
Mother Jones - 18 hours 50 min ago
When Donald Trump announced the launch of his war on Iran in a videotaped message, he declared he was “eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime.” If there were indications that Tehran was about to strike American targets, that would have been reflected in US intelligence reports. Yet a member of the House intelligence committee, […]...

The Guardian - 19 hours 11 min ago
Donald Trump has insisted that Israel did not put pressure on the US to launch the initial strikes over the weekend, telling reporters that Iran 'was going to attack first'. The US president also threatened to cut off all trade with Spain after the Nato ally refused Washington permission for two jointly operated bases in southern Spain to be used in US strikes on Iran US politics - live updates Continue reading...

Fox News - 19 hours 18 min ago
Legal scholars say President Donald Trump's authority to act against Iran's imminent threat tracks constitutional precedent, with Marco Rubio defending the operation.

The Guardian - 19 hours 24 min ago
Despite rebukes from Donald Trump, many MPs back Keir Starmer's stance so far, and say lessons from conflict in Iraq must not be forgotten Calvin Bailey keeps his Iraq medal, issued to members of the British armed forces who served as part of Operation Telic, safe in a drawer in his home. It features a clasp, given to personnel who were part of the very first wave of flights to leave British bases to invade Iraq in March 2003. So when the Labour MP for Leyton and Wanstead spoke at a meeting...

The Independent - 19 hours 27 min ago
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's efforts to halt New York's first-in-the-nation congestion fee on drivers entering Manhattan...

The Guardian - 19 hours 28 min ago
US president claims they want to talk. I said: Too Late!', while Rubio threatens the hardest hits are yet to come' US-Israel war on Iran live updates Israel and the US intensified their attacks on Iran on Tuesday, launching waves of strikes targeting command and control facilities, strategic state offices and missile launch sites, as Donald Trump said he had rejected what he claimed was an attempt by Tehran to restart negotiations. Iran retaliated with hundreds of missile and drone attacks...

The Guardian - 19 hours 30 min ago
US president suggests worst-case result of ayatollah's assassination would be regime change that fails to relieve Iran's repression Donald Trump said his biggest fear in the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran would be regime change that brought in leadership "as bad as the previous person". At an Oval Office news conference with the visiting German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, the US president was asked by a reporter about the "worst-case scenario" of the risky operation...

The Hill - 19 hours 43 min ago
President Trump on Tuesday said there was no evacuation plan for Americans in the Middle East because the joint strikes launched on Iran by the U.S. and Israel "happened very quickly." "We thought and I thought, maybe more so than most, I could ask [Secretary of State Marco Rubio], but I thought we were going...

The Guardian - 19 hours 44 min ago
From the Chagos Islands to windmills' and sharia law, the US president's comments do not bear much scrutiny Donald Trump has been opining about the UK again, saying on Tuesday that Keir Starmer was "not Winston Churchill" and repeating his complaint about the deal to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Here are some recent things the US president has said about British issues, and how they compare with reality. Continue reading...

The Hill - 19 hours 46 min ago
Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to President Trump, is describing his "utterly surreal" escape from the Middle East amid the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. Bruesewitz was in Doha, Qatar, "just as the Iranian attacks erupted, leaving me stranded amid the chaos," he wrote in a Monday post on the social platform X that included video...

Fox News - 20 hours 17 min ago
President Donald Trump said Iran is "running out of launchers" to conduct missile strikes because "they're being decimated," according to Politico.

ABC News - 20 hours 26 min ago
President Donald Trump pushed back on the idea that Israel forced the Trump administration's hand to attack Iran, telling ABC News that Iran was "going to attack if we didn't do it."...

The Independent - 20 hours 38 min ago
Donald Trump offered little in the way of an optimistic view of Iran's future on Monday during a bilateral meeting with German Chanceller Friedrich Merz at the White House.

Advocate - 20 hours 46 min ago
President Donald Trump announced Monday that he plans to attend this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner, an event he boycotted throughout his entire first term and in the first year of his second term, while regularly dismissing the press as "fake news" and the "enemy of the people." It would mark his first appearance at the dinner as a sitting president.

BBC - 20 hours 47 min ago
President Donald Trump criticised Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the UK's initial response to US-Israeli strikes on Iran.

The Independent - 21 hours 8 min ago
Satellite images of Iran's Natanz nuclear facility taken on Monday show several damaged buildings, compared with imagery from the previous day, along with additional damage across the facility's complex...

NBC News - 21 hours 11 min ago
The Justice Department reversed course on Tuesday, telling an appeals court it wanted to continue its battle over executive orders targeting law firms targeted by President Donald Trump...

ABC News - 21 hours 23 min ago
The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has fueled a disagreement between U.S. President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer...

The Independent - 21 hours 24 min ago
European and US markets fell deep into the red as the escalating conflict reverberated across global markets.

Daily Signal - 21 hours 31 min ago
President Donald Trump said Iran would have attacked first if the United States didn’t act. “They were going to attack,” Trump said. “If we didn’t... Read More The post Iran Would Have Attacked First, Trump Says appeared first on The Daily Signal .

The Raw Story - 21 hours 49 min ago
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Israel did not pressure the United States to launch strikes against Iran . Trump was meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and speaking about the conflict with Iran at the White House when he took questions from reporters inside the Oval Office. He claimed that Iran's navy, air force and radar technology had been "knocked out." "I might have forced their hand," Trump said. "You see, we were having negotiations with these lunatics...

The Guardian - 21 hours 57 min ago
With the US and Israel apparently without a postwar plan for the country, we explore four possible scenarios Middle East crisis live updates Piecing together what US and Israeli officials have said about the attack on Iran, its objectives appear to be to inflict maximum damage on the pillars of the country's power, specifically its nuclear and missile programmes and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The ultimate objective however, as repeatedly expressed by Donald Trump at least...

NBC News - 21 hours 59 min ago
President Donald Trump said he "might have forced Israel's hand" in striking Iran after believing the Iranians would attack first based on progress in negotiations over the nuclear program.

Huffington Post - 22 hours 19 min ago
One commander had a "big grin" on his face while saying Donald Trump "has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran," a service member said.