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The White House and Pentagon have prepared plans to use a Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb to hit military sites in Iran if ordered by President Trump, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

Iran's Houthi allies launch a new attack on Saudi Arabia and promise more to come as Trump considers U.S. action on the new front line in the wider Mideast war.

Marine veteran Joslin Joseph argues that the Trump administration’s proposal to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter reflects a regression in American values driven by a fear of …...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was caught calling the war in Iran the No. 1 drag on his Senate bid in the third major audio leak of his campaign in recent weeks.

The outspoken president was suddenly short on words.

Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were among the officials to meet on Friday to discuss a path forward.

Trump said he doesn't believe "you could ever have peace" with Iran, and renewed his threat to resume U.S. attacks after the midterms.

Iran recently offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart nuclear talks — but Trump confirmed he had rejected the deal.

After a heated week at the U.N. General Assembly, a new ceasefire proposal between the U.S. and Iran came and apparently went.

Iran has shared a seven-day plan with the U.S. to end fighting between the two countries, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart talks for a final peace deal, Tehran’s foreign minister told …...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal but faces backlash for silence on Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian at UNGA.

Reza Valizadeh, a U.S.-Iranian dual citizen and former journalist for U.S.-funded broadcaster Radio Farda, has been imprisoned in Iran since September 2024.

CBS News' Tom Hanson took an exclusive tour of the USS George Washington, one of two U.S. aircraft carriers in the region launching attacks against Iran.

Iranian forces in recent days have brought down at least two American MQ-1 unmanned aircraft, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

An Iran-linked adversary used Claude AI to try to target U.S. naval forces, Anthropic revealed in a recent report.

The first-of-its-kind report acknowledges the military's munition shortfall and details some of the losses of American assets so far as part of Operation Epic Fury.

In his first interview, Bravo, an Air Force colonel who was shot down in Iran, told 60 Minutes his story of survival and provided new details about the rescue operation.

Diesel hit a record of $5.85 a gallon Friday, eclipsing its prior mark of $5.81, set in June 2022.

“If (Trump) wants to do something, we will retaliate in a seismic manner,” the new secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, said last weekend.

President Trump has declared a national emergency seeking to block some foreign equipment from being used in the U.S. electric grid. Trump, in a Wednesday executive order, said foreign supply …...

Pouria Zeraati, a dissident who was living in London, was stabbed by a group of Romanian thugs. His case is part of a widening campaign by the Iranian regime to silence its detractors.

Trump declared "economic warfare" against Iran, warning that any nation or business providing a financial lifeline to the regime will face severe, unprecedented sanctions.

The USS George Washington aircraft carrier departed Vietnam last week and is headed to the Middle East to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, according to a U.S. official.

The Pentagon's fiscal 2027 budget quadruples PAC-3 MSE and THAAD interceptor requirements after years of modest procurement left defenses strained.

Cyberattacks on U.S. water systems that officials suspect may be linked to Iran-backed hackers have been reported in at least a dozen states, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

John Fetterman will appear on Stewart’s “Weekly Show” podcast.

Malicious cyber activity affected technology at water systems in at least seven states this week, including Minnesota, leading authorities to dig into whether Iranian actors are behind the attack, CBS News has learned.

As the perceived disparity between incomes and inflation continues to grow, new CBS News polling shows many Americans don't feel relief coming from Republicans or Democrats. CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto breaks down the findings.

Four U.S. service members who were listed in a Pentagon casualties database as having died during the Iran war are now listed as "Overseas Operations Casualties."...

Trump's Iran campaign now focuses on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but no clear conditions exist for ending strikes as nuclear talks stall.

The national average for a gallon of gas reached $4.003 on Monday, the first time in over a month it has crossed that threshold, AAA data shows.

A U.S. service member was killed in northern Iraq on Saturday during a “controlled detonation” of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone, the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) …...

As the agriculture industry in Louisiana contends with major energy cost hikes brought on by the Iran war, some farmers are unsure if their businesses will survive.

Iran's attacks on commercial shipping sent oil prices higher, but alternative routes and rising OPEC+ production may be weakening Iran's leverage.

Six Americans were killed in the March 1 Iranian strike on a tactical operations center in Kuwait.

The president also confused Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he was seated next to, and the Ukrainian president’s arch foe, Vladimir Putin, in the same session...

The latest government data reveals that U.S. airlines spent $6.66 billion on jet fuel in May 2026.

Iranians chant 'Death to Trump' at Khamenei funeral, calling for revenge amid ongoing US-Iran tensions.

The U.S. carried out a new round of strikes Sunday local time in response to "Iranian aggression against commercial shipping," CENTCOM says.

The president’s agreement with Iran is on shaky ground.

President Donald Trumpwas furious about a Senate vote to rein him in on Iran, a source said. Tensions remain high after his sudden refusal to sign a landmark housing bill. Follow for live news updates.

“They are adapting faster than us,” Brett Velicovich, drone expert and founder of Powerus told The Post.

Even though an agreement has been reached, nations around the world will be feeling the effects of the Iran war for some time.

On her final day as director of national intelligence Friday, Tulsi Gabbard released damning declassified evidence accusing Dr. Anthony Fauci of causing the COVID-19 pandemic.

He’s back to threatening to bomb Iran two days after declaring a “historic breakthrough.”...

Trump says Iran having missiles may be OK if neighbors have them, a different tone than officials who cited missiles as a reason for Epic Fury.

An initial wave of ships exiting the Strait of Hormuz after it officially reopened on Thursday seems to have slowed down.

The president insists the U.S. defeated Iran “totally militarily.”...

Republican Senators Bill Cassidy, Thom Tillis, Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton have been critical of the 14-point memorandum of understanding signed on Wednesday.

Critics call Trump's Iran deal one of the most humiliating in U.S. diplomatic history, citing billions in concessions for few Iranian commitments.

Trump expressed frustration with Netanyahu for messing up war plans on his birthday.

The president’s top goons are locked in a bitter behind-the-scenes battle.

Vance tells Fox News Digital the U.S.-Iran deal tests whether Tehran will trade decades of isolation for sanctions relief and renewed Western ties.

Iran's foreign minister said a deal has "never been closer" and that the details of a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. will be shared publicly "in due course."...

The U.S. military said it launched new strikes ​against Iran on Tuesday after ‌President Donald Trump vowed to respond to the downing of a U.S. ​Apache attack helicopter overnight, in ​the latest escalation between Washington ⁠and Tehran threatening a fragile ​ceasefire.

The two crew members were rescued by a sea drone in the first such operation ever carried out by the U.S. military, officials told CBS News.

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are reshaping the region—just not as they imagined.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimates that, even if the U.S. and Iran soon reach a permanent ceasefire, worldwide economic growth will continue to suffer at least into 2027, and perhaps beyond.

Harry Enten reveals just how much support for the president’s Middle East war is crumbling.

Pakistan is facing a delicate balancing act after emerging as an unlikely liaison between Donald Trump and Tehran—and taking advantage of a new transactional model of diplomacy under the U.S. President.

The US launched self-defense strikes on Iranian radar strikes in response to “aggression” shown by the clerical regime – while Tehran says it retaliated by striking an air base used by the US amid …...

Lebanon has pledged to bring all weapons under state control. But in the face of continued Israeli attacks, Hezbollah refuses to hand over its munitions.

Former national security adviser John Bolton sharply criticized the Trump administration’s approach to negotiating with Iran, calling a tentative deal under consideration “mistake” driven by Presid…...

A tentative agreement between the US and Iran would lift constrictions on the Strait of Hormuz and start a negotiation period on Tehran’s nuclear program, sources said. Follow live updates.

Trump says that a deal to end the war with Iran is imminent. On key issues, it’s back to square one—or worse.

There is broad commitment on the principles of a deal, a senior Trump administration official said, and the administration feels positive about where things stand.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sparred with one of President Trump’s outside advisers on social media Saturday after indicating he was “deeply concerned” about the terms of an emerging deal between the U.…...

Iran says it's considering the latest U.S. peace offer, as President Trump says he's willing to wait "a couple of days" for a response.

More than $1 billion has been bet online on military decisions and outcomes this year on Polymarket. Some wagers have been suspiciously timed, with information seemingly coming from insiders.

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a former ally of President Trump who has since sparred with him over multiple issues, on Sunday predicted “political revolution in” the U.S. if there are…...

Two days of talks in Washington between Lebanon and Israel produced an extension of the current ceasefire by 45 days.

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President Donald Trump said the US objective of recovering highly enriched uranium from Iran was “more for public relations than it is for anything else,” while reiterating his commitment to removing the nuclear material.

How the President’s insistence on Tehran’s unconditional surrender made it impossible to make a deal.

Trump says he expects a long talk with Xi Jinping about Iran this week as the issue looms over a summit originally focused on trade and technology.

The president deployed the National Guard to Washington on the premise that they would help crack down on crime.