President Trump has ordered strikes against Iran over last night and today’s attacks on oil and natural gas tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM is announcing: U.S. Central Command forces have . . .

Marine Le Pen, the head of France’s right-wing National Rally party, said Tuesday she would run for president of France in 2027. The announcement followed a closely-watched court ruling that, although it upheld Le Pen’s earlier conviction for embezzlement, did not bar her from running in next year’s election.   “I am a candidate for president tonight,” Le Pen told French news channel TF1.  Le Pen had been found guilty of using EU money, meant to support parliamentary assistants in Brussels, to instead pay party staffers working on domestic French politics.  Although Tuesday’s ruling did not overturn the original conviction, it reduced what had been a five-year ban on holding political office to 15 months, clearing the way for Le Pen to make a fourth presidential bid. Le Pen continues to deny wrongdoing in the case. The announcement ends months of uncertainty over whether Le Pen or Jordan Bardella—the 30-year-old president of the National Rally—would run as the party’s candidate to succeed current president Emmanuel Macron, who is not eligible for a third term. The post Marine Le Pen Announces Bid for French Presidency appeared first on The American Conservative.

Editor’s note: This is a developing story. The U.S. military announced Tuesday evening it was “launching a series of powerful strikes against Iran” in retaliation for “Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait of Hormuz.” Posted to X at 5:15 PM Eastern Time, the announcement said the Iranian attacks were “unwarranted, dangerous, and a clear violation of the ceasefire.” Minutes later, Trey Yingst of Fox News reported that “U.S. forces are currently striking southwestern Iran.” The memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed last month laid the groundwork for fully reopening the strait, which Iran effectively closed shortly after the war began. The MOU says Iran will work with Oman to define the future administration of the waterway. Iran has demanded that transiting vessels coordinate with the Islamic Republic and in recent days has struck tankers in the strait near the Omani coastline.  Earlier Tuesday, the White House reinstated sanctions on Iranian oil sales that it had lifted as part of the MOU. Iran called the move a violation of the agreement and insists it has a right under the MOU to manage traffic through the Hormuz strait. The post BREAKING: Trump Strikes Iran Following Hormuz Attacks appeared first on The American Conservative.

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