President Donald Trump is demanding that Iran agree to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, threatening to escalate the conflict as oil prices surge.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting refused to say whether the US would be carrying out a war crime if it followed through with threats to attack power plants and bridges in Iran

Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson tore into Donald Trump on Monday night, calling an Easter Sunday social media post from the U.S. president “vile on every level” and accusing him of threatening to commit a war crime.

I do not want to see us start blowing up civilian infrastructure. I do not want to see that," said Wisconsin GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, a Trump ally.

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Iran rejected the latest ceasefire proposal, the country’s state-run IRNA news agency reported Monday. Shortly after, Trump gave an ominous warning to Iran if it didn’t capitulate and suggested Tuesday’s 8 p.m. EDT deadline was final.