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.

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.