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President Trump on Tuesday backed off his proposed 20% toll for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz in favor of investment deals that Persian Gulf states will ink with the US.

President Trump declared Monday that the US will be “taking over” the Strait of Hormuz following another round of airstrikes against Iran overnight.

Trump announced the concept on Monday — after months of rejecting Iran’s plan for post-war tolls — in what could amount to a negotiating tactic.

WASHINGTON — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has tapped late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, as interim senator to serve out…

President Trump on Monday restarted the US naval blockade of Iran’s ports, and said the US would be charging money for providing the safe passage of ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Graham’s only surviving family member spoke briefly with The Post on Monday about the loss of her brother following a heart attack Saturday night.

Former Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been placed under house arrest by the country’s notorious Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps following a failed Israeli plot to install him in place of the current theocratic regime, according to a stunning new report.

President Trump claimed Monday that the late Sen. Lindsey Graham had just “one bad moment” — when the South Carolina Republican denounced the 45th president on the Senate floor in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reportedly joked “I can’t die now” after complaining he felt unwell – hours before he died at the age of 71 from a suspected ruptured aorta.