Inside Scoop newsletter: Downed jet complicates Trump’s narrative

Two U.S. military jets and two helicopters were struck by Iran after the Trump administration says control of the airspace is within reach.

The Iranian military may not be as weakened as President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have said. An F-15E fighter jet and other aircraft were struck today in Iran as the Strait of Hormuz remains a confounding bottleneck. We are digging into this on “Here’s the Scoop” and below with foreign correspondent Raf Sanchez, who is reporting from Qatar.

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