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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.

The president’s deeply unpopular Middle East war has dragged on into its third month.

The president’s team is getting multiple warnings about looming backlash to rising costs.

China orders firms to defy U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil in what analysts call an unprecedented escalation of Beijing's resistance to Washington.

The president threatened that Iran would be “blown off the face of the earth.”...

Oil prices plunged around midday on Wednesday as reports emerged that the U.S. and Iran are nearing an agreement on a one-page memorandum that could result in the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.…...

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina floated the idea of further U.S. military attacks against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the rising cost of the Iran war under fiery questioning from Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday.&n…...

Iran’s president calls the US siege 'intolerable' as Donald Trump says war may resume.

The vice president is concerned about the reality of Donald Trump’s war in Iran.

Trump gives shoot and kill order for boats putting mines in Strait of Hormuz; Chevron CEO expects air travel disruptions due to jet fuel shortage.

The world is staring down the “biggest energy security threat” it has ever seen, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Thursday. “We are facing the biggest energy security threat i…...

Thought the summer travel season was looking bad? Brace yourself: It could get even worse.

As the weekend approached, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal to end the seven-week war.

Roger Carstens, former lead hostage negotiator, warns Iran is untrustworthy as the Trump administration considers new round of peace talks in Pakistan.

The fate of the Iran war centers on highly enriched uranium, an essential ingredient for nuclear weapons. A post-Soviet-era operation that could inform a U.S. recovery mission in Iran.

Rep. Elise Stefanik pushes back on Jake Tapper's claim that Trump's rhetoric toward Iran amounted to a call for genocide in heated CNN exchange.

Iran said it has opened the Strait of Hormuz and President Trump said the regime is very close to making a deal. He told CBS News' Weijia Jiang that Iran had agreed to virtually everything the U.S. pushed for when the war started. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab and Eleanor Watson report.

President Trump has repeatedly claimed that the war with Iran is "almost over." He has also stated multiple times that the U.S. is close to accomplishing "all of its goals" in Iran. CBS News' Robert Costa reports and Michael Doran, director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at ...

U.S. Central Command said Wednesday that nine ships have obeyed orders from American forces while attempting to break a blockade of Iranian ports.

Iran’s military has threatened shipping in the Red Sea if the US continues its blockade of Iranian ports, as President Donald Trump suggests talks could resume this week in Pakistan. Follow for live news updates.

There is still a long way to go in changing European and many U.S. perceptions of the first branch of its government.

Former Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday denounced President Trump’s threatening posts about Iran as sounding like the “prelude to becoming one of the greatest war criminals in hi…...

Iran-U.S. negotiations fell apart after Tehran misjudged its leverage, a U.S. official says, as Vice President JD Vance departed Pakistan without a deal.

Trump said the U.S. blockade will stop Iran from policing the strait and benefiting economically while the rest of the world suffers from its closure.

Vice President JD Vance is traveling to Pakistan to helm talks aimed at solidifying the fragile truce between the US and Iran — and in the process, elevate himself as the key peacemaker within an administration that has devoted its last several weeks to war.

Critics wonder if this is America’s “Suez moment,” when a leading power signals the start of its international decline.

Anthony L. Fisher: Iran’s ruling regime has not only survived, but Trump’s war may also make it an even wealthier and more influential regional power.

Trump used to rail against presidents not showing ‘backbone,’ Eric Garcia writes. Now, he has pulled another ‘TACO’...

U.S. President Donald Trump pulls back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran, swerving to deescalate the war less than two hours before the deadline he set for Tehran to capitulate.

Israeli strikes have hit central Beirut without warning, causing panic after the announcement of the ceasefire in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

The president has abandoned yet another deadline.

Some of Trump’s biggest supporters are urging someone in the White House to stop him.

Trump fired off a bloodthirsty threat as his deadline looked destined to pass without a deal being struck.

Iran's regime calls on youth to form human shields around power plants as Trump's deadline nears and he warns "a whole civilization will die tonight."...

As Trump's deadline for Iran to open Hormuz nears, Tehran says will respond in kind to attacks on civilian facilities.

President Trump and other senior officials on Monday shared new information about the rescues of two U.S. airmen whose F-15 fighter jet was shot down last Friday in Iran. Tony Dokoupil anchored CBS News' special report on the president's news conference.

Dr. Vin Gupta shared a troubling overview of the president's "erratic" behavior following his unhinged threat toward Iran on social media.

For the Iranians, the Air Force colonel whose fighter jet had been shot down was possible leverage. For the U.S. military, finding him was a moral imperative.

U.S. president turns to threats and bluster as efforts to open Strait of Hormuz continue to fail...

Hiding alone in a mountain crevice behind enemy lines, the injured American airman knew exactly what to do: survive and evade.

The 79-year-old president has yet to address the public on a U.S. service member being hunted in Iran.

US President Donald Trump said this week that Iran’s new leadership is “less radical and much more reasonable.” Trump and the Pentagon have repeatedly claimed that regime change has happened.

The forces give Trump military options in Iran, including operations that could target opening the Strait of Hormuz, take oil from Kharg Island or seize Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium, sources said.

When Iran’s covert nuclear program came to international attention over two decades ago, Tehran insisted that its intentions were peaceful and that it had no plans to develop nuclear weapons.