{
    "author": null,
    "date_published": null,
    "dek": null,
    "direction": "ltr",
    "domain": "www.middleeastmonitor.com",
    "excerpt": "President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the US has \u201cvirtually total control\u201d of the Strait of Hormuz, while claiming that oil shipments through the strategically important waterway have surged to…",
    "lead_image_url": "https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/AA-20260302-40714079-40714075-TRUMP_MONITORS_MILITARY_OPERATIONS_AT_WHITE_HOUSE-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&w=640",
    "next_page_url": null,
    "rendered_pages": 1,
    "title": "US has \u2018virtually total control\u2019 of Strait of Hormuz: Trump",
    "total_pages": 1,
    "url": "https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260930-us-has-virtually-total-control-of-strait-of-hormuz-trump/",
    "word_count": 187
}