Just after stocks ended another bruising day, the president took to social media to promote progress in talks with Iran.
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is drafting a formal authorization for the use of military force in Iran, seeking to put some parameters around the operation as the Trump administration has boxed out Congress.
The secretary of state said the United States and Iran were passing messages to each other as he headed to France for a diplomatic meeting of the Group of 7 nations.
Over 100,000 people have fled to collective shelters as Israel continues strikes on Lebanon.
President Trump pivoted after escalating threats. Israel also announced it had killed an Iranian commander leading efforts to block the Strait of Hormuz to almost all shipping traffic.
Steve Witkoff, a diplomatic envoy, used the Board of Peace to announce an agreement that could raze a Pakistan-owned Manhattan hotel. Now the country is involved in negotiating peace talks with Iran.
A jumble of emissaries — a friend, a family member, a dove and a hawk — on the Iran crisis reflects President Trump’s improvisational approach.
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the United States hit 6.38 percent, the fourth increase since the war began.
Iranian tourists with visas will be barred for six months in case they are ‘unable or unlikely’ to go back because of the war, Australian officials said.
A Pakistani man and an Indian man died when shrapnel fell from an intercepted missile, officials said. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain also reported strikes.