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Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni reach settlement in “It Ends With Us” lawsuit

May 4, 2026 / 5:23 PM EDT / CBS/AP

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have reached a settlement in the lawsuit brought by the actress over allegations of sexual harassment on the set of the movie “It Ends With Us.”

“It is our sincere hope that this brings closure and allows all involved to move forward constructively and in peace, including a respectful environment online,” attorneys for the involved parties said in a joint statement.

Lively had claimed that Baldoni conspired with publicists to preemptively destroy her reputation after she privately accused him of sexually harassing her on the movie set. Baldoni had denied harassing her or orchestrating a smear campaign. He’d claimed the complaints about his behavior were made up by Lively as part of an effort to seize creative control of the movie.

A federal judge in New York had previously tossed out Lively’s sexual harassment claims, originally brought in 2024, but left intact two retaliation claims and said some sexual harassment allegations may be put to a jury to support those claims. Judge Lewis J. Liman ruled that Lively couldn’t pursue the harassment claims under federal law because she was an independent contractor rather than an employee when she worked on the movie.

Baldoni and his production company, Wayfarer Studios, had countersued Lively and her husband, actor Ryan Reynolds, accusing them of defamation and extortion. Those claims were dismissed last June.

A trial on the remaining claims had been set to begin later this month.

“It Ends With Us,” an adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling 2016 novel, was released in August 2024, exceeding box office expectations.

In her lawsuit, Lively said that during filming, Baldoni made inappropriate comments about her appearance, violated physical boundaries while filming a love scene and pushed for nudity — against Lively’s wishes — during a scene in which her character was giving birth.

Baldoni denied doing anything outside the realm of the normal creative process of making a movie.

The judge, in the decision tossing out the sexual harassment claims, acknowledged the complexity of the matter, noting that creative artists “must have some amount of space to experiment within the bounds of an agreed script without fear of being held liable for sexual harassment.”

The trial was to focus on Lively’s claim that Baldoni and the studio retaliated against her sexual harassment complaints by hiring publicists to turn the public against her. Her lawyers said that campaign included hiring a “digital army” to post bogus negative content about Lively on social media platforms, and feeding “manufactured content to unwitting reporters.”

The lawsuit said the purpose was to “retaliate against Ms. Lively by battering her image, harming her businesses, and causing her family severe emotional harm.”

Baldoni’s lawyers have claimed it was Lively who was strategically manipulating Baldoni’s public image, partly by leveraging help from her famous friends.

Lively appeared in the 2005 film “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” and the TV series “Gossip Girl” from 2007 to 2012 before starring in films including “The Town” and “The Shallows.”

Baldoni starred in the TV comedy “Jane the Virgin,” directed the 2019 film “Five Feet Apart” and wrote “Man Enough,” a book challenging traditional notions of masculinity.

Jeffries launches New York gerrymander push after redistricting clash with DeSantis

May 4, 2026 4:06pm EDT / Fox News

Democrats already hold 19 of New York’s 26 congressional seats and are looking to expand their advantage

By Adam Pack, Fox News

GOP, Democrats gearing up for midterm battle amid redistricting fights

RNC senior advisor Danielle Alvarez analyzes the escalating midterm election battle between Democrats and Republicans. She highlights Democratic concerns over redistricting and the rising influence of progressive candidates like Abdul El-Sayed. Alvarez discusses Iowa becoming a political battleground and addresses a Fox News poll indicating Democrats’ economic edge, emphasizing GOP strategies to counter.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., is eyeing New York for potential redistricting gains as Republicans race to redraw congressional maps in several Southern states ahead of November’s midterm elections.

Jeffries unveiled the New York Democracy Project on Monday to explore redrawing the Empire State’s congressional map to benefit Democrats, who hold 19 of the state’s 26 congressional seats. The initiative is part of his efforts to push blue states to consider new partisan gerrymanders after the Supreme Court restricted the use of race in drawing electoral districts last week — a move that could put more than a dozen Democratic-held seats in jeopardy.

Jeffries also mentioned Colorado, Illinois and Maryland as top places where Democrats will seek to gerrymander more seats ahead of 2028 in an interview with Politico.

“This is just the beginning,” Jeffries said in a statement on Monday. “Across the nation, we will sue, we will redraw, and we will win.”

‘FULL OF S—‘: NEW YORK REPUBLICAN ACCUSES STATE DEMS OF HYPOCRISY IN REDISTRICTING PUSH

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks to members of the media as he arrives at a House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 6, 2025.(Eric Lee/Getty)

“House Democrats will not allow a MAGA majority to be built on rigged maps and the dilution of Black voting strength,” the top Democrat added. “Ultimately, this will end poorly for Republican extremists. It’s the American people who get to decide who wins the majority in Congress, not Donald Trump.”

Though Democrats face several hurdles in drawing a new congressional map in New York this year, Gov. Kathy Hochul said that she would work with the state legislature to redistrict before 2028.

“New York has always led the fight for voting rights, and we’ll lead again,” Hochul said of the possible new gerrymander after the Supreme Court’s ruling last week.

Jeffries said Monday that he directed Rep. Joe Morelle, D-N.Y., to meet with the state legislature to discuss redrawing the state’s congressional map. Passing a constitutional amendment as early as 2027 to allow the state legislature to draw a Democratic-friendly gerrymander is an option under consideration, according to his statement.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has vowed to move forward with redistricting to benefit Democrats ahead of the 2028 elections.(Lev Radin/Pacific Press)

RON DESANTIS UNVEILS NEW FLORIDA CONGRESSIONAL MAP THAT WOULD GIVE THE GOP AN EXTRA FOUR SEATS

New York Republicans sharply criticized the redistricting initiative on Monday.

“Jeffries, Hochul, and other New York Democrats insult the intelligence of voters, who strongly supported redistricting reforms in 2014, including a ban on partisan gerrymandering,” New York Republican Party chairman Ed Cox said in a statement. ” Democrats tried to torpedo that reform but the people rejected their efforts in 2021. I am confident that they will do so yet again.”

Jeffries’ announcement came shortly after Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., signed a new GOP-friendly congressional map that could net Republicans as many as four seats in the Sunshine State.

The top Democrat has sharply criticized DeSantis for calling a special session to redraw Florida’s map, which he argued is “blatantly illegal” in a statement on Monday. Jeffries has also pledged to aggressively target vulnerable GOP lawmakers in Florida as Democrats look to retake control of the House this November.

“Democrats have brutally thwarted the MAGA midterm power grab, and we will continue to push back aggressively,” Jeffries said in a statement. “See you in court.”

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, left, pictured alongside U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., right.(Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

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President Donald Trump has urged Republican-led states to swiftly pass new congressional maps before the midterm elections to give the GOP an advantage in districts that could help decide House control. So far, Republicans have passed GOP-friendly maps in Texas, North Carolina, Florida and Missouri, while Democrats have drawn new Democratic-heavy seats in California and Virginia.

A number of Republican states, including Louisiana and Tennessee, are moving forward with redistricting efforts to eliminate Black-majority districts held by Democrats following the Supreme Court’s ruling. In Tennessee, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., who is running to be the state’s next governor, has pitched a new map that would allow Republicans to hold every district.

America’s aging Minuteman III nuclear missiles are getting replaced. We got an inside look.

2026-05-04 7:05 PM EDT / CBS News

By
Ian Lee

Cheyenne, Wyoming — Flying in over the Wyoming prairie aboard the Air Force’s new Grey Wolf helicopter, the commanders of U.S. Strategic Command and Air Force Global Strike Command are taking us to a place that was once so highly secure that trespassers could be shot on sight — a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, or ICBM, silo.

Hundreds of these active nuclear silos dot the landscape from Colorado up to the Canadian border.

“There are always approximately 400 (ICBMs) ready to go at any moment,” says Air Force Global Strike Command General S. L. Davis over the Grey Wolf’s comms system.

CBS News traveled with Davis and Admiral Rich Correll, Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, for an exclusive look at the modernization of America’s ground-based nuclear deterrent from the Minuteman III to the new Sentinel. They are leading the effort and are in Wyoming to inspect the progress at F. E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne.

L-R: Ian Lee aboard a Grey Wolf helicopter with the commanders of U.S. Strategic Command, Air Force Global Strike Command,General S.L. Davis and Admiral Rich Correll. CBS News

We land at Echo 10 near the border with Colorado. It’s the first silo to go offline as the Air Force shifts to Sentinel. But even for being a decommissioned silo, security is tight. An Air Force rapid response team, trained to retake nuclear silos from a hostile force, is already on the ground.

Greeting us at the entrance is Colonel Terrance J. Holmes, the Wing Commander of the 90th Missile Wing at F. E. Warren, home to 150 Minuteman III ICBMs.

“It is a heavy weight,” he says about commanding so many nuclear warheads. “But I can tell you that our defenders, our operators and the support personnel that drive the mission of the 90th Missile Wing, stand ready every single day, 24/7.”

The upgrade to Sentinel is about a decade behind schedule. But as Minuteman IIIs go offline, Holmes insists his forces will still be able to act if the president calls upon them.

“I am focused on maintaining day to day nuclear surety and deterrence for the nation, and that mission does not and will not ever stop even during the transition to the Sentinel,” he says.

We climb down a ladder through a circular shaft, past feet of concrete, and into a world designed to destroy worlds. The equipment reflects Minuteman III’s age.

Ian Lee descends into a decommissioned Minuteman III nuclear missile silo. CBS News

“The system was originally designed for a decade,” says Correll. “We’ve been operating it since 1961. So, it’s well past its design life.”

Around the silo, 60-year-old technology lines the walls, with a shaft several stories high in the middle that once housed a 60-foot nuclear missile.

“The Minuteman III that’s on alert today is the Minuteman III that I took command of as a lieutenant over 35 years ago. The launch facility that supports the Minuteman III [was] built before I was born,” says Davis.

File photo: A Minuteman III missile engine. AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac

Back at F. E. Warren, the commanders show where the missiles and warheads will be assembled. The new buildings contrast with the base’s red brick buildings constructed when calvary charges still dominated the battlefield.

“(Sentinel) is bigger, it’s faster. It has longer range and it can carry more payload,” says Davis. “It’s safer, it’s more secure and it’s more reliable.”

The Sentinel program is currently 80% over budget and is costing U.S. taxpayers roughly $141 billion. The Air Force is constructing over 450 new launch silos and between 50 to 75 launch centers and other facilities to support the program.

The commanders insist once it’s up and running, it’ll be cheaper to operate than the Minuteman III because it’ll require less maintenance. The new Grey Wolf helicopter will also provide better security, reach and reaction time to any silo around the country.

Critics may argue that this is all unnecessary spending for a weapons system that is never used, but Correll disagrees.

“We use it every single day. Deterrence is active,” he says. “The absence of action on the part of the adversary to do us harm is employment of that system day after day.”

America’s adversaries are also upgrading their nuclear weapons programs, including China, Russia and North Korea. The Pentagon is upgrading other parts of the country’s nuclear triad by replacing the B-2 Stealth bomber with the B-21, and Ohio Class nuclear-powered ballistic submarines with the Columbia Class.

“Our nation’s nuclear deterrent is safe, secure, reliable and credible,” Correll says. “America will be safer.”

Exclusive: US intelligence indicates limited new damage to Iran’s nuclear program, sources say

2026-05-04T20:36:53.386Z / Reuters

By Gram Slattery, Jonathan Landay and Erin Banco

May 4, 2026 8:36 PM UTC Updated 3 hours ago

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A man holds a flag with a picture of late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, late Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, during a rally in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo

• US intel assessments of Iran’s nuclear capacity broadly unchanged despite ongoing war, sources say
• Iran would need around a year to build a weapon if leaders decided to pursue that path, sources say
• Sources say the US has largely steered clear of nuclear targets during current war
• US officials argue that by destroying conventional military targets, US has muddied Tehran’s path to a nuclear weapon

WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence assessments indicate that the time Iran would ​need to build a nuclear weapon has not changed since last summer, when analysts estimated that a U.S.-Israeli attack had pushed back the timeline to up to a year, according to three sources familiar ‌with the matter.

The assessments of Tehran’s nuclear program remain broadly unchanged even after two months of a war that U.S. President Donald Trump launched in part to stop the Islamic Republic from developing a nuclear bomb.

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The latest U.S. and Israeli attacks that began on February 28 have focused on conventional military targets, but Israel has hit a number of significant nuclear facilities.

The unchanged timeline suggests that significantly impeding Tehran’s nuclear program may require destroying or removing Iran’s remaining stockpile of highly enriched uranium, or HEU.

The war has stalled since the U.S. and Iran agreed an April 7 ​truce to pursue peace. Tensions remain high as both sides appear deeply divided, and as Iran has choked traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, blocking some 20% of world oil supplies and igniting a global energy crisis.

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Secretary ​of Defense Pete Hegseth has said publicly that the U.S. aims to ensure Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon via ongoing negotiations with Tehran.

U.S. intelligence agencies had concluded prior ⁠to June’s 12-day war that Iran likely could produce enough bomb-grade uranium for a weapon and build a bomb in around three to six months, said two of the sources, all of whom requested anonymity to discuss U.S. intelligence.

Following the June ​strikes by the U.S. that hit the Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan nuclear complexes, U.S. intelligence estimates pushed that timeline back to about nine months to a year, said the two sources and a person familiar with the assessments.

The attacks destroyed or badly ​damaged the three enrichment plants known to have been operating at the time. But the U.N. nuclear watchdog has been unable to verify the whereabouts of some 440 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60%. It believes that about half was stored in an underground tunnel complex at the Isfahan Nuclear Research Center, but it has been unable to confirm that since inspections were suspended.

The International Atomic Energy Agency assesses the total HEU stockpile would be enough for 10 bombs if further enriched.

“While Operation Midnight Hammer obliterated Iran’s nuclear facilities, Operation Epic Fury built on this ​success by decimating Iran’s defense industrial base that they once leveraged as a protective shield around their pursuit of a nuclear weapon,” said White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales, referring to the June operation and the latest war that began in February.

“President ​Trump has long been clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon – and he does not bluff.”

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence did not respond to a request for comment.

STOPPING TEHRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM A KEY U.S. GOAL

U.S. officials, including Trump, repeatedly cite ‌the need to ⁠eliminate Iran’s nuclear program as a key objective of the war.

“Iran can never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. That is the goal of this operation,⁩” Vice President JD Vance wrote on X on March 2.

The unchanging estimate of how long it would take Iran to build such a weapon reflects in part the focus of the latest U.S. and Israeli military campaign, the sources said.

While Israel has struck nuclear-related targets, including a uranium-processing facility in late March, U.S. attacks have concentrated on conventional military capabilities, Iran’s leadership and its military-industrial base.

The unchanged estimates may also stem from a lack of major nuclear targets that can be readily and safely destroyed following June’s military action, according to some analysts.

Eric Brewer, a former senior U.S. intelligence ​analyst who led assessments of Iran’s nuclear program, said it ​was not surprising that the assessments have not changed ⁠because recent U.S. strikes have not prioritized nuclear-related targets.

“Iran still possesses all of its nuclear material, as far as we know,” said Brewer, vice president of the nuclear materials study program at the Nuclear Threat Initiative arms control think tank. “That material is probably located in deeply buried underground sites where U.S. munitions can’t penetrate.”

In recent weeks, U.S. officials have contemplated dangerous operations which ​would significantly impede Iran’s nuclear efforts. Those options include ground raids to retrieve the HEU believed to be stored in the tunnel complex at the Isfahan site.

Iran has repeatedly ​denied seeking nuclear weapons. U.S. intelligence ⁠agencies and the IAEA say Tehran halted a warhead development effort in 2003, though some experts and Israel contend that it secretly preserved key parts of the program.

POSSIBLE IMPACT FROM KILLING OF SCIENTISTS

Precisely evaluating Iran’s nuclear capacity is difficult, even for the world’s leading intelligence services, say experts.

Several U.S. intelligence agencies have independently studied Iran’s nuclear program, and while the sources described a broad consensus regarding Iran’s capacity to build a nuclear weapon, outlying assessments do occur.

It is possible Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been set back further than ⁠the intelligence estimates ​suggest.

Some officials, including U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have argued that U.S. strikes on Iranian air defenses have reduced the nuclear threat by diminishing ​Iran’s ability to defend its nuclear sites should it decide to rush toward weaponization in the future.

There also is the impact of Israel’s assassinations of Iran’s leading nuclear scientists.

David Albright, a former U.N. nuclear inspector who runs the Institute for Science and International Security, said the killings have added significant uncertainty ​to Tehran’s ability to build a bomb that would function as intended.

“I think everyone agrees knowledge can’t be bombed, but know-how certainly can be destroyed,” he said.

Reporting by Gram Slattery, Jonathan Landay and Erin Banco; Editing by Don Durfee and Daniel Wallis

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阿联酋再遭空袭 中使领馆提醒中国公民加强防范

2026年5月5日 07:16 / 联合早报

阿联酋星期一（5月4日）再遭空袭。阿联酋国防部强调，军方正保持最高级别戒备与战备状态，应对一切潜在威胁。 （法新社档案照）

阿联酋星期一（5月4日）再遭空袭。中国驻阿联酋大使馆和中国驻迪拜总领事馆提醒在阿中国公民加强安全防范。

据新华社报道，中国驻阿联酋使领馆提醒在阿中国公民，密切关注当地安全形势和阿政府部门发布的相关公告和警报，远离军事基地和可能遭受打击的敏感设施，并严格遵守当地法律法规和政府相关要求，切勿拍摄和发布袭击事件现场或机场、港口、军事设施等敏感区域的视频和照片。

使领馆提醒，如遇紧急情况，第一时间报警并与中国驻阿使领馆联系。

阿联酋国防部4日宣布，该国防空系统当天成功拦截来自伊朗方向的12枚弹道导弹、三枚巡航导弹以及四架无人机，袭击造成三人受伤。

阿联酋国防部强调，阿军方正保持最高级别戒备与战备状态，应对一切潜在威胁，并坚决打击任何破坏国家安全的行为，以确保国家主权、安全、稳定以及国家利益与重要设施得到有效保护。

吴宜泽成为首位00后斯诺克世锦赛冠军

2026年5月5日 07:42 / 联合早报

吴宜泽成为首位00后斯诺克世锦赛冠军

中国小将吴宜泽星期二（5月5日）凌晨夺得斯诺克世界锦标赛冠军。 （路透社）

中国小将吴宜泽夺得斯诺克世界锦标赛冠军，中国选手连续两届夺冠。

据央视新闻报道，新加坡时间星期二（5月5日）凌晨，2026斯诺克世锦赛结束决赛争夺，吴宜泽以18比17战胜肖恩·墨菲夺得冠军。

吴宜泽成为首位00后斯诺克世锦赛冠军，他也是继去年夺冠的赵心童之后，第二位问鼎世锦赛的中国球员。

特朗普称期待与习近平会面

2026年5月5日 07:57 / 联合早报

美国总统特朗普表示，他期待与中国国家主席习近平会面，显示尽管全球两大经济体之间紧张局势再度升温，他仍计划推进这场备受关注的峰会。

据彭博社报道，特朗普星期一（5月4日）在白宫一场活动上说：“我将在两周内去见习近平主席，我期待此行。”他还说：“这实际上将是一次非常重要的行程。”

Trump’s gambit to move ships through the Strait of Hormuz tests the fragile ceasefire

2026-05-04 20:59:02 UTC / CNN

By Kevin Liptak, Adam Cancryn, Zachary Cohen

PUBLISHED May 4, 2026, 4:59 PM ET

In this picture obtained from Iran’s ISNA news agency on May 4, vessels are pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran.

Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s initiative to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz was a high-stakes, high-risk attempt to jolt loose a resolution to the standoff that had come to define his war against Iran.

But the gambit has put the US’ fragile ceasefire with Iran under strain, as US and Iranian forces traded fire in the contested waterway. Now, no one is entirely sure whether the tenuous peace can hold long enough for halting negotiations to yield some resolution.

“It is very bad and messy at the moment,” a regional source told CNN.

With little sign Tehran would blink in its efforts to block traffic through the waterway, Trump had grown frustrated at the deadlock in the strait. High gas prices and a looming visit to China both created pressure to find a way to get vessels moving.

So from his golf course in Florida on Sunday, Trump announced a plan for the US to help guide certain ships through the strait, dubbed “Project Freedom.” The risks soon became apparent. Booms reverberated in Dubai as Iranian missiles were intercepted for the first time since a truce went into effect nearly a month ago. The US military destroyed six Iranian small boats, US Central Command said. (A report by an Iranian state media outlet disputed that the boats had been sunk.)

The open-ended ceasefire appeared to be stretching to its limit, without clear evidence a negotiated settlement may be near. Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Trump’s foreign envoy Steve Witkoff would only say of talks with Iran: “We’re in conversation.”

Some of Trump’s allies have encouraged him to resume the bombing campaign inside Iran, arguing the US has already weakened the regime and insisting the time was ripe to further degrade its military capabilities.

“I hope this conflict can end diplomatically, but it is now time to regain freedom of navigation and forcefully respond to Iran if they insist on terrorizing the world,” GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham wrote on X this weekend.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who Israeli sources say is planning a trip to Washington to visit Trump in the near future, convened security meetings Monday. Officials signaled in Israeli media afterward that the country was prepared to resume a bombing campaign.

Despite the hostilities, it was not clear whether Trump had the appetite to resume full-scale bombing inside Iran. He shrugged off a damaged South Korean ship as from an “unrelated Nation” and claimed otherwise there had been “no damage going through the Strait.” He similarly told ABC News of Iran’s drone and missile attacks, “One got through. Not huge damage.”

But he also warned in a phone interview with Fox News that Iran would be “blown off the face of the Earth” if it targets US ships.

“I wouldn’t go into details of whether the ceasefire is over or not,” Adm. Bradley Cooper, head of US Central Command, told reporters Monday. “I think the key thing is, for us, is we’re merely there as a defensive force and to give a very thick layer of defense to commercial shipping to allow them to proceed out of the (Persian Gulf).”

Trump’s highly anticipated visit to Beijing next week could also complicate his decision to resume the war with Iran. He initially delayed the trip from April while the conflict raged. China has called for reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, where much of the energy products it relies upon pass through.

Arriving in Beijing with the conflict at best unresolved — or at worst raging yet again — could place Trump in a weakened position in his talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Speaking to Fox News on Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent — who has been leading preliminary discussions with the Chinese ahead of Trump’s visit — said the country could do more to convince Iran to allow ships to pass through the strait.

“Let’s see if China – let’s see them step up with some diplomacy and get the Iranians to open the strait,” he said.

The origins of “Project Freedom” lie in meetings the president has held over the last several days exploring options for reopening the strait, through which 20% of the world’s oil passes. Iran has resisted US demands to allow ships to pass through.

Trump received a 45-minute briefing from Cooper and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, last Thursday to discuss updated military plans for Iran, including on reopening the strait, a source familiar with the matter said.

During an earlier meeting with energy executives at the White House last week, participants conveyed varying levels of urgency to Trump and his aides over the status of the strait, a person familiar with the exchange said, with some warning Trump and top officials of the continued consequences of the waterway’s closure on rising oil prices.

Trucks and tanks at the Port of Long Beach on Wednesday, April 29, in Long Beach, California.

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Others opted to deliver a more optimistic view focused more on praising Trump’s move to blockade the strait and ramp up economic pressure on Iran.

The president’s latest bid to change the dynamics in the strait came as oil and gas prices have continued to march upward, with energy experts warning that the US is likely only weeks away from averaging $5 per gallon for gasoline nationwide.

Trump officials have regularly pressed energy industry representatives over whether companies can ramp up domestic production to help alleviate the strain, two people familiar with the matter said. But the industry has so far declined to make any major commitments, wary of the time it would take to substantially boost output and the lack of a guarantee for exactly how long prices will remain elevated.

“The longer this goes on, the higher prices are going to get. There’s nothing that can replace Hormuz output,” said Gregory Brew, a senior analyst on Iran and the energy sector at political risk firm Eurasia Group, who added that based on the amount of oil already lost to the market, “$5 gas is basically baked in.”

US gas prices have skyrocketed from an average of $2.98 a gallon before the war started to $4.46 a gallon on Monday, according to AAA.

Despite those rising prices, Trump has so far declined to try to reopen the strait by force — opting instead to take a more nuanced approach focused on negotiating the exit of certain ships that have been stuck at sea for months in the Persian Gulf.

Yet while the US’ blockade does appear to be damaging Iran’s economy, Brew said, there’s little evidence so far that it’s done much to change the Iranian regime’s calculus. Iran has continued to load some oil onto tankers, meaning it’s not under imminent threat of having to shut down its production.

And while Iranian negotiators have maintained a running dialogue with the US over the parameters of a deal, they’ve yet to signal any willingness to make the significant concessions Trump has demanded.

“The administration on the one hand is digging in its heels in negotiations, waiting to see if the blockade forces the Iranians to make more concessions,” Brew said. “But at the same time, I have to imagine the president is getting impatient.”

Judge says he’s “very troubled” by accused White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman’s treatment in jail

May 4, 2026 6:03 PM EDT / CBS News

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A federal judge on Monday sharply criticized the treatment of accused White House Correspondents’ Dinner attacker Cole Allen, at one point apologizing to the defendant for what he saw as overly restrictive and punitive conditions at the D.C. jail where he is being held.

Prosecutors have charged Allen with attempting to assassinate the president and two firearm charges. They say Allen — armed with a shotgun —sprinted through a security checkpointone story above the ballroom for the April 25 dinner at theWashington Hilton, where President Trump, top administration officials and members of the press corps were among the 2,600 guests.

Lawyers for Allen have agreed that the alleged would-be presidential assassin will remain jailed while awaiting trial, but have pushed back on his treatment there. They say Allen was placed on suicide watch shortly after arriving at jail last week, meaning he was held in a padded cell with the lights on constantly and no access to a phone or tablet. A day later, he was downgraded to suicide precautions, which still sharply limited his access to a phone and ability to leave his cell, his lawyers said.

On Friday, Allen’s lawyers said he was reassessed and deemed not to be a risk, but was still held in a form of protective custody that resulted in him being held separately.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui on Monday pressed a representative of the D.C. Department of Corrections about conditions at the jail, including allegations from Allen’s lawyers that the defendant was denied access last week to a Bible, that his tablet has not been set up yet, and that he wasn’t able to meet with his legal team privately last week.

At one point, Faruqui told Allen he was “very troubled” by the “conditions you’ve been treated to.”

The judge also apologized to Allen for the issues in the first week of his detention.

Tony Towns, the D.C. Department of Corrections’ acting general counsel, said the issues raised at the hearing will be worked out in the coming days. Towns said a tablet that would allow Allen to read court filings and access legal materials would be set up soon.

Towns said a psychiatrist had assessed that Allen was a suicide risk, though the medical form from that evaluation was not in the record. Faruqui said he wanted to see the form.

Towns also said there is a separation order for Allen, meaning he did not travel to court Monday with other defendants and is kept in his cell separately from other inmates.

“We don’t really know how to keep him safe, your honor, outside of separation,” Towns said.

Faruqui replied: “That seems to be a problem then.”

Faruqui — a frequent critic of the Justice Department’s handling of cases — said he was worried about what might be happening to lower-profile criminal defendants.

He also said he is “fascinated and concerned” that Allen has been treated differently from many now-pardoned Jan. 6 defendants, who Faruqui said were often assigned to medium- or low-security prisons and weren’t held in complete isolation.

“A lot of people seem to have forgotten January 6,” Faruqui said. “Pardons may erase convictions, but they do not erase history.”

While the charges against Allen “could not be more serious,” Faruqui said, “I’m not understanding how we are where we are.”

U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro criticized Faruqui after the hearing, writing on X that Faruqui “believes a defendant armed to the teeth and attempting to assassinate the president is entitled to preferential treatment in his confinement compared to every other defendant.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jocelyn Ballantine, who is prosecuting the case, alleged Monday that Allen told FBI agents after the attack that he did not expect to live.

“It’s clear he did not expect to survive it, which gives rise to potential concern for suicide,” Ballantine said.

Faruqui ordered the D.C. Department of Corrections to update the court by Tuesday morning on how long it will take for officials to determine where Allen will be detained ahead of trial.

If the answer is not soon, Faruqui said he would schedule another hearing to hear a justification.

Towns told Faruqui that the process to determine where Allen will be held is still underway, but that he would get an answer as soon as possible.

“DOC’s main concern is his safety as well as his health,” Towns said, adding that a prison housing board meeting would be held soon to determine where he stays.

阿联酋5月4日指责伊朗袭击导致富查伊拉石油工业区，造成三名印度公民受伤。图为3月14日，富查伊拉一能源设施遇袭，涌现大量乌黑浓烟。 （法新社档案照片）

波斯湾地区星期一（5月4日）再度发生袭击事件，美国与伊朗的临时停火协议岌岌可危。阿拉伯联合酋长国称遭到伊朗无人机袭击，而美国军方表示击落了射向霍尔木兹海峡上的船只的导弹和无人机。与此同时，伊朗把美国总统特朗普协助受困于海峡船只的“自由计划”斥之为“死结计划”。

综合《纽约时报》和英国广播公司（BBC）报道，阿联酋当局说，阿方防空系统拦截了12枚弹道导弹、三枚巡航导弹及四架从伊朗发射的无人机。

阿联酋指责伊朗发动的无人机袭击导致富查伊拉石油工业区（阿联酋最大的石油储存区）发生火灾，造成三名印度公民受伤。这是自4月初美伊达成停火协议以来，伊朗首次发动此类袭击。

另据阿曼国家通讯社报道，阿曼的布哈市也遭袭击并有两人受伤，但未说明袭击者身份。

美国海军星期一开始协助受困商船安全驶出霍尔木兹海峡，美国中央司令部说，美国海军的“海鹰”直升机和陆军的AH-64“阿帕奇”武装直升机摧毁了威胁商船航行的伊朗小型船只。

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美国总统特朗普在社媒平台贴文说，美军在试图打通霍尔木兹海峡时袭击了七艘伊朗“小型船只”。他还说，伊朗“袭击了一些无关联国家的船只”，包括一艘韩国货船。

伊朗外长阿拉格齐星期二（5日）说，霍尔木兹海峡的局势清楚表明，政治危机无法通过军事手段解决。

阿拉格齐在社媒X平台上说，巴基斯坦的斡旋努力取得进展，“美国应该警惕被别有用心的人拖回泥潭。阿联酋也一样。”

目前尚不清楚4日的袭击是否表明美伊停火协议已经失效，战争已重燃。伊朗官方既未证实也未否认恢复袭击，一名高级军官否认伊朗船只被击沉。