U.S. airstrikes target Iran as Trump issues threat | FOX 10 Phoenix

Now to the Middle East, the US carrying out another round of air strikes on Iran this morning . This since President Trump says that the US will hit Iran quote very hard tonight and threatens to take control of its oil industry . The president making that statement on Truth Social . The strikes are part of the administration's response to the downing of a US Apache helicopter earlier this week, which the president says survived a drone attack after an unexploded bomb became lodged in the aircraft . Despite the escalation, President Trump maintains that a deal with Iran is still within reach . We're going to be attacking them and attacking them very hard . It is re-escalation . The war has never ended . Renewed tensions come amid ongoing concerns over rising inflation and energy costs, but the president says that US efforts to protect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz are helping ease oil prices . The White House continues to tap into the strategic oil reserve despite . Serves as an attempt to keep gas prices from climbing any higher during the war with Iran . On Capitol Hill, House Democrats grilled Energy Secretary Chris Wright over higher inflation . Comes after the latest report shows prices increased 4.2% just last month alone . The Energy Department expects it to take several months, however, to replenish oil supplies