President Donald Trump announced a new round of peace negotiations between the U.S. and Iran will take place on Monday in Pakistan. Vice President JD Vance, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will represent the U.S. Iran has not publicly confirmed their representatives will attend. The two-week ceasefire between the two countries is due to expire on Tuesday.On Sunday, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz highlighted the stakes for the upcoming talks.”The outcome of these talks will be incredibly consequential, and as the president has stated, he is prepared to escalate, to de-escalate. He is prepared to actually board and turn around Iranian ships even as far east as the Pacific Ocean,” Waltz told ABC News.The Strait of Hormuz remains closed as tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalate. Trump claimed Iran fired at British and French ships on Saturday. In response, Trump threatened to strike “every single power plant and bridge in Iran. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY! They’ll come down fast, they’ll come down easy and, if they don’t take the DEAL, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done, which should have been done to Iran, by other Presidents, for the last 47 years.”On Sunday, Trump and the U.S. military announced the Navy fired at an Iranian commercial ship near the Strait and seized the vessel. It’s unclear if anyone was injured during the incident. U.S. Central Command released multiple video clips of the incident.Iran’s military headquarters stated that the U.S. action marks a violation of the ceasefire agreement. As the war continues, energy prices remain high. On Sunday, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said gas prices have already peaked and said gas prices could fall under $3 a gallon in the next few months. “That could happen later this year. That might not happen until next year, but prices have likely peaked and they’ll start going down. Certainly with a resolution of this conflict, you’ll see prices go down. Prices across the board on energy prices will go down,” Wright said on CNN. AAA reported the average for one gallon of regular gasoline on Monday was $4.04 a gallon. Prior to the war’s start, it was $2.98.Keep watching for the latest from the Washington News Bureau:
President Donald Trump announced a new round of peace negotiations between the U.S. and Iran will take place on Monday in Pakistan.
Vice President JD Vance, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will represent the U.S. Iran has not publicly confirmed their representatives will attend.
The two-week ceasefire between the two countries is due to expire on Tuesday.
On Sunday, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz highlighted the stakes for the upcoming talks.
“The outcome of these talks will be incredibly consequential, and as the president has stated, he is prepared to escalate, to de-escalate. He is prepared to actually board and turn around Iranian ships even as far east as the Pacific Ocean,” Waltz told ABC News.
The Strait of Hormuz remains closed as tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalate. Trump claimed Iran fired at British and French ships on Saturday.
In response, Trump threatened to strike “every single power plant and bridge in Iran. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY! They’ll come down fast, they’ll come down easy and, if they don’t take the DEAL, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done, which should have been done to Iran, by other Presidents, for the last 47 years.”
On Sunday, Trump and the U.S. military announced the Navy fired at an Iranian commercial ship near the Strait and seized the vessel. It’s unclear if anyone was injured during the incident. U.S. Central Command released multiple video clips of the incident.
Iran’s military headquarters stated that the U.S. action marks a violation of the ceasefire agreement.
As the war continues, energy prices remain high. On Sunday, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said gas prices have already peaked and said gas prices could fall under $3 a gallon in the next few months.
“That could happen later this year. That might not happen until next year, but prices have likely peaked and they’ll start going down. Certainly with a resolution of this conflict, you’ll see prices go down. Prices across the board on energy prices will go down,” Wright said on CNN.
AAA reported the average for one gallon of regular gasoline on Monday was $4.04 a gallon. Prior to the war’s start, it was $2.98.
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