
The Guardian - 18 hours 59 min ago
US president says on social media he agreed to suspend attack for two weeks ahead of self-imposed deadline Middle East crisis live updates Donald Trump said Tuesday he has agreed to a two-week ceasefire in Iran. "I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks," the US president wrote on social media. "This will be a double sided CEASEFIRE!" Continue reading...

The Raw Story - 19 hours 19 min ago
A pair of Republican lawmakers broke ranks on Tuesday to bash President Donald Trump's latest threat to Iran. Trump threatened to destroy the entire Iranian "civilization" in a Truth Social post on Tuesday morning if the Iranian regime did not agree to a deal to end the war by the 8:00 p.m. ET deadline that Trump set. Trump has said negotiations are ongoing, and sources told CNN that a deal seems likely to be approved before the deadline. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Rep. Nathaniel...

The Raw Story - 19 hours 35 min ago
Officials said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has boasted how the war in Iran has been successful for the United States and that President Donald Trump has repeated his false claims, according to a Washington Post report on Tuesday. This misleading information has concerned insiders who have worried that these statements have contradicted the actual reality of the military operation. After the rescue of two stranded F-15 service members, it appeared that Hegseth had started to misinform both...

CNBC - 19 hours 40 min ago
President Donald Trump's threats to ramp up the U.S.'s offensive in Iran prompted calls for his impeachment or removal.

The Raw Story - 20 hours 11 min ago
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) got in a fiery exchange with Fox News host Martha MacCallum on Tuesday after she claimed that Iranians broadly support President Donald Trump 's genocidal threats. Khanna joined the conservative network's live broadcast after Trump had posted on his Truth Social platform that "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again" if Iran did not agree to his negotiation by 8 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday. He argued that Trump's comments had...

NBC News - 20 hours 16 min ago
COVINGTON, La. Sen. Bill Cassidy knows Republican voters won't forget his decision to convict President Donald Trump in the Jan. 6 impeachment trial.

The Raw Story - 20 hours 17 min ago
One of President Donald Trump's former national security advisors made a staggering prediction about the president's latest threat to destroy Iran's "civilization" if a deal to end the war is not reached. On Tuesday morning, Trump posted on Truth Social that a "whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again" if Iran does not agree to a deal to end the war. The threat follows Trump's previous statement that he plans to attack civilian infrastructure...

Deadline Hollywood - 20 hours 45 min ago
There are no countdown clocks yet, but news outlets are making viewers well aware of the 8 p.m. ET hour, the deadline that Donald Trump has set for Iran to agree to a deal or face “complete demolition.” CNN is planning a two-hour special edition of AC 360 at 8 p.m., with Anderson Cooper hosting […]...

The Hill - 21 hours 4 min ago
Vice President Vance opposed President Trump authorizing full-scale strikes against Iran, according to a Tuesday report in The New York Times. New reporting by Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman for their forthcoming book "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump" details how Vance expressed skepticism about the U.S. joining Israel in launching a...

Fox News - 21 hours 9 min ago
Todd Blanche addressed DOJ anti-fraud efforts in his first press conference as acting attorney general, saying President Donald Trump would decide whether to keep him in the role.

The Guardian - 21 hours 17 min ago
Alarm among military observers after president says whole civilization will die tonight' if Iran ignores demands US politics live latest updates Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Donald Trump's Tuesday morning comments threatening that "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again" in Iran have raised alarms among military observers and retired officers, who called them "likely war crimes". "I have to hope that this is bluster...

Slate - 21 hours 18 min ago
How do we live our lives when the president openly tweets things like "A whole civilization will die tonight"?...

The Raw Story - 21 hours 25 min ago
President Donald Trump is aware of a Pakistani proposal for a 2-week ceasefire in Iran in exchange for opening the Strait of Hormuz. "Diplomatic efforts for peaceful settlement of the ongoing war in the Middle East are progressing steadily, strongly and powerfully with the potential to lead to substantive results in [the] near future," Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced Tuesday on X. "To allow diplomacy to run its course, I earnestly request President Trump to extend the...

Slate - 21 hours 30 min ago
Here was the dilemma.

Buzz Feed - 21 hours 48 min ago
Dr. Vin Gupta shared a troubling overview of the president's "erratic" behavior following his unhinged threat toward Iran on social media. View Entire Post ›...

The Raw Story - 21 hours 50 min ago
A Republican lawmaker has spoken out against President Donald Trump 's threats to wipe out Iranian civilization . "The United States of America must always be prepared to use overwhelming military force when necessary to defend our national security interests and protect Americans at home and abroad," Rep. Nate Moran (R-TX) posted to X on Tuesday. "And, a President should have the latitude to make decisions to that end, but only to the extent that those decisions are also consistent...

BBC - 22 hours 10 min ago
Tehran had urged people to gather outside potential US and Israeli targets after Donald Trump threatened to attack civilian infrastructure.

BBC - 22 hours 10 min ago
Tehran had urged people to gather outside potential US and Israeli targets after Donald Trump threatened to attack civilian infrastructure.

The Guardian - 22 hours 10 min ago
The US was founded on a pledge to limit the damages of war, even if it has often failed to uphold its commitment Far from expressing remorse for his threat to bomb civilian infrastructure, Donald Trump is doubling down as we approach his deadline for Iranian submission: 8pm ET on Tuesday. It's not enough for the US to achieve a military victory one that continues to elude him, with his stated goals for the war still unmet. Instead, "a whole civilization will die, never to be brought back...

Huffington Post - 22 hours 19 min ago
Trump's declaration that "a whole civilization will die tonight" went a step further than even he has ever gone before.

ABC News - 22 hours 23 min ago
Pope Leo XIV says that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization is "truly unacceptable" and that any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law...

Fox News - 22 hours 26 min ago
Former astronaut Clayton Anderson credited President Donald Trump's entire administration for the Artemis II mission, saying politicizing the lunar accomplishment misses the point.

The Guardian - 22 hours 40 min ago
Comments by US president's son seen as gesture of support for ousted pro-Russian leader Milorad Dodik Donald Trump's eldest son has criticised the EU as "a little bit of a mess" during a visit to Bosnia's Republika Srpska widely seen as a gesture of support for the ousted pro-Russian leader Milorad Dodik. Donald Trump Jr travelled to the Serb-run region's de facto capital, Banja Luka, as the guest of Dodik's son Igor. The visit coincided with remarks by JD Vance in Budapest...

The Raw Story - 22 hours 46 min ago
Right-wing podcast host Megyn Kelly insisted that she wouldn't vote for a Democrat even if President Donald Trump decided to deploy a nuclear weapon. "All I think about when I think about the Democrats is those very unattractive people in Minneapolis," Kelly said on a podcast this week. "That's when I think Democrat, that's what I think." "That's smug, arrogant. I'm better than you. I look down my nose on you. Even though you've done three tours of duty...