Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine are briefing reporters as the U.S. and Iran ratchet up their competition for control over shipping traffic.

The foes are trying to exert control over the narrow passageway. Most ships aren’t moving. Here’s what to know.

USS Spruance fired nine "inert" rounds into the engine room of the Iranian-flagged M/V Touska last weekend.

Hegseth's remarks came as tracking data suggested some Iranian oil shipments were still moving and Tehran said it retained ...

President Donald Trump has turned to naval blockades to pressure the governments of Venezuela, Cuba and now Iran to meet his ...

WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that a U.S. blockade on Iran is going ...

USS Spruance ran through procedure with the Iranian-flagged vessel before finally opening fire with its deck gun when the ...

A U.S. blockade of Iranian ports is escalating tensions with Tehran and shifting the conflict from a military bombardment to ...

Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, only hours after President Trump announced he would extend a ...

Maritime and military law experts say an expansion of the naval blockade announced last week raises legal and practical ...

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina says the United States blockade against the Islamic Republic of Iran "could ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a close Senate ally to President Trump, said the U.S. blockade of Iran’s oil shipments “will be ...