US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters at a news briefing today that the US naval blockade of Iran’s ports “is growing and going global.”

“No one sails from the Strait of Hormuz to anywhere in the world without the permission of the United States Navy,” Hegseth said.

In touting the blockade’s success, the defense secretary pointed to US seizure of two ships this week “in the Indo-Pacific region that had left Iranian ports before the blockade went into effect.”

0:00 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the US is in control of the Strait of Hormuz
6:40 General Caine describes how a US destroyer disabled a cargo ship
18:47 What is the threat level near Hormuz from Iranian vessels and mines?

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Wolf Blitzer presses Pakistan’s Ambassador to the U.S. on why Pakistani intelligence didn’t find bin Laden earlier.

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In the RidicuList, Anderson Cooper looks at the unusual way Alan Simpson got his message out about the national debt.

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Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed joked about President Donald Trump’s frequent comments on physical appearances, saying at a rally in Grand Rapids that he won’t let the president “see mine.”

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Russia launched a massive attack on Kyiv overnight, destroying residential buildings and killing more than a dozen civilians in strikes Moscow’s military called retaliation for Ukrainian attacks on its own civilian infrastructure.

Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched nearly 500 drones and more than 70 missiles toward the country in a “massive combined strike,” simultaneously targeting the capital from different directions. While most of the missiles and drones were intercepted, a total of 33 projectiles made impact.

CNN’s Ivan Watson has details on the attack and a statement from Russian officials. Also, Peter Zalmayev from the Eurasia Democracy Initiative and Orysia Lutsevych from Chatham House Ukraine Forum have more on the impact of the Russian strikes.

0:00 33 Russian projectiles break through Ukrainian defenses and strike Kyiv
0:57 Volodymyr Zelensky’s warning ahead of the attacks
3:07 Analyst in Kyiv says most of the targets in Russian barrage were civilian
7:18 Putin’s revenge mission

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