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Judge halts White House ballroom construction project
www.newsnationnow.com

... A federal judge on Tuesday halted construction on President Trump's White House ballroom project.

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon said that no statute "comes close" to granting Trump the authority he claims he has to execute the $400 million project, barring construction from continuing until Congress authorizes its completion.

"The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families," Leon wrote. "He is not, however, the owner!" ...


Donald Trump Says We've Won' the Iran War (March 12, 2026)
www.yahoo.com

... Speaking to supporters in Hebron, Kentucky, Donald Trump offered an upbeat assessment of military operations as American and Israeli forces entered their 12th day of airstrikes across Iran.

"We won. We won. In the first hour it was over, but we won," Trump told the crowd ...


Iran has 'necessary will' to end war but seeking guarantees, President Masoud Pezeshkian says
www.euronews.com

... US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth said that the next days of the Iran war will be "decisive" while refusing to rule out US ground forces playing a role in the conflict.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday his country had the "necessary will" to end the ongoing war with Israel and the United States, but is seeking guarantees that the conflict would not be repeated.

"We possess the necessary will to end this conflict, provided that essential conditions are met, especially the guarantees required to prevent repetition of the aggression," Pezeshkian said in a phone conversation with the president of the European Council, according to a statement from his office, reiterating a key demand of Tehran's. ...



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Trump tells The Post the war against Iran won't last much longer -- Strait of Hormuz will reopen automatically after US exit
www.msn.com

... President Trump told The Post on Tuesday that he believes the Iran war is likely to end soon and that other nations can reopen the Strait of Hormuz themselves -- after he posted to social media a video of huge explosions near Isfahan that he said hit "a lot of stuff."

"We're not going to be there too much longer. We're obliterating the s--t out of them right now, it's a total obliteration," the president said in a phone interview.

"But we won't have to be there much longer -- but we have more work to do in terms of killing their offensive, whatever offensive capability they have left." ...

Trump said that other countries can sort out the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has closed for 31 days, causing global energy prices to soar.

"Well, I think it'll automatically open, but my attitude is, I've obliterated the country. ...," he said ...

Pressed on a Wall Street Journal report that said he was willing to end the war without reopening the strait, Trump said: "I don't think about it, to be honest. ...



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