British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said that the United Kingdom does not support joining air operations against the Islamic Republic of Iran, despite joining defensive operations in the region. “This government does not believe in regime change from the skies,”
John Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser, criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, accusing him of muddling the administration's message regarding the goals of the weekend's U.S. strikes against Iran. “Pete Hegseth needs to check with his boss
12:30 Report is The Hill's midday newsletter. Subscribe here. 🪖 Plus: Hegseth’s fiery press conference on Iran {beacon} It’s Monday. Welcome back. So much has happened since my last edition on Friday. Whew, let’s get into it. In today's issue: Trump won’t rule out boots on
The Trump administration has developed a two-fold approach to addressing the barriers to U.S. food and agricultural exports, including negotiating trade deals and promoting U.S. agricultural exports around the globe.
Tech company Anthropic restored service to its artificial intelligence chatbot Claude after a nearly three-hour outage Monday that affected thousands, the company said in a statement. “Claude is back up and running across claude.ai and our apps. We're grateful to our users as
Two people were killed and three others were injured in a road-rage stabbing on I-495 in Fairfax County, Virginia, and the suspect was shot and killed by a trooper in self-defense.
President Donald Trump is warning that “the big one” is still coming for Iran. CNN’s Jake Tapper on Monday recounted a nine-minute phone call with Trump, including a chilling message from the president for the people of Iran. “Right now we want everyone staying inside, it’s not
Democrats must hold Trump accountable for his actions in Iran, ensuring that any regime change is complete and democratic, or risk repeating past mistakes of supporting oppressive regimes.
President Trump wants to use his kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as a template for his current plan for regime change in Iran. Fox News’s Brett Baier reported this development after speaking with the president on Monday morning. “He said there is a plan. He
The United Nations top nuclear watchdog on Monday rebutted allegations by an Iranian diplomat that U.S. and Israeli strikes have targeted the Natanz nuclear facility in the country. Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told reporters that
The U.S. Embassy in Lebanon is urging Americans to leave the country, as fighting breaks out between Israel and Hezbollah after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran. In a Monday advisory, the embassy said U.S. citizens should “depart Lebanon now while commercial flight
The Democratic Party must recognize the role of the far-left wing of their party in their loss to Trump and take steps to remove the faction that allowed Trump to paint everyone on the left as more deranged than his own unhinged brand of populism.
Attacking Iran has severely diminished America’s air defense supplies, a predictable outcome that has Pentagon officials panicking mere days into the conflict. Donald Trump declared war on Iran without congressional approval early Saturday. He has so far failed to provide a
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth basically admitted during a press conference Monday that he doesn’t care about military rules of engagement, and is grateful that Israel doesn’t either. “Israel has clear missions as well for which we are grateful. Capable partners, as we’ve
President Trump said Monday the U.S. operation in Iran is “ahead of schedule,” noting the “big wave” has yet to take place in the operation. “I don’t want to see it go on too long,” Trump said in a phone interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I always thought it would be four
The wife of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died after her husband was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Saturday, according to Iranian state television. In a post on the social platform X Monday morning, Iranian state television outlet Press TV said
The brazen lack of accountability for the rich and well-connected undermines public faith in our democracy.
Iranian-backed militias across the Middle East carried out strikes against American forces and partners across the region, a new escalation following the U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran, which killed the country’s supreme leader and much of its military leadership. An
Did President Donald Trump order a deadly military strike on a girls’ elementary school in Iran because the Pentagon was using an out-of-date map? At least 175 people were killed Saturday in an attack on Shajarah Tayyebeh, a girls’ primary school in Minab, a southern town miles
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered a fiery defense Monday of the U.S. operations in Iran, arguing the Trump administration can achieve its objectives without being “foolish” about it. Hegseth during his remarks at a press conference appeared to push back on any arguments
Three U.S. fighter jets were shot down over Kuwait in what the U.S. Central Command described as a “friendly fire incident.” Each pilot involved reportedly ejected from their jet and survived. “At 11:03 p.m. ET, March 1, three U.S. F-15E Strike Eagles flying in support of
The stock market opened with losses Monday as oil prices spiked in the wake of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 400 points, falling 0.9 percent shortly after the market opened. The S&P 500 index was down 0.6 percent, and the
A new survey found that Americans are split on whether U.S. strikes on Iran were necessary, as the Middle Eastern conflict enters its third day. The Morning Consult poll, released late Saturday night, found that 41 percent of registered voters said that “Operation Epic Fury”
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It's science: White liberals systematically present themselves as less competent when speaking to Black audiences.
President Trump during a White House event on Monday morning is expected to address the U.S. military operation in Iran. The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran early Saturday, putting a renewed focus on U.S. military operations. Trump called for regime change in
Donald Trump declared war against Iran over the weekend, killing dozens of people in the country’s senior leadership in the process, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Yet Trump still doesn’t have a clear reason for doing so—or a plan for what to do next. The
Iran was not planning to attack U.S. military personnel or bases in the Persian Gulf unless Israel struck first, sources in the Pentagon told Congress Sunday. The revelation undercuts the White House’s claim the day before that Iran was an imminent threat to the U.S. with plans
The FBI is investigating a fatal bar shooting in Texas on Sunday as a possible terrorist act. The Associated Press, citing a law enforcement source, reported that two people were killed and 14 were injured in Austin at a bar by a gunman dressed in clothing that had “Property of
Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are working to end the Castro regime in Cuba, with Rubio secretly negotiating with the ruling family, while Trump casts himself as a hero and promises to help Cuban Americans return to their home country.
President Donald Trump dodged questions about his illegal war with Iran to praise two new statues in his paved-over Rose Garden. Arriving back at the White House Sunday evening, Trump was peppered with questions from reporters about his illegal —and sudden—aerial bombing
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday left the door open for boots on the ground in Iran, but said the United States would not be pulled into an “endless” war similar to Iraq. Hegseth was asked during a press briefing whether the U.S. currently had troops in Iran. “No, but
Democrats have taken a political beating in recent years because they’ve failed to articulate an agenda that inspires voters, especially those in the struggling middle class. In short, they’ve lacked a unifying vision for the nation.
The tariffs have been cited as a driving force behind inflation and the rising prices of everything from groceries to clothing and cars. If the tariffs are thrown out, does that mean we'll see prices start to plummet?
Five years ago, I visited the border town of McAllen, Texas and saw the chaos. A caravan of more migrants than I could count was crossing the McAllen-Hidalgo footbridge into the U.S. They had walked hundreds of miles up Mexico’s cartel-controlled routes. All had been exploited,
A reminder that a well-executed speech does not always translate into a political windfall.
President Trump on Monday said Iran's growth of its ballistic missile program, plus its resumption of trying to build a nuclear weapon, warranted the U.S. and Israeli attacks that began Saturday and took out the nation's supreme leader. "An Iranian regime armed with long-range
A fourth U.S. service member has been killed in the U.S. military operation against Iran, officials said early Monday. In a post on the social platform X, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said that the number of service members “killed in action" had risen to four. “The fourth
Kuwait “mistakenly” shot down three U.S. F-15 fighter jets on Sunday after strikes were launched against Iran one day earlier, according to U.S. Central Command (Centcom). Centcom said in a statement that the fighter jets were downed in Kuwait shortly after 11 p.m. EST Sunday.
Ultimately, the best way to advance U.S. interests and promote regional stability is for Washington to retrench from a region that it has destabilized and to cease unwavering support for Israel.
With the requisite military assets now in place to punish the regime, Trump needs only to act in accordance with the United States Constitution and request congressional authorization.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine on Monday morning are expected to brief reporters on U.S. military operations in Iran. The United States and Israel on Saturday launched strikes on Iran after weeks of threats from President Trump,
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday said there was “no indication” that Tehran was “close to getting nuclear weapons” after the United States struck several Iranian nuclear facilities in June, adding that he argued to President Trump that the time was right for a military strike
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The violence came after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, killing its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
At least nine people were hospitalized after a shooting at a Cincinnati, Ohio, nightclub and concert venue early Sunday morning.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will kick off soon – will Iran be in attendance?
Oh, those media fact-checkers and their weird fondness for playing the pedant.
After an overnight shooting that left three people dead and at least 14 more injured, Austin and Texas leaders are reacting to the violence that took place on West Sixth Street at a popular bar.