REPORTER: "How close were you to striking Iran?"

TRUMP: "I was an hour away. We were all set to go... it would have been happening right now."

President Trump on Iran: "I hope we don't have to do the war, but we may have to give them another big hit... I'm not sure yet. You'll know very soon."

Trump on the White House ballroom complex: Goes six stories underground with military facilities. "This was the one opportunity for the military to do something..."

Trump on Iran:

The Strait of Hormuz is not Iran’s. It’s international waters

Putin has arrived in Beijing for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. - Chinese state media

U.S. admiral: Iran has executed dozens of people since the ceasefire.

U.S. admiral: Iran deliberately targeted civilians across the Middle East thousands of times.

Trump:

I thought the market would go down 25%, and I was okay with that to get rid of a potential nuclear holocaust.

Going down 25% is okay if you get rid of a nuclear holocaust.

Reporter: Did President Xi say that Putin would come to regret invading Ukraine?

Trump: No. He never said that.

CENTCOM: Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis are cut-off from Iran's weapons supply and support.

Tyler Robinson arrived at the Utah County courthouse in an armored SWAT vehicle. His defense team is expected to argue for sealing evidence and police testimony, and to seek sanctions against prosecutors for publicly discussing the case.

The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on four Hamas operatives linked to organizing a flotilla bound for Gaza.

Trump announces the White House ballroom roof will serve as a drone port with "unlimited drones."

Trump: "Drones are what's happening right now."

The Congressional Research Service has published a complete accounting of all U.S. aircraft lost or damaged during the war with Iran. The total stands at 42 airframes.

Destroyed (34 aircraft):
24 MQ-9 Reapers
4 F-15E Strike Eagles
2 KC-135 Stratotankers
2 MC-130J Commando II special operations aircraft
1 A-10 Thunderbolt II
1 MQ-4C Triton

Damaged (8 aircraft):
5 KC-135 Stratotankers
1 F-35A Lightning II, damaged by Iranian ground fire
1 E-3 Sentry AWACS
1 HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter, damaged by small arms fire

Unmanned platforms account for 25 of the 34 aircraft destroyed. The KC-135 tanker fleet took the heaviest combined losses among manned aircraft with 7 airframes hit, 2 of which were destroyed. The F-35A ground fire incident marks the first combat damage to the platform.

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei:

Among the most valuable achievements of the Third Sacred Defense [against the American and Zionist invasion] is the emergence of Iran at the level of a major, influential power.

Somaliland will open its embassy in Israel in Jerusalem, while Israel will establish an embassy in Hargeisa, the Somaliland capital. Both embassies expected to open soon.

Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated a major Iranian foreign currency exchange house and associated front companies that processed hundreds of millions of dollars for sanctioned Iranian banks. Iranian exchange houses collectively facilitate billions in annual foreign currency transactions, enabling the regime and its military to evade sanctions and move oil and petrochemical revenue through the international financial system.

Ukraine's top military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi says Russia is actively calculating and planning offensive operations from the north through Belarus, calling the threat real.

CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper: Reports that Iran has already reconstructed many of the bombed missile sites are inaccurate.

In short, Trump endorses Ken Paxton

Google CEO says Gemini has hit 900 million monthly users. AI Overviews sits at 2.5 billion and AI Mode at 1 billion.