Today's News on Tuesday, 12th August

  • US sinks 6 small Iranian boats as Trump warns regime could be 'blown off the face of the Earth' New York Post ()
  • Democrat running for U.S. Senate receives $1 million in donations in campaign’s first week Kansas Reflector ()
  • Iran opened fire on US warships; 6 small boats destroyed in retaliation: Centcom The Hill ()
  • Catholic social teaching says all work is good for us—paid or unpaid. America Magazine ()
  • Donald Trump threatens to 'blow Iran off face of the Earth' if US vessels attacked The Jerusalem Post ()
  • Army Research Laboratory, U.S. Military Academy deepen strategic collaboration to shape tomorrow's leaders and technologies army.mil ()
  • Zambia delaying US deals over minerals and data demands Al Jazeera ()
  • US denies Iranian report warship was struck by missiles BBC ()
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  • Iran attacks U.S. ships in the Strait of Hormuz amid ‘Project Freedom’ NBC News ()
  • Lawmaker pushing for bill to help struggling US fishermen localnewslive.com ()
  • US official says China is ‘funding’ Iran, urges Beijing to help open Hormuz Al Jazeera ()
  • Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have ended their ‘It Ends With Us’ dispute in a settlement AP News ()
  • Brazil’s Lula to travel to US to meet with Trump later this week Al Jazeera ()
  • US Supreme Court lets abortion pill mail delivery restart for now Reuters ()
  • Brazil's Lula to travel to US for talks with Trump this week, sources say Reuters ()
  • Attacks in Strait of Hormuz, Gulf region imperil fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire The Washington Post ()
  • Live updates: UAE reports Iran has resumed attacks NewsNation ()
  • What to know about the US military presence in Europe as Trump seeks drawdown of thousands of troops AP News ()
  • War preparations under way in Iran as Hormuz tensions with US escalate Al Jazeera ()