Welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the war with Iran.
Tehran is furious about the violent confrontation that occurred on Thursday, local time, between the IUS and Iran on and around the Strait of Hormuz.
A senior military figure said the US had has “crossed the point of no return” and a response would occur.
Yet Iran’s foreign ministry has said the country remains in “nominal ceasefire situation”.
It at once shows how fragile the current truce is and also how Iran appears to be run by several concurrent parts of the hierarchy with wildly different interpretations of the conflict.
Donald Trump said the clash was a “love tap”.
US Secretary of Stare Marco Rubio has said he expects a response from Tehran on a proposed peace plan on Friday.
On the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is flexing its muscles by seizing … one of its own ships.
Tehran said it boarded a Barbados flagged ship. It is sanctioned by the US for carrying Iranian oil.
In the US, the economy put on 115,000 jobs and unemployment remained steady in what will be touted as good news by the Trump Government.
And in news that will make Republicans overjoyed, the party has one as significant battle in the so called “redistricting wars”.
Republican dominate states have even successfully redrawn electorates to give the party even more sets in Congress even if they have fewer voters this time around.
Now, court in Virginia, a Democrats controlled state, has prevented maps of nee electorates that could have given that party more power in Congress.
Read on for more updates.
