U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the cease-fire with Iran remains in place, even as U.S. and Iranian forces exchanged fire in the Gulf...

The U.S. shot down Iranian boats in Hormuz on Monday and Iran fired missiles and drones fired at vessels in the strait.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the cease-fire with Iran remains in place, even as U.S. and Iranian forces exchanged fire in the Gulf...

DOD expected "some churn at the beginning" of "Project Freedom," Defense Sec. Hegseth said, referring to an effort to move ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. Defense Secretary emphasizes Project Freedom's temporary, defensive mission to protect commercial shipping from Iranian threats.

"This is a separate and distinct project," Pete Hegseth pointed out

Despite U.S. efforts to force the strait open, traffic in the waterway remains just a fraction of what it used to be prior to the war.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the U.S. mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz was a temporary one.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth insists “the ceasefire is not over,” despite renewed combat between U.S. and Iranian forces.