US politics, Iran war live updates: Trump’s ‘huge win’ that could change election
Welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the war with Iran.
Donald Trump has hailed as “huge win” a court decision that could lead to the perverse outcome of the Republican vote in the upcoming midterm elections drop substantially but the party actually increase their majority in Congress.
It is a significant win for Mr Trump’s party in the so called “redistricting wars”.
The Democrats have said the decision is “undemocratic”.
In the Middle East, Tehran is furious about the violent confrontation that occurred on Thursday, local time, between the US and Iran on and around the Strait of Hormuz.
A senior military figure said the US had has “crossed the point of no return” and a response would occur.
Yet Iran’s foreign ministry has said the country remains in “nominal ceasefire situation”.
It at once shows how fragile the current truce is and also how Iran appears to be run by several concurrent parts of the hierarchy with wildly different interpretations of the conflict.
Donald Trump said the clash was a “love tap”.
US Secretary of Stare Marco Rubio has said he expects a response from Tehran on a proposed peace plan on Friday.
On the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is flexing its muscles by seizing … one of its own ships.
Tehran said it boarded a Barbados flagged ship. It is sanctioned by the US for carrying Iranian oil.
Read on for more updates.
