President Trump said a triumphal arch he has proposed for Washington, D.C., would also function as a military complex capable of housing drones and snipers. No formal plan, specifications, or approvals have been released.

President Trump said reporters from CNN, MS NOW and Politico would be barred from the White House, and journalists from all three said they were turned away. The White House defended the move, and former President Barack Obama criticized it.

Fighting near the Strait of Hormuz, a key passage for the world's oil, has pushed fuel prices higher and turned a distant confrontation with Iran into an everyday cost for drivers.

Ukraine directed more than 1,000 drones at targets across Russia in an overnight assault, with a significant number aimed at Moscow and its surrounding region. The attack came on the final day of voting in Russia's Duma elections.

A dispute over President Trump's role at the Kennedy Center has drawn protesters to its doors and split commentators between those defending the institution and those calling for its overhaul.