‘Ceasefire is not over,’ Hegseth says as U.S. acts to reopen Strait of Hormuz
WASHINGTON — The United States has launched a new military operation to ensure commercial shipping vessels can safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz, deploying scores of warships, fighter jets and drones to counter Iranian efforts that have threatened the narrow waterway that carries a fifth of the world’s oil. At a news conference Tuesday at the…