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Why is the U.S. attacking Iran? Here’s what the Trump administration has said motivated the strikes.
Before the U.S. launched its military offensive against Iran on Saturday, President Trump had expressed frustration with the progress of talks about Iran’s nuclear program and deployed an “armada” to the Middle East. But said he had not said much about the reasons why the U.S. would conduct a bombing campaign against the regime. Mr. Trump on Monday articulated the reasons…
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74 Times President Trump Has Made Clear That Iran Cannot Have a Nuclear Weapon – The White House
President Donald J. Trump has been unequivocal and consistent for decades: Iran will never be permitted to obtain a nuclear weapon. This position — rooted in longstanding, bipartisan American policy — guides his actions to ensure the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism cannot threaten the world with nuclear devastation. “After Midnight Hammer, they were warned to make no future attempts…
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Middle East crisis live: Israel launches fresh attacks on Tehran and Beirut | US-Israel war on Iran
US orders ‘non-emergency’ staff to leave Bahrain, Jordan and Iraq The US state department said on Tuesday it had ordered non-emergency personnel and their families to leave Bahrain and Jordan, as well as announcing it had ordered staff in Iraq to leave a day earlier, as Iran retaliates to US-Israeli strikes. The department said in a post on X that…
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Israel expands strikes on Hezbollah, Iran as Trump vows to hold forward
3 hours ago Pinned Johnson says preemptive strike stopped ‘staggering’ US casualties House Speaker Mike Johnson said the U.S. strike on Iran was a defensive operation designed to prevent “staggering losses” to American troops and assets, arguing that waiting for Iran to strike first would have resulted in devastating casualties. Johnson spoke to reporters at the Capitol on Monday, where…
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Florida mother ‘masterminded’ speedboat mission to topple Cuban regime
A Cuban former political prisoner once honoured by the US State Department for her opposition to Fidel Castro’s communist regime was the “mastermind” behind the failed plot to topple his successors, authorities in Havana alleged. Maritza Lugo Fernández, a mother of two who was detained or imprisoned in Cuba 30 times before fleeing to Florida in 2002, was said to…
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Trump’s Way of War | Foreign Affairs
When bombs began falling on Iran this weekend, most Americans were as surprised as the rest of the world. The U.S. force posture in the Middle East had been building in the preceding weeks, but negotiations between Washington and Tehran were still underway. Even as the U.S. military readied for an attack, the Trump administration obscured the exact objective. There…
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Inside El Mencho’s last hideout: Blood, bullets and cartel luxury
TAPALPA, Mexico — The most wanted man in Mexico was hiding out next to a country club. When Mexican special forces soldiers attacked the hideout of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes — the cartel boss known as “El Mencho” — they descended on his luxurious compound in the mountains outside Guadalajara. A cluster of upscale cabins situated on a steep hillside dotted with…
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US-Israel war on Iran live: Oil price soars by 13% in early trading; Trump says attack will continue until ‘objectives are achieved’ | US-Israel war on Iran
Trump says attack ‘will continue until all of our objectives are achieved’ Donald Trump warned on Sunday that combat operations in Iran were continuing and would carry on until all of Washington’s objectives are achieved. “Combat operations continue at this time in full force, and they will continue until all of our objectives are achieved. We have very strong objectives,”…
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Top US official: Iran planned to preemptively launch missiles, Trump was forced to act
US President Donald Trump authorized Operation Epic Fury against Iran after Washington received intelligence indicating that the Islamic Republic would deploy its ballistic missiles either preemptively or simultaneously with any American action against Tehran, a senior US official said on Saturday. For their part, Iranian officials have asserted that they would only deploy the country’s arsenal if attacked, which is…
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Texas Democrats prepare to decide chaotic, epic Senate race
Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. For decades, statewide Democratic primaries in Texas were low-octane affairs. Then came the 2026 election cycle. In a year that Democrats see as a prime opportunity to finally flip Texas — amid flagging approval for the second Trump administration, a…
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