President Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States hit Iran "very hard" overnight, responding to renewed Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz that Trump said derailed talks he described as nearing a breakthrough.

"We hit them very hard last night," Trump told CNN by telephone, in an interview centered mainly on the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham. Trump said the U.S. and Iran had been close to reaching "a deal" on Saturday........

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