Iran War Week 5, Trump's Mixed Messages, TSA Back Pay
- Pakistan offers to host U.S.-Iran talks, but no meeting has been confirmed.
- Iran allows limited passage through the Strait of Hormuz, but most oil and gas tankers remain blocked.
- U.S. deploys thousands of Marines and the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East amid stalled nego
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