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There is no guesswork when it comes to President Donald Trump's objectives with Iran, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said.

Mayor says ‘violence has no place in our city’ as president criticizes governor for not accepting national guard troops...

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Donald Trump has long avoided political damage for his own party from repeated allegations of graft and conflicts of interest. In this year’s midterm elections, Democrats are betting that they can finally exact a price.

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

The president said the officials "would not have a country" if they closed the Strait of Hormuz...

Despite extracting extraordinary concessions, the reaction inside Iran isn’t entirely jubilant. Past betrayals are too recent to forget.

Hawks don’t understand what diplomacy is: Both sides give something up and both sides get something in return.

The Vermont senator's American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act would also create an entirely new regulatory regime for the tech industry.

Some of the president’s strongest supporters are hurting as midterm elections approach.

If the regime can’t be dislodged by force, maybe it can be bribed.

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Several of Ukraine’s top officials said they would return Polish state awards after the President Karol Nawrocki stripped his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the country’s highest state honor, deepening a row over the commemoration of controversial World War II fighters.

Ukraine has denounced the move, calling it a "strategic mistake" and "disrespectful".

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is reportedly on his way to Switzerland as the U.S. gears up for potential nuclear talks with Iran.

President Karol ‌Nawrocki earlier stripped Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Poland's top honor over a historical dispute over World War Two.

The conflict’s ambiguous end is likely to encourage miscalculations.

There are many questions unresolved in the latest ceasefire deal and many ways the conflict could begin again.

Though he’s navigating a tricky assignment, the vice president has been in good spirits and relishing a media blitz that has included “The View” and the White House briefing room.

The agreement followed concerns that continued clashes would undermine the deal to end the war between the US and Iran.

The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 211 since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in early September.

The U.S. military has attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three people.

The U.S. is allowing ships to enter and exit Iranian ports and coastal areas as the countries move to a new phase of negotiations over the next 60 days.

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

President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a copy of the US-Iran agreement that aims to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war. Follow for live updates.

Swing voters from Wisconsin share their thoughts on the Iran war, high prices and how they're feeling about America at its 250th year marker.

Trump shouldn’t let his desire to extract himself from the military conflict he initiated lead to delusional thinking about the nature of our longtime enemy.

President Trump denied that the United States would be part of a $300 billion rebuilding fund for Iran and argued that his agreement was better than the one Barack Obama struck in 2015.

Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz inflicted global pain during the months-long conflict with the U.S. and Israel. A tentative deal is in place, but questions remain about the key waterway.

US negotiators are working to quickly release the text of the agreement between Washington and Tehran, even as they downplay the significance of the specific language in the document, US officials told CNN.

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The US and Iran are expected to formally sign a memorandum of understanding on June 19 in Switzerland, paving the way for 60 days of talks aimed at ending their war for good and putting strict new limits on Iran’s nuclear program.

The Senate narrowly rejected a war powers resolution on Iran as President Trump touts a framework agreement with Tehran to end the monthslong conflict.

The details are not clear, but some observers see shades of the JCPOA in the emerging contours of a deal.

The new pact between the U.S. and Iran seeks to rewind the clock to the day before the war. ​​​​​​...

The deal is a major breakthrough in the conflict that set the Middle East aflame and shook the global economy. However, it did not resolve critical issues set aside for further negotiations.

President Donald Trump arrives in France on Monday for the summit of leading industrialized nations, where the wars in Ukraine and Iran will top the agenda.

Iranian media cites a “knowledgeable source” who says the U.S. peace deal allows Tehran to charge tolls for the Strait of Hormuz.

White House officials said the U.S. signed an Iran MOU reopening Hormuz and lifting the blockade, but sanctions relief and frozen assets will be tied to Iran’s performance.

The deal to end fighting and re-open the Strait of Hormuz leaves the sides where they were 24 hours before the war - only with thousands now dead.

President Donald Trump made a bargain with the American people: The Iran war will deliver lasting security gains in exchange for temporary financial pains.

The data reflect a troubling trend: The families of America’s service members are exhausted.

Iran has demonstrated its ability to hold out, sometimes for years, for what it wants, while the U.S., with its two- and four-year election cycles, has limited patience.

While most aspects of the Iran deal are ambiguous at this point, its abandonment of Iranians is sadly clear.

The gathering was originally expected to be a meeting focused on a variety of separate economic and security issues.

President Donald Trump announced that a deal with Iran will be signed on Sunday, ahead of his departure for the G7 in France.

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President Donald Trump will meet with US partners in the Middle East at the Group of Seven leaders’ summit in France, underscoring the outsized role the war in Iran continues to play as European allies grapple with the global economic fallout.

An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said the signing of a framework agreement between Washington and Tehran will “not be tomorrow” but could take place in the “coming days.” Follow for live updates.

Ukraine's General Staff said that its forces had hit an oil preparation and pumping station overnight in Russia's Volgograd region.

EU nations agreed on Friday to open membership talks with Ukraine, officially launching the process for the country to join the bloc.

Spurred by The Intercept's reporting, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse calls out DHS for ICE recruiting materials celebrated by white nationalists.

Senator Tommy Tuberville is facing a residency challenge that could prevent him from running for governor of Alabama.

The two sides say they are close to an agreement to end a war that has left everyone badly bruised.

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 United States emerged as India's top supplier of liquified natural gas (LNG) in May, CNBC reported on Thursday.

A deal would extend the ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a source says, but Iran has yet to confirm despite President Donald Trump saying it may be signed soon. Follow here for live updates.

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In the space of a few hours on Thursday, President Donald Trump revived — and then quickly abandoned — a threat he’s made several times in the course of the Iran conflict: capturing Kharg Island, a vital center of Iranian energy infrastructure.

Iran says it responded to US strikes by targeting American assets in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, which reported damage to its capital city overnight.

The U.S. military launched a wave of strikes against targets in Iran on Wednesday after Trump said Tehran has been dragging out negotiations.

Even as progressives and party leaders rally around the Maine Democrat, senators like Catherine Cortez Masto and Mark Kelly are wary.

President Trump’s reputation as a self-described master negotiator is on the line as his push to bring an end to the Iran war is beset by missed deadlines and setbacks on the ground. The war,…...

The congresswoman finished fifth in the state’s GOP gubernatorial primary, according to unofficial returns, solidly losing even her own home county and district.

Ripple effects from the war in Iran are threatening millions more of the most vulnerable people with crisis levels of hunger or worse, World Food Program (WFP) acting Executive Director Carl Skau told CNN.

Iran is.

Earlier, Trump confirmed the two pilots in the U.S. helicopter are unharmed and safe.

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.

California Democratic senator says Blanche ‘has been unable to put aside his role as Donald Trump’s criminal defense lawyer and represent the American people instead’...

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Iran and Israel agreed to ease strikes against each other after a flare-up in violence threatened to derail peace negotiations and led President Donald Trump to appeal for de-escalation.

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The Pentagon accused some of China’s biggest companies including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Baidu Inc. and BYD Co. of supporting the Chinese military, doubling down on an earlier decision to label crown jewels of the country’s corporate world as threats to US national security.

President Donald Trump is reportedly moving to rein in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Israel launched a strike at Lebanon.

Trump earlier urged Netanyahu not to retaliate, according to a US official. He also said he warned Iran to “get back” to the negotiation table. Follow live updates.

President Trump’s boasts of securing a commitment from Iranian leaders not to develop a nuclear weapon have puzzled nuclear experts who note that Tehran has made that pledge for more than 50 years.

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

The president has not yet endorsed Representative Mike Collins or Derek Dooley, a former football coach, in the race to challenge the Democratic senator, Jon Ossoff.

Residents in Russia’s largest cities have largely been sheltered from the daily realities of the war with Ukraine. But Kyiv’s long-range attacks are changing that.

In an effort to streamline operations, military faith recognitions went from 200+ to 31, mostly Christian beliefs...

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The Trump administration is seeking to steer Iranian assets toward helping US allies in the Persian Gulf rebuild from damage inflicted by Tehran, and to repair any future destruction.

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.

Ukraine launched extensive drone attacks against Russian refineries and military facilities early on Saturday, including several in the St. Petersburg area.

Even Russia’s leading warmonger has run out of ways to justify the Ukraine invasion.

Eighteen G.O.P. lawmakers broke with their party and joined Democrats to deliver yet another blow to the president’s foreign policy agenda.