President Trump said he couldn’t answer whether the U.S. would strike Iran in the coming hours, after Iranian forces targeted American ships in the Strait of Hormuz. In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Monday,

CNBC's Dan Murphy reports on the latest news.

Speaking Monday from the White House, Trump referred to the latest round of attacks as a ‘mini war.’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the forces prefer a peaceful effort to “guide” the more than 22,500 mariners stuck on more than 1,550 vessels out of the Persian Gulf, but

The US president pauses the military operation to get ships through the Strait of Hormuz two days after he announced it.

The U.S. operation to guide ships out of the Strait of Hormuz was paused after one day, which saw both sides trade attacks.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday evening he was pausing the U.S. effort to guide stranded vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz to allow time for a deal to end the Iran war, but that the American forces’ blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place.

President Donald Trump said he would pause an effort to help stranded ships exit the Strait of Hormuz to see if the US can reach an agreement with Iran to end the war.