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Trump invokes Pearl Harbor in front of Japanese prime minister to defend Iran attack secrecy  CNBC With Japanese prime minister at his side, Trump makes Pearl Harbor joke  The Washington Post President Trump’s Pearl Harbor remark overshadows Japan PM visit  BBC Using Charm

House GOP welcomes $200B Pentagon request to jump-start reconciliation 2.0  Axios Cracks emerge in GOP over Iran war cost as administration floats more than $200B request to Congress  CNN Republicans balk at going it alone on Iran war funding  Politico $200 billion for

Strait of Hormuz: Which ships are passing through?  BBC About 90 ships cross the Strait of Hormuz as Iran exports millions of barrels of oil despite the war  AP News Iran allows handful of favoured ships through Strait of Hormuz  Financial Times Three

Iran hangs 3 people, including teen wrestler, in first executions over January protests  CBS News Mojtaba Khamenei regime executes champion wrestler as Iran intensifies brutal crackdown during war  Fox News Teenager among first to be executed over Iran’s anti-government protests  BBC Iran hangs

Trump’s Complaint About Israeli Strike on Gas Field Exposes Divergent Strategies  The New York Times Netanyahu says Israel ‘acted alone’ in Iran energy strike, will heed Trump’s call not to repeat attack  CNN Live updates: Energy prices soar after Trump threatens Iran

From waiving the Jones Act to rerouting oil through the Red Sea, governments are doing their best to make up for the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, but prices are still rising. (Image credit: Brandon Bell)

Royer Perez-Jimenez is the second person to die in ICE custody this week. (Image credit: Yuki Iwamura)

Trump Jokes About Pearl Harbor in Meeting With Japan’s Prime Minister  The New York Times

Trump Jokes About Pearl Harbor in Meeting With Japan’s Prime Minister  The New York Times

How the Trump administration could be hurting Israel’s already damaged brand  CNN