{
  "id": 674281,
  "title": "Trump teases keeping Strait of Hormuz",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/trump-teases-keeping-strait-of-hormuz",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T14:48:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
    "slug": "arutz-sheva-israel-national-news",
    "url": "https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/691617"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "<p>US President Donald Trump teased the idea of the US maintaining control of the Strait of Homuz.</p><p>\"The USA has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT! Our Naval Blockade is being called, by everyone, “A WALL OF STEEL,\" and there is nothing Iran can do about it. They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, their remaining soldiers are unpaid, the IRGC is decimated…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Gulf states scramble for an alternative to Strait of Hormuz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/gulf-states-scramble-for-an-alternative-to-strait-of-hormuz",
        "published": "2026-08-12T13:35:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "As Strait of Hormuz transit drops, Trump again says US has ‘control’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/as-strait-of-hormuz-transit-drops-trump-again-says-us-has-control",
        "published": "2026-08-12T15:07:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Trump says US will 'keep' Hormuz strait control",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/trump-says-us-will-keep-hormuz-strait-control",
        "published": "2026-08-12T15:23:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Trump says US will ‘keep’ Hormuz strait control",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/trump-says-us-will-keep-hormuz-strait-control-676545",
        "published": "2026-08-12T15:34:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Trump says US will 'keep' Hormuz strait control",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/trump-says-us-will-keep-hormuz-strait-control-678207",
        "published": "2026-08-12T16:27:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Trump says US will 'keep' Hormuz strait control",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/trump-says-us-will-keep-hormuz-strait-control-685902",
        "published": "2026-08-12T16:50:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "US will keep Strait of Hormuz control — Trump",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/us-will-keep-strait-of-hormuz-control-trump",
        "published": "2026-08-12T17:37:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Iranian Revolutionary Guard asserts control over Strait of Hormuz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/iranian-revolutionary-guard-asserts-control-over-strait-of-hormuz",
        "published": "2026-08-12T17:53:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "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."
}