{
  "id": 501736,
  "title": "Trump says the US has swept Strait of Hormuz for mines",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/trump-says-the-us-has-swept-strait-of-hormuz-for-mines",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T20:48:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/trump-says-us-has-swept-strait-hormuz-mines"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Trump says the US has swept Strait of Hormuz for mines US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States controls the Strait of Hormuz and had swept the strategic oil waterway for Iranian mines. \"Look, the only one that has control of the Strait of Hormuz right now is the United States Navy,\" Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. \"We've mine-swept the entire strait.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "US has mine swept entire Strait of Hormuz, Trump says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/us-has-mine-swept-entire-strait-of-hormuz-trump-says",
        "published": "2026-08-10T21:02:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}