of a ‘security’ incident in the Strait of Hormuz, that has resulted in the deaths of 2 mariners, the IRGC has claimed that two oil tankers struck Iranian mines in the strait whilst sailing through transit routes other than the ones laid out by Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA). Per reporting on the release, the remaining mariners were “forced to disembark their crews and ⁠were placed in ⁠the hands of US operatives.”
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During an ongoing press availability in the Oval Office, U.S. President Donald J. Trump, while speaking on economic relations with Canada, said that Canada has been harder to deal with than China, as it relates to ongoing tariffs and trade negotiations.

While speaking to press just earlier, U.S. President Donald J. Trump said that Iran could be hit again soon, adding that “we hit them very hard last night.”

According to U.S. President Donald J. Trump, Iran is having trouble identifying and seeing vessels in the Strait of Hormuz due to the U.S. targeting of coastal and somewhat inland radar sites. If true, this might account for Iran’s use of small craft with literal searchlights to make visible contact with vessels, first reported a few days ago by @_MartinKelly_.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has published video of U.S. forces operating in support of the naval blockade of Iran. As of today, U.S. forces have redirected 86 vessels, boarded two in order to ensure compliance and disabled three who failed to comply with directives.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, when asked about why his administration hasn’t pushed Interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez to hold elections, U.S. President Donald J. Trump said that he thinks they are not ready for elections at this time. This comes amidst a shaky dynamic between Venezuelan opposition leader Marìna Corina Machado and the Trump administration, the aftermath of twin 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes, and a landmark U.S. Venezuela oil deal.

2 police officers and an unspecified amount of other victims have reportedly been shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota during an active shooter incident.
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Advisory from the City of Minneapolis advising people to avoid the area of a shooting incident where 2 police officers and an unspecified number of people have been shot. Law enforcement is actively working in the area.

According to local news outlets, during the shooting incident in Minneapolis, Minnesota, “multiple civilians are dead after at least six people, including two police officers” have been shot, with the two officers being shot in the stomach and leg.

According to CBS’s local outlet WCCO, the two officers who were shot, one in the leg and one in the stomach, during the shooting incident Minneapolis, Minnesota are expected to survive, with additional reports from other sources now saying that the shooter is likely down already.

Operations against cartel designated organizations are back in swing with the second operation being announced by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in just as many weeks. Like last week’s operation, at the direction of SOUTHCOM Commander General Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM), in coordination with the Ecuadorian government, interdicted a vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean operating as a refueling station supporting illicit at-sea drug trafficking efforts of the Los Choneros narcotics-terrorist organization. Per the release, sailors and U.S. Marines from the USS San Antonio (LPD-17) boarded and cleared the vessel, apprehended those aboard, and transferred them to Ecuadorian authorities. The vessel, per the video release, was subsequently destroyed.

According to a release from the Kuwaiti Armed Forces, their air defenses are currently dealing with a missile and drone attack, likely from Iran and/or Iranian-backed proxies in the region.

CBS News reports that the Pentagon officially ended Operation Epic Fury on May 5, but an Air Force email dated Aug. 7 instructed military leaders to stop using the operation’s name when referring to ongoing U.S. military activity against Iran. Instead, personnel were told to use broader language such as “overseas operations in the CENTCOM Area of Responsibility.”

The guidance reportedly went beyond the Air Force and was disseminated across the Defense Department. The Pentagon says subsequent activities included Freedom of Navigation operations and strikes against IRGC threats to commercial shipping, Gulf countries and U.S. forces. Trump formally notified Congress on July 7 that U.S. military action against Iran had restarted after the April ceasefire collapsed.

The timing has also created questions about casualty accounting. Four service members killed in July were initially categorized by the Defense Department as killed during Operation Epic Fury, despite the Pentagon now saying the operation ended May 5. They were subsequently moved into a new “overseas operations” category, reducing the recorded Epic Fury deaths from 18 to 14. The Pentagon attributed the earlier classification to a “temporary data disruption,” while the current casualty system still contains apparent inconsistencies, including June wounded and a July death listed under Epic Fury.

The broader issue is that the Pentagon now acknowledges a May 5 end date that it previously declined to provide publicly, even though U.S. and Iranian forces continued exchanging fire and U.S. military operations related to the conflict continued afterward.

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/military-operation-epic-fury-may-5/