Hegseth, Caine holding news briefing after ceasefire announcement

Politics Pete Hegseth, Dan Caine holding press briefing after Trump agrees to 2-week ceasefire with Iran By Caroline Linton Caroline Linton Associate Managing Editor, Politics Caroline Linton is an associate managing editor on the political team for CBSNews.com. She has previously written for The Daily Beast, Newsweek and amNewYork. Read Full Bio Caroline Linton Updated on: April 8, 2026 / 7:31 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine are briefing reporters Wednesday at the Pentagon after President Trump said Tuesday night he'd agreed to an immediate, conditional two-week ceasefire with Iran. After the announcement, there were signs that shipping traffic was picking up in the vital Strait of Hormuz."I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks," Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday, saying that the U.S. has "already met and exceeded all Military objectives."Vice President JD Vance, speaking while on a trip to Hungary, called the ceasefire a "fragile truce." But at least three explosions were heard around Iran's Lavan Island Oil Refinery, the country's state media reported Wednesday, hours after President Trump said the U.S. and Iran had agreed to a conditional two-week ceasefire.It was not immediately clear whether U.S. or Israeli forces had launched new attacks on the island, which sits less than 10 miles off Iran's coast in the Persian Gulf, west of the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz.Israel has also agreed to the ceasefire proposal, a White House official told CBS News. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced late Tuesday night that while Israel supports the United States' two-week ceasefire with Iran, the accord doesn't cover the fighting between Israel's military and Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based Iranian proxy.Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi confirmed that Iran had agreed to halt "defensive operations," likely refer...