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President Donald Trump just got a "quiet but unmistakable" message from U.S. allies over his troubles in Iran.

Trump has called on U.S. allies to help clear the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran effectively shut off to American and Israeli ships in retaliation for the bombing strikes the two countries have carried out since late February. The Strait accounts for 20% of global oil trade, and the blockade is part of the reason why energy prices in the U.S. have reached levels not seen since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"CBS Evening News" crashed back below the dreaded 4 million viewer threshold following its MAGA-friendly makeover, a red line that previously triggered major shake-ups at the network, Variety reported Tuesday.

For the week ending March 13, the program drew just 3.83 million viewers, with a measly 468,000 in the advertiser-coveted 25-54 demographic, according to Nielsen data. The stark freefall comes after anchor Tony Dokoupil's start in January, when he debuted with 4.17 million viewers. Shortly thereafter, he brought in 4.6 million.

A CNN legal expert was floored on Tuesday while discussing how President Donald Trump's pardon of the Jan. 6 rioters could impact an ongoing, high-profile case.

Lawyers for Brian J. Cole Jr., who has been accused of placing pipe bombs outside of the Republican and Democratic national committees in Washington, D.C., ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection, recently argued in court that Trump's sweeping pardon for the rioters should also apply to Cole, Fox News reported. They argued that Cole is "inextricably" tied to the events contemplated in the pardon.

The late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's "sprawling web" continues to ensnare the MAGA movement.

The Daily Beast reported on Tuesday that two of the MAGA movement's heavyweights, Roger Stone and Steve Bannon, are at each other's throats over who will lord over the upcoming Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, Texas, on March 25. Stone recently launched a bid to keep Bannon away from the event by running ad campaigns tying Bannon to the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to the report.

A federal judge dealt another major blow to the Trump administration's effort to dismantle Voice of America, ordering more than 1,000 employees back to work after a year on paid leave, according to a new report.

U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth ruled Tuesday that the near-total shutdown of the U.S. Agency for Global Media was unlawful and violated federal administrative law, The Washington Post reported. The Reagan appointee ordered employees to return by March 23 and demanded the agency resume international broadcasting, which has largely gone silent over the past year.

Just six months before the Trump administration launched military strikes on Iran, the State Department axed its entire oil and gas crisis team, leaving the nation scrambling as global energy markets teeter on the brink of chaos, according to a new report.

The war in Iran is now in its third week, and the critical Strait of Hormuz, which usually channels about a fifth of the world's oil supply, sits locked down tight. The Trump administration is flying blind, without the experts who once managed such catastrophes, former State Department employees told Notus.

Political analysts and observers bristled on Tuesday at the White House's latest concessions in its bid to reopen the Department of Homeland Security.

President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, and James Braid, director of the Office of Legal Affairs, wrote a letter to Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Katie Britt (R-AL) updating them on the latest negotiations with Democrats on Capitol Hill. The two parties have been negotiating funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which was shut down on Feb. 13 when Democrats refused to support an appropriations bill.

President Donald Trump has alienated the rest of the world, according to new polling data, and an analyst said "those chickens are coming home to roost" now that the U.S. needs allies.

The 79-year-old president authorized joint U.S.-Israeli military operations against Iran, which responded by shutting down the Strait of Hormuz and choking off the global oil supply, and Trump has been unable to pressure any nations to help reopen the crucial waterway.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's pastor threatened a leading Democrat in the Texas Senate primary race during a recent podcast interview, according to a report.

Brooks Pottegier, who preaches at Pilgrim Hill Reformed Fellowship in a suburb outside of Nashville, Tennessee, joined Christian Nationalist commentator Joshua Haymes on a recent episode of his podcast, "Reformed Red Pill," where the two discussed Texas state Rep. James Talarico's campaign for the U.S. Senate.