{
  "id": 921638,
  "title": "Trump vows to declare Strait of Hormuz a US territory",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/trump-vows-to-declare-strait-of-hormuz-a-us-territory",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T23:16:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/08/trump-vows-to-declare-strait-of-hormuz-a-us-territory/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In yet another remark that triggered alarm around the world, President Donald Trump said Friday that he planned to declare the Strait of Hormuz – which Iran has blockaded for much of the past five months over his and Israel’s illegal war – a US territory. Just two days after the latest inflation figures demonstrated, in the words of one […] The post Trump vows to declare Strait of Hormuz a US…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}