US officials believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convinced President Donald Trump to attack Iran during a meeting in February. According to US officials speaking with The New York Times, Netanyahu told Trump on February 11 that the US and Israel...
UPDATE: Israeli sources say Tel Aviv agreed to the ceasefire. Iran said it signed the truce agreement and that reopening the Strait of Hormuz was possible through coordination with the Iranian military. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that Iran had...
President Donald Trump told reporters that the US transferred weapons to an Iranian group. The White House intended for the arms to help overthrow the government in Tehran. However, Trump claims the group kept the weapons for themselves. “We sent some guns. A lot...
President Donald Trump said the entire country of Iran could be destroyed in one night, suggesting he could give the order for the attack on Tuesday. “The entire country [of Iran] can be taken out in one night. That night might be tomorrow night,” the President...
Iranian and Omani officials met to discuss shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. After the US and Israel attacked Iran, Tehran shut down the vital waterway to most tankers. A statement from the Omani Foreign Minister following the talks said both sides put...
$200 billion is not a rounding error, it’s a signal that Washington is settling in for a long Iran war while pretending it can buy its way out of the consequences. We walk through the Pentagon’s latest funding push, why leaders keep hinting the price tag will rise,...
President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off arms sales to Ukraine if NATO members do not join his coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. While Trump halted military aid to Ukraine, he has continued to sell weapons to NATO members, who transfer the arms to...
President Donald Trump said that the “new” President of Iran had accepted a ceasefire with the US. Tehran quickly denied Trump’s statement. “Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United...
The part that doesn’t get said out loud often enough is this: you can be “aligned” in a war and still be on a collision course. We dig into why U.S. goals in Iran and Israel’s goals in Iran don’t just differ, they actively clash and how that clash shows up in...
US commandos accompanied and assisted Ecuadorian soldiers on raids targeting suspected cartels. Two US officials speaking with CBS News confirmed that US special forces were participating in the Ecuadorian operations. They explained that the US soldiers...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that Iran is not engaged in ongoing negotiations with the US. He confirmed that Tehran has received messages from Washington. “I receive messages from [US special envoy Steve] Witkoff directly, as before, and this does...
America’s Gulf Arab allies, led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, are pushing President Donald Trump to continue the war against Iran until a decisive outcome is reached. According to US, Gulf, and Israeli officials speaking with The Associated Press, Saudi Arabia, the...
