JD Vance Has No End Date for Iran War That Donald Trump Said Would Last Weeks

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Six months into a war President Donald Trump once predicted would be over in four to six weeks, Vice President JD Vance gave no new timeline for when the fighting with Iran will stop. Also, there wasn’t any update on when drivers might see $3-a-gallon gas again.

Fielding questions from reporters at a White House briefing, Vance made the case that America’s role has already shifted from active combat to something smaller in scale, arguing the label “war” no longer fits months after the last major U.S. military operations wound down.

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Pressed on a timeline, Vance handed the question back across the table. “You’re asking me a question like, ‘When will the Iranians stop shooting at ships?'” Vance said. “The reality is I don’t know the answer to that question. You’d have to ask the Iranians.” Diplomacy, he added, isn’t happening at all while the attacks continue. “We’re not talking to them,” Vance said, confirming there’s no active channel with Tehran right now.

JD Vance pointed to a slow recovery in tanker traffic as evidence Iran’s grip on global energy markets is loosening amid war. Vessels have started moving again through the strait’s southernmost lane, the stretch that keeps the most distance from Iranian shores. Ship-tracking company Kpler counts only a handful of daily crossings now, a steep drop from the roughly 100 ships a day that used the route before the war began.

Moreover, a Labor Day target for average nationwide gas prices to hit $3, floated by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent back in July, has already slipped past without being met. Vance wasn’t willing to name a new date. “I’m not going to make a promise about when it’s going to return to three dollars,” he said.

All in all, what Vance didn’t offer on Thursday was any real marker for how or when the standoff resolves. Both the shooting and the price of gas, by his own account, hinge on choices only Iran can make.

Originally reported by Devanshi Basu on Mandatory.

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Mandy Moore’s Son Is Catching the Music Bug & It’s a ‘Win’ in Her Book

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Mandy Moore has spent decades making music, and now she is watching that passion spark in the next generation. The singer recently opened up about her son Gus’ growing interest in music. She talked about the sweet way he is beginning to explore the family’s musical world.

Mandy Moore’s son is taking an interest in music already, and she thinks it’s ‘fun’

Mandy Moore’s eldest son, five-year-old August “Gus” Harrison Goldsmith, seems to be following his parents’ musical footsteps. Moore shares Gus and two other children with husband Taylor Goldsmith, who is a member of the band Dawes.

The actress tells PEOPLE that Gus is already showing his songwriting skills. “We have a little songwriter in our midst. Our oldest has already written his first album,” she says. “There’s nine songs. It’s only 21 minutes long, but he wants to listen to it in the car.”

According to Moore, Gus often makes up songs and enjoys listening to them afterward. “It’s so much fun,” she said.

Gus’ new album was recorded on his parents’ phones, with Goldsmith playing the piano. Moore credits her husband with influencing Gus’ musical tastes by introducing him to artists such as Tom Petty, David Bowie, the Beatles, and Bob Dylan. “We don’t have to listen to kids’ music per se,” she added. “That’s a win in my book.”

Moore said Gus recently discovered her 1999 hit “Candy” and now wants to hear it during car rides. “I don’t know how or why because I would not play that for him,” she told PEOPLE. However, Gus has become such a fan that Moore has had to put limits on how often the song plays.
“I’ve had to put a moratorium on it,” she joked.

Gus has also noticed a connection between his age and his mother’s during her early music career. Moore recalled him saying, “I’m the same age that you were when you made that song.” She jokingly replied, “No, you’re five, but you are closer probably to that age than I am to that age,”

The actress was 15 when she released her debut album, So Real, in 1999, which featured “Candy.” Now, decades later, her son’s interest in music is giving her a funny reminder of that early chapter in her career.

Originally reported by Dolly Bhamrick on Momtastic.

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