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Mourners chant as they raise their fists during a gathering commemorating the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

What remains of the Iran deal as fighting rages

There is now a yawning gap between the preliminary deal signed between the United States and Iran less than a month ago and the situation on the ground.
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Two men wade in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz with vessels anchored in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

3 islands help control access to the Strait of Hormuz. They’re in the crosshairs of the Iran war

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A sale information sign is displayed at a retail store in Wheeling, Ill., Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Retail sales up just 0.2% in June, but excluding business at the gas pump, shoppers are resilient

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Trader Robert Oswald works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Slumping AI stocks overshadow gains for the rest of Wall Street, while oil prices drift

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Three boys play in the shallow waters of the Strait of Hormuz, as a plume of smoke rises from an explosion in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

US expands attacks on Iran, which calls Strait of Hormuz a ‘red line’ as it retaliates

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A motorcade arrives at the United States' Embassy in Rome, Italy, where ambassadors-level talks between Israel and Lebanon are expected to take place, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Lebanon and Israel move toward implementing withdrawal agreement, US officials say

 
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Uncertain progress as Vance meets top Iranian officials in Switzerland
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Smooth G7 summit appears to have given positive lift to ties between US and allies
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Iranians protest ahead of Iran-New Zealand World Cup match
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Iran war drives solar sales in energy-hungry Asia
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Fire at a shopping center in Iran kills several people and injures dozens
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Workers around the world demonstrate on May Day
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Medicine for sick people in Sudan is stuck because of the Iran war’s effect on supply lines
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President Donald Trump departs on Marine One after speaking at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump is expected to make election conspiracies a focus of his national address

President Donald Trump is set to address the nation on topics he says will include elections and voting machines.
 
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Traders Chris Lagana, left, and Michael Capolino work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

US stocks rise within 0.5% of their record, even as oil prices keep climbing

 
President Donald Trump waiting to greet Iraq's Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi at the White House, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump drifts into campaign topics while addressing defense technology gathering

 
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A woman stands at the water's edge along the Strait of Hormuz as a plume of smoke rises in the background following an explosion, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

US airstrikes hit northern Iran as it disables ship trying to run the blockade

 
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Heavy equipment and cars are prepared for shipment by rail in Yantai, eastern China's Shandong province, on June 20, 2026. (Chinatopix via AP) CHINA OUT

China grew at its slowest pace in more than 3 years last quarter

 

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Here’s the latest for Thursday, July 16th: U.S. intensifies strikes on Iran; Trump says ICE should keep making vehicle stops; Flooding in South Texas; Argentina going to World Cup finals.
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Iran releases video of missile launches as US military says it strikes Greater Tunb Island

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President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump will speak on elections in primetime address after pushing debunked conspiracies

 
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens during a meeting with Iraq's Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi at the Pentagon Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

Senate Democrats block $1 trillion defense bill in protest over Iran war

 
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Houthi supporters walk in front of posters of some top Iranian scientists who have been killed in Israeli strikes, in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Yemen at risk of getting dragged back into war as Saudis and Houthis exchange airstrikes

 
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In this Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013 photo, Turkish-Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab, who is charged currently in the U.S. for evading sanctions on Iran, is surrounded by the media members as he arrives at a courthouse in Istanbul, in a separate case against him. (Depo Photos via AP, File)

Gold trader gets time served in Iran sanctions case that strained US-Turkey relations

 
Two men wade in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz with vessels anchored in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

US reimposes blockade on Iran’s ports after Iranian attacks in the Strait of Hormuz

 
Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett, right, and Elena Kagan testify during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Supreme Court justices tell Congress of threats to safety in push for $15M more for security

 
In this Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, file photo, the JPMorgan Chase & Co. logo is displayed at their headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Banks rake in big profits as both Wall Street and the US consumer stay strong

 
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This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)

Iran executes 2 Islamic State members convicted of armed rebellion

 
A woman holds a poster depicting U.S. President Donald Trump in the crosshairs of a rifle scope with the English words "There Will Be Blood," while another woman holds a portrait of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his son, current Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, as mourners gather to commemorate the late leader at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US reimposes its blockade on Iran after Tehran’s attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz

 
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Patrick McKeon works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

US stocks rise after data shows slowing inflation, even as IBM plunges

 
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President Donald Trump meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump touts ‘tremendous chemistry’ with new Iraqi Prime Minister al-Zaidi during White House visit

 
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This photo provided by Farnoush Farhadi shows a Dalmatian pelican taking flight above the mangrove forests on Qeshm Island, Iran, in January 2025. (Farnoush Farhadi via AP)

War and economic crisis complicate efforts to protect Iran’s rich but endangered wildlife

 
Two men wade in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz with vessels anchored in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

Why it’s so difficult for the US to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz

 
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Gas pumps are seen at a gas station in Buffalo Grove, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Inflation cools more than expected in June as gas costs fall, underlying prices ease

 
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Three boys play in the shallow waters of the Strait of Hormuz, as a plume of smoke rises from an explosion in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

FACT FOCUS: A look at US and Iranian claims of control over the Strait of Hormuz

 
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Pro-government demonstrators wave Iranian and religious flags in a gathering commemorating the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, shown in a flag at right, at a square in Tehran, Saturday, July 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US military death toll in Iran war rises to 14 after Navy pilot death this month

 
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington,, July 11, 2017, during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services committee. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FACT FOCUS: Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden death spurs false claims

 
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Iranian American defendant Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi poses for a photo Friday, July 10, 2026, before heading into federal court in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)

US citizen is found guilty of helping export tech to Iran in violation of sanctions

 
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Three boys play in the shallow waters of the Strait of Hormuz, as a plume of smoke rises from an explosion in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

US strikes Iran again after Trump orders a new blockade in Strait of Hormuz on Iran

 
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, hosts a reception with the Jewish community, to discuss efforts to tackle antisemitism, at Downing Street in London, England, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool Photo via AP)

UK says an Iran-backed group was behind attacks on Jewish community and bans Revolutionary Guard

 
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The Baha'i temple in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, Feb. 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Iran persecutes its Baha’i minority fiercely in a year of protests and war, rights groups say

 
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., listens during a Capitol Hill news conference in Washington, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate returns to Washington after Sen. Lindsey Graham’s death with an uncertain agenda

 
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Specialist Glenn Carell, left, and Dilip Patel, center, work with trader Jeffrey Vazquez on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Oil prices jump following the latest fighting in the Middle East, while AI stocks sink

 
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Three boys play in the shallow waters of the Strait of Hormuz, as a plume of smoke rises from an explosion in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 13, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

US attacks Iran and Tehran retaliates across the Middle East as both vie for control of strait

 
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Former President Donald Trump listens as Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks at a campaign event at the South Carolina Statehouse, Jan. 28, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

From staunch critic to fierce ally: Graham’s long, strange and consequential friendship with Trump

 
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U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. answers a question from a media member near damaged Russian vehicles on display in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Lindsey Graham remembered for a vision of American foreign policy that’s fading in Washington

 
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with supporters after filing his reelection paperwork Monday, March 16, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Sen. Lindsey Graham likely died after aorta tear, medical examiner says

 
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Commercial vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

The US launches more strikes on Iran as the standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalates

 
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A mourner carries a sign reading "We Will Kill Trump" as people make their way to the funeral procession of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump suggests a standing order to attack Iran if it assassinates him. But Vance would make the call

 
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An electronic billboard with an image of President Donald Trump reads "I love the inflation." - Donald J. Trump June 10, 2026," is seen near I-74 in Cincinnati, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

America In Focus: Fed officials divided on US inflation views; US home prices hit all-time high

 
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