{"id":208749,"date":"2026-04-24T19:26:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-war-live-updates-hegseth-says-u-s-blockade-of-iranian-ports-will-last-as-long-as-it-takes-ms-now\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:26:25","slug":"iran-war-live-updates-hegseth-says-u-s-blockade-of-iranian-ports-will-last-as-long-as-it-takes-ms-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-war-live-updates-hegseth-says-u-s-blockade-of-iranian-ports-will-last-as-long-as-it-takes-ms-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran war live updates: Hegseth says U.S. blockade of Iranian ports will last \u2018as long as it takes\u2019 &#8211; MS NOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/opinion\">Opinion<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/morning-joe\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"80893\">Morning Joe<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/rachel-maddow-show\">RacheL Maddow<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/deadline-white-house\">Deadline: White House<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/the-weekend\">The weekend<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ms.now\/newsletters\">NEWSLETTERS<\/a><br \/>Share this &#8211;<br \/> \t\t\t\t\tNews\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\tLive Coverage\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\tIran asked for \u201cdirect talks,\u201d which will be mediated by Pakistan, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9&nbsp;2026 Versant Media, LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE9WX3dnUGYxSmhIazRPTkN4V3JRRkhBal9oaEloSkhESFNkTnZNemNYVG1CQzdPUFpUelNEX0h0cmZ0MWtWc19XNmVxTTRaZFp0LXZmNTMxdF9CUExyRkdWanNSMXN4Ymt1aC04VVRkT1hIbC1pMUpnLUI4MmxoMms?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpinionMorning JoeRacheL MaddowDeadline: White HouseThe weekendNEWSLETTERSShare this &#8211; News Live Coverage Iran asked for \u201cdirect talks,\u201d which will be mediated by Pakistan, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. \u00a9&nbsp;2026 Versant Media, LLC source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-208749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}