WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the opening of an oil refinery in Brownsville, Texas and thanked Indian energy company Reliance for its investment. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social,

The U.S. military "eliminated" 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels ⁠near ⁠the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, the ⁠U.S. Central Command said in a statement, as President Donald Trump warned that any ​mines laid in the Strait by Iran must be removed immediately.

The president outpaced top political figures but received negative marks on his handling of all top issues except border security, according to the poll.

Elections: The voting technology company Smartmatic asked a federal judge on Tuesday to dismiss the federal criminal charges against it because they were part of President Trump’s “campaign of retribution against his perceived enemies.

Georgia has a special election to fill former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's seat. Voters in Mississippi will make their voices heard in primary elections.

President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about the war with Iran has been confusing and contradictory since well before the first strikes began.

In the U.S., all male citizens and immigrants between the ages of 18 and 25 are required to register.

Internal Supreme Court divisions over how the high court has frequently ruled in favor of the Trump administration in emergency situations spilled out into public with liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh locking horns on the issue.

Government cuts under Trump’s second term weakened U.S. emergency, security, and foreign response capabilities, now under scrutiny amid Middle East conflict.

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U.S. officials have said Russia has given Iran information that could help its forces strike U.S. military assets in the Middle East, MS Now has reported.