The US launched an operation on Monday to help hundreds of ships trapped with their crews in the Gulf \u2013 key US politics stories from Monday, May 4, at a glance.<\/p>\n
Donald Trump has threatened that Iran will be \u201cblown off the face of the earth\u201d if it attacks US vessels attempting to reopen a route through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
The US launched an operation on Monday to assist hundreds of ships trapped with their crews in the Gulf, pushing the region back to the brink of full-scale war.<\/p>\n
Tehran sought to reassert its blockade on the strait, a vital waterway for global trade. While the US military claimed to have destroyed six Iranian small boats and intercepted both Iranian cruise missiles and drones, Iran denied these claims.<\/p>\n
Trump’s comments call into question the fragile, Pakistan-brokered ceasefire that halted hostilities last month but failed to open the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of international oil supplies typically pass.<\/p>\n
More than 800 ships and approximately 20,000 crew members remain stranded in the region.<\/p>\n
Trump Threatens to Blow Iran ‘Off the Face of the Earth’ if it Attacks US Vessels<\/p>\n
Trump’s threats against Iran echo remarks he made in April, when he warned that a \u201cwhole civilization will die\u201d if Tehran failed to comply with his demands regarding the Strait of Hormuz \u2013 comments that drew widespread domestic and international backlash.<\/p>\n
Trump Officials Threaten UN Budget Cuts as US Pushes ‘Trade Over Aid’ Agenda<\/p>\n
The Trump administration continues to pressure the United Nations and the broader international aid sector to adopt trade-focused policies benefiting US firms \u2013 or face the threat of further budget cuts.<\/p>\n
Trump’s second term has already seen USAID suffer mass layoffs and its remaining operations folded into the State Department, with a global ripple effect that many experts warn will cost thousands of lives as vital programs are cut.<\/p>\n
Trump Administration Claims Food Aid Fraud, But Critics Say ‘There’s No Evidence’<\/p>\n
The Trump administration’s attack on the 87-year-old food aid program, which supports tens of millions of low-income Americans, escalated last week when Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins claimed that 14,000 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients included owners of luxury vehicles such as Ferraris, Bentleys, and Teslas.<\/p>\n
Marco Rubio to Meet Pope This Week After Trump’s Broadside Against Leo<\/p>\n
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Pope Leo on Thursday, weeks after Donald Trump’s unprecedented broadside against the pontiff.<\/p>\n
Rubio will meet the first US-born Pope privately in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace at 11:30 AM (10:30 GMT), the Holy See’s press office confirmed on Monday following media reports on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Florida’s Republican Governor Signs State’s New Congressional Map into Law<\/p>\n
With the stroke of a pen, Ron DeSantis has done more to determine the outcome of congressional elections in Florida than any political operative or field organizer in the state. The new map redraws districts around Miami, Orlando, and the Tampa Bay area.<\/p>\n
US Supreme Court Temporarily Restores Access to Mail-Order Abortion Pills<\/p>\n
The US Supreme Court has temporarily reinstated nationwide access to mifepristone, blocking a ruling that threatened to disrupt the accessibility of an abortion pill involved in nearly two-thirds of pregnancy terminations across the country.<\/p>\n
What else happened today:<\/p>\n
The process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately, as the city has reached a \u201cpoint of no return\u201d that will see it surrounded by the ocean within decades due to the climate crisis, a stark new study has concluded.<\/p>\n
At least 13 people were injured in a mass shooting during a party at a campground in Oklahoma on Sunday night, authorities said.<\/p>\n
A US judge on Monday apologized to the man accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump for the \u201clegally deficient\u201d treatment he has faced in a Washington D.C. jail, including being placed on suicide watch, separated from other inmates, and denied a Bible.<\/p>\n
Europe will not submit to a more \u201cbrutal world\u201d and can instead be the base from which a new international order can be rebuilt, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said.<\/p>\n
New York City’s Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and other local officials on Monday condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after federal officers dragged a man out of a hospital building where he had been taken following an arrest, prompting a crowd of protesters to gather outside, where they clashed with police.<\/p>\n
Catching up? Here’s what happened on Sunday, May 3.<\/p>\n
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