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I'm Ed Donahue with an AP News Minute.

Stocks finished higher, the Dow up 305 points.

White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt responded to the Iranian rejection of a

U.S. plan to pause the fighting.

President Trump will ensure they are hit harder than they have ever been hit before.

President Trump does not bluff, and he is prepared to unleash hell.

Attacks on Iran continue.

Me time in Egypt.

The escalation is serving the interest of nobody.

Foreign Minister Abdullabi says they have been talking to Iran's foreign minister.

It's not secret.

We are declaring that in order to mediate and to de-escalate and to encourage Iran to be

more forthcoming with regard to negotiations and sitting down with Americans.

Iran issued a counter-proposal to the U.S., which includes reparations for the war,

and Iran's sovereignty over the strait of Hormuz.

I'm Ed Donahue.