The New York Times said the Pentagon released what it called a new "interim" policy defying an earlier court ruling.
President Trump is using Christian rhetoric to rally core supporters behind the increasingly unpopular war with Iran, religious and political experts say.
A U.S. official said several U.S. Navy ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz; three supertankers passed through, shipping data showed.
It marked the beginning of a new phase in Democrats' pressure campaign in Congress to pull U.S. forces from the Middle East war.
Tehran said it responded to a continued U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, calling it a violation of their ceasefire.
Trump's approval rating held at the lowest of his term in recent days, the Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
It's another wartime shakeup at the Pentagon just weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ousted the Army's top general.