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Breaking news from the U.S. and around the world, reported as it happens.
Trump's former campaign manager had wide influence over contracts, personnel and operations at the Department of Homeland Security over the past year.
WatchIranian armed forces announced Saturday they would target American energy assets, IT facilities, and water desalination plants across the Middle East if President Trump destroys Iranian power stations, as Trump's 48-hour deadline ticks toward a Monday night expiration.
Mueller led the most significant FBI overhaul in history and later concluded Russia interfered in the 2016 election. Trump responded to his death saying 'Good, I'm glad.'
The president warned Iran to fully reopen the critical shipping waterway within 48 hours or the U.S. will strike and obliterate its power plants, starting with the largest facilities.
WatchTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued Iran General License U on Friday, a 30-day waiver permitting buyers to purchase Iranian crude oil already at sea — unleashing up to $14 billion for Tehran even as American and Israeli aircraft continued striking the country for the 22nd consecutive day.
WatchPresident Trump threatened to destroy Iranian power plants beginning with the Damavand facility near Tehran if the Strait of Hormuz is not fully reopened by Monday, as Iranian missiles wounded 90+ Israelis in simultaneous air-defense failures at Dimona and Arad.
A San Francisco federal jury unanimously ruled Thursday that two Musk tweets in May 2022 were materially false and harmed shareholders, though it stopped short of finding a full fraud scheme — a mixed verdict that both sides claimed as partial victory.
WatchMueller, who served as FBI director for 12 years and later as special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, died Friday night in Charlottesville, Virginia; President Trump posted on Truth Social that he was "glad" about the death.
The martial arts champion who became one of America's most recognizable faces through a string of 1980s action films and a beloved nine-year TV series — and who on his 86th birthday posted a video of himself still sparring — died Thursday morning in Hawaii; no cause of death was disclosed by his family.
Mueller served as FBI director for 12 years, beginning one week before 9/11, then spent two years as special counsel producing a report that charged 34 individuals and found Russia interfered 'in sweeping and systematic fashion' in the 2016 election — with President Trump responding to his death with a post saying 'Good, I'm glad he's dead.'
Entering their fifth day on the picket line Friday, workers at JBS USA's Greeley, Colorado plant — 99% of whom voted to strike — are demanding higher wages, safer equipment, and better healthcare from the world's largest meatpacking company, which is offering less than 2% annual raises.
Iranian drones struck the Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery — processing 730,000 barrels per day — for the second consecutive day as explosions lit the sky over Dubai during Eid, confirming Iran's pivot to systematically destroying Gulf energy infrastructure.
WatchNational gasoline prices hit $3.92 a gallon on Friday — up nearly a dollar since February 28 — as the Iran war's closure of the Strait of Hormuz triggers the largest oil supply disruption in history and raises fears of 1970s-style stagflation.
The Pentagon confirmed preparing ground troop deployment scenarios while an F-35 fighter jet — the most expensive weapons system in U.S. history — made an emergency landing after being struck by Iranian fire, the most serious American aircraft loss of the conflict.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent authorized the temporary sale of Iranian crude oil stranded at sea in a desperate bid to cool gas prices near $4 a gallon, even as the Pentagon deployed thousands more Marines and requested $200 billion in war funding.
WatchIsraeli warplanes struck Tehran's infrastructure Friday morning as Iranians marked Nowruz, while Iran retaliated against energy sites in Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Kuwait for a second day, pushing Brent crude to $116 a barrel and deepening the worst energy crisis in decades.
A second powerful Kona storm in a week dumps two months of rain on northern Oahu in 24 hours, forcing evacuations near the 1906-era Wahiawa Dam while thousands remain stranded and the National Guard is deployed.
WatchPresident Trump castigated NATO allies as a 'paper tiger' for refusing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, declared he has no interest in a ceasefire while 'obliterating' Iran, and confirmed a second Marine expeditionary deployment to the Middle East.
WatchGen. Dan Caine confirmed Thursday that the Cold War-era ground-attack aircraft is now hunting Iranian fast-attack watercraft in the Strait of Hormuz, as U.S. forces have destroyed more than 100 Iranian vessels and Trump weighs seizing Kharg Island.
WatchIsraeli jets hit the port of Bandar Anzali in northern Iran, destroying four missile boats, a corvette, a naval command center, and a shipyard in what the IDF calls one of its most significant strikes of Operation Roaring Lion.
WatchIsraeli jets hit the facility that supplies 70% of Iran's domestic gas, sending Brent crude above $119 a barrel and triggering retaliatory Iranian strikes on Saudi refineries and Qatari LNG plants.
WatchThe world's largest LNG export complex suffers "extensive damage" as Brent crude surges 8% and Qatar expels Iranian diplomats within 24 hours.
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council was a central figure in the country's wartime leadership
Joe Kent alleges Trump was deceived by Israeli officials and pro-war lobbyists into abandoning 'America First' agenda
Netanyahu frames escalating campaign against Tehran's leadership as effort to destabilize the regime from within
Elimination of Supreme National Security Council secretary marks major escalation in third week of regional war
Joe Kent, a staunch MAGA Republican, alleges Israel misled Trump about the threat posed by Tehran
Survivors describe inferno at overcrowded addiction facility struck as patients broke Ramadan fast
Texas Republican breaks with administration on easing Russian oil sanctions, citing Moscow's active support for Tehran
WatchIsrael confirms killing Ali Larijani in Tehran strikes as IRGC drone ignites fuel tank at world's busiest airport hub.