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In this image provided by Sepahnews, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s official website, wreckage is shown at what Iran’s state TV claimed was the site of a downed
American transport plane and two helicopters involved in a rescue operation, in Isfahan province, Iran, April, 2026. (Sepahnews via AP)

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Trump issues an expletive-filled threat against Iran as details of US aviator’s rescue emerge​

By MATTHEW LEE, BASSEM MROUE, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and SAMY MAGDY
Updated 10:22 PM CDT, April 5, 2026

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday made expletive-filled threats against Iran and its infrastructure if it doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday deadline, after American forces rescued a wounded aviator whose Iran-downed plane fell behind enemy lines.

A defiant Iran struck infrastructure targets in neighboring Gulf Arab countries and threatened to restrict another heavily used waterway, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the Arabian Peninsula.

Trump on social media vowed to hit Iran’s power plants and bridges and said the country would be “living in Hell” if the Strait of Hormuz, crucial for global trade, isn’t opened. He ended with “Praise be to Allah.”

Trump has issued such deadlines before but extended them when mediators have claimed progress toward ending the war, which has killed thousands, shaken global markets and spiked fuel prices in just over five weeks.

“It seems Trump has become a phenomenon that neither Iranians nor Americans are able to fully analyze,” Iranian Culture Minister Sayed Reza Salihi-Amiri told visiting Associated Press journalists in an interview in Tehran, adding that the U.S. president “constantly shifts between contradictory positions.” ...

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A mountain hideout and aircraft under fire: US carries out daring rescue of service member in Iran

The United States has pulled off a daring rescue of two aviators whose fighter jet was shot down by Iran.
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Sen. Tim Kaine says Congress will 'have a hard time' reviewing Trump's military budget request

The Virginia senator told "Meet the Press" he and other members of the Armed Services Committee would be "taking a look" at the request over the next few weeks.
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Oil prices choppy after expletive-laden Trump threat to Iran

Brent crude rose above $110 before those gains eased after a report of US-Iran talks over a potential ceasefire.
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Trump administration agencies post Easter messages celebrating Christ’s resurrection

The Trump administration has taken a new tack in celebrating Easter. On social media, several key Cabinet departments openly embraced the core Christian tenet of Christ's resurrection.
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Iran live updates: Casualties reported from missile strikes in Israel

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene rails against ‘insane’ Trump after Easter Iran threat

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Sunday slammed President Trump’s message to Iran earlier in the day, saying he is “insane” and “not a Christian.” Early Sunday morning, Trump wrote on his...
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Trump vows US will strike Iran’s power plants, bridges if Strait of Hormuz is not reopened

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Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts, long an educational staple, is gone

The Trump administration has shut down the CIA World Factbook, and there's much lamenting about the demise of a free source that many people used to check basic facts about countries.
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Chris Murphy on Trump’s Iran threat: ‘A clear war crime’

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday derided President Trump’s latest threats to Iran as “war crimes” if committed. “Trump is calling reporters today to tell them he is going to commit mass war crime...
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‘Unhinged madman’: US politicians react to Trump’s expletive-laden threat to Iran

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Bernie Sanders among those responding with alarm to Trump writing ‘open the forkin’ strait, you crazy bastages’
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Elections to know about this week. What's up for grabs in Wisconsin, Georgia?

A special election for the US House and a state Supreme Court race on Tuesday, April 7.
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Former CENTCOM commander calls rescue of U.S. airman a "hard lesson for Iran"

Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, a former commander of U.S. Central Command, outlined takeaways on the search-and-rescue mission for a missing U.S. airman on "Face the Nation," and called it a "hard lesson for Iran."
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Ahead of his latest Strait of Hormuz deadline, Trump threatens Iran's energy infrastructure

The president used expletives on Truth Social to refer to Iran's leadership, threatening strikes Tuesday after a series of past threats and extended deadlines.
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Ukraine outshoots Russia in cross-border drone war for 1st time, March data suggests

Ukraine launched more cross-border attack drones than Russia in a one-month period for the first time since the start of the war, according to data from Moscow and Kyiv.
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A custody hearing in Ada, Oklahoma, last month took a turn for the unexpected — and the incredibly loud — after an attorney who identified himself as transgender was arrested and dragged from the courtroom where he had appeared to represent his client just minutes before.

The exchange occurred during a custody hearing in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, some 90 minutes southeast of Oklahoma City. The attorney, Rob Hopkins, was jailed for contempt after sparring repeatedly with the judge, Lori Jackson, during an otherwise unremarkable proceeding...
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Trump touts airman rescue mission, boasts Iran could be 'taken out in 1 night'

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President Donald Trump touted the "historic" rescue of the downed F-15E airmen behind enemy lines and issued a warning to Iran to make a deal before Tuesday night's 8 p.m. ET deadline or face being "taken out."

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‘God is good’: Inside the high-risk US mission to save a wounded airman shot down in Iran

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In a scene that unfolded like a Hollywood script, hundreds of American troops descended into the rugged mountains of southwestern Iran on Saturday to rescue a wounded airman who had spent nearly two days hiding from Iranian forces.

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Top GOP defense voice breaks with invasion fears, says US can reopen Hormuz without ground war

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Trump to hold news conference on Iran after U.S. airman's rescue

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US Secret Service investigates reports of gunfire near White House

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