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PoliticsTrump Says Iran War Cost GOP in Midterms, Calls Deportation Push 'Too Tough' at Times
In a 60 Minutes interview with Ross Douthat, the president defended the war, blamed 'bad messaging' on the economy and hinted at more firings, an hour before Susie Wiles' exit was announced.
PoliticsHouse Moves Toward Vote on Massie's Eight Articles Impeaching Hegseth
Jeffries is a 'hard yes' while GOP leaders vow to defeat the resolution, which charges the Defense Secretary over the Iran war, the Caribbean boat strikes and the Maduro raid.
WatchPoliticsHouse Poised to Vote on Impeaching Hegseth as Republicans Turn on Him
Rep. Thomas Massie says he will force a vote when Congress returns, and GOP sources expect it to pass after midterm losses tied to the Iran war.
WorldTrump Says Iran War Decision Is Coming 'Soon' as Advisers Split on Resuming Strikes
After his first national security meeting since Democrats won Congress, the president is weighing renewed strikes, continued economic pressure or a deal. Tehran says Hormuz stays shut until its seven demands are met.
WatchTop NewsU.S. Strikes Iran's Qeshm Island on Election Eve as Trump Weighs Restarting the War
Officials call the Strait of Hormuz strikes 'limited and defensive' after Revolutionary Guard fire at a U.S. aircraft, while Trump says a deal 'could happen.'
WatchTop NewsHegseth Fires Pentagon's Top War Planner, Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, Over Alleged Iran War Leaks
A Pentagon official says the three-star failed three polygraph tests on sharing classified information with the press. Others say the accusation is false, and the case is now with the Justice Department.
WorldU.S. Tells Gulf Allies to Brace for a Short, Intense Campaign Against Iran After the Midterms
The Wall Street Journal reports a Patriot battery is heading to Israel and another carrier group is on its way, while Tehran denies receiving a new Qatari peace proposal.
PoliticsPentagon Estimate Puts the Iran War's Cost at $47.1 Billion, Up $9.6 Billion in Three Months
CENTCOM figures obtained by CBS News show munitions replacement driving the bill, which excludes damage to U.S. bases and arrives a week before the midterms.
PoliticsThune Fights to Keep a 53-Seat Senate Majority With Trump Tension and an Iran War Weighing on the Map
A week before the midterms, the majority leader campaigns across eight states while a top forecaster rates the GOP's odds of holding the chamber 'at best 50-50.'
PoliticsTrump's Oil and Gas Stocks Gained Millions During the Iran War, Democratic Report Finds
A Joint Economic Committee analysis puts the president's energy holdings at up to $81.6 million as gas hits $4.29 a gallon; the White House says he doesn't direct trades.
WorldIran War Squeezes Helium Supply, Putting Chips, MRIs and Missiles at Risk
Spot prices have tripled since Iranian strikes on Qatar's Ras Laffan facility and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and suppliers are now rationing helium to labs and chipmakers.
PoliticsTrump Tells Kentucky Rally 'I Can Do Stuff That Is Unbelievable' as GOP Struggles
At a Highland Heights stop to boost Republican turnout, the president touted his second-term power, repeated a $5,000-per-adult promise and said the Iran war will end soon.
WatchWorldTrump Endorses Netanyahu Ahead of Oct. 27 Vote, Warns Iran Fight Falls to US if He Loses
The president withheld his backing for months as the two leaders' strategies diverged, then called Netanyahu a "Great Warrior Prime Minister" and said America would have to do the work itself if Israel picks someone else.
WatchPoliticsWidower Confronts Vance Over 'Fundamental Failures' Before Iranian Drone Killed His Wife in Kuwait
Joey Amor told the vice president at a CBS News town hall that leadership failures preceded the March 1 attack that killed his wife, Master Sgt. Nicole Amor, and five others. Vance said it was the first he had heard of it.
WatchPoliticsVance Tells Michigan Voters 'It's Gonna Take More Than 18 Months' to Fix the Economy
In a CBS News town hall, the vice president conceded gas prices are 'too high,' defended the Iran war, and said there's 'a chance' he won't run in 2028.
PoliticsPentagon Plans to Hold Back Report on U.S. Strike on Iranian School Until After Midterms
Hegseth advisers have told Pentagon staff the all-but-finished report on the Minab school attack will not go public before the Nov. 3 election, Bloomberg reports.
WorldContainer Ship Sinks and Tanker Is Hit in Hormuz as Attacks on Shipping Hit a Record
An Indian-crewed crude tanker was struck by a projectile Friday, a day after the Singapore-flagged GFS Pride caught fire and went down in the strait.
Top NewsMaine Heating Oil Hits $5.97 a Gallon, Up 79% in a Year, as Winter Nears
Families in the Northeast, where most oil-heated homes sit, are turning to food-pantry-style firewood banks after fuel prices rose with the Iran war.
PoliticsArmy Chief Warned in December That Missile Defense Stocks Would Stay Dangerously Low Until 2030
Gen. Randy George, later fired by Hegseth, told the Pentagon the THAAD and Patriot shortage would last about five more years, two months before the Iran war began, officials say.
WatchTop NewsHouthis Hit Riyadh Airport Again, a Day After a Strike Killed 12 and Wounded 309
The terminal for domestic flights was struck Sunday, the fourth hit on King Khalid International in five days, as the Houthis claim new attacks on Aramco sites and a second airport.
WatchTop NewsMissile Strike on Riyadh Airport Kills 12 and Wounds Over 300 as Trump Weighs Joining Saudi War
Saudi authorities say the dead include a U.S. citizen, the deadliest attack on a Gulf Arab state since the Iran war began. Trump says he will decide quickly whether to join strikes on the Houthis.
WatchTop NewsUSS Lincoln Returns to San Diego After Record 322-Day Deployment in the Iran War
Thousands of sailors came home to cheering families Thursday, including 122 new fathers, a day after Hegseth presented the carrier a Presidential Unit Citation and rejected claims the ship was a 'symbol of dysfunction.'
WatchTop NewsCBS Obtains Video of Iranian Strikes That Forced U.S. Troops to Abandon Camp Buehring in Kuwait
Footage and witness accounts show ballistic missiles, drones and Iranian F-5 jets hitting the base. Troops fled into the desert at night, and one source says the camp was demolished.
PoliticsRubio Tells Athens Crowd the West Lost Its Drive and America Has Chosen 'National Power'
In a sunset speech at the Pnyx, the secretary of state tied ancient Greece to Trump's agenda while the war with Iran enters its eighth month without a deal.
PoliticsTrump Officials Meet at Camp David on Iran as Trump Says War Ends After Midterms
Vice President Vance, Rubio, Hegseth, Witkoff, Ratcliffe and Gen. Caine met Friday as the Pentagon sends more forces. Trump told a rally the U.S. will prevail 'right after the election.'
PoliticsGOP Sen. John Kennedy Tells Trump to Talk Prices and Explain the Iran War to the Nation
The Louisiana Republican said the midterms are 'going to be close,' called Iran's Hormuz offer 'not a serious offer,' and said no politician should spend taxpayer money on ads that praise themselves.
WatchWorldIran Says It Is 'Fully Prepared' for War to Resume, Even a 'Doomsday War'
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told NBC's Meet the Press that Iran still wants diplomacy, a day after President Trump said he rejected Tehran's offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz called that offer a 'cynical attempt.'
WorldMen Arrested Near U.S. Bomber Base in England as Counterterror Police Take Over Explosives Probe
Police declared a major incident and evacuated homes in Whelford, beside RAF Fairford, where American bombers have flown strikes on Iran.
PoliticsGeneral Rejected Moving Troops Farther From Iran Before Kuwait Strike That Killed Six, Sources Say
Brig. Gen. Clint Barnes kept his unit at Kuwait's Port of Shuaiba despite intelligence briefings that it was a likely Iranian target, CBS News reports. More than 20 Democrats now want public hearings.
WorldFrance Will Send Troops and Air Defenses to Guard Saudi Arabia's Yanbu Oil Port
Macron says the soldiers and radar will protect the Red Sea terminal of the pipeline Saudi Arabia now depends on while Hormuz is shut, after new Houthi missile and drone attacks.
WorldIran Offers a Seven-Day Plan to Reopen Hormuz, With a $12 Billion Price Tag
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the strait would reopen on day seven if the U.S. agrees to a full ceasefire, frees frozen assets, lifts its blockade and waives oil sanctions. The White House calls the talks 'positive and constructive' but says it won't rush.
PoliticsSenate Rejects Iran War Powers Limits 49-50 as Tillis Joins Three Other Republicans
The vote was likely Congress's last chance to weigh in on the six-month war before the midterms. Fetterman was again the only Democrat to vote no.
PoliticsEight Sailors in the USS Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide During Its Iran War Deployment
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao disclosed the figure in a letter to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, weeks after Trump said the carrier's deployment was "not nearly long enough" and Hegseth said conditions were "completely misrepresented."
WatchWorldIran's President Tells the U.N. His Country Will Fight 'Until Our Last Breath'
Masoud Pezeshkian held up photos of dead schoolchildren and called out Trump by name, a day after Trump told the same hall he might 'annihilate' the Islamic Republic.
WatchTop NewsThe Houthis Fired a Ballistic Missile at Riyadh at 3 A.M. Saturday, the First Strike on the Saudi Capital Since the War Reignited in July
The Saudi-led coalition said it also thwarted attacks on Yanbu, Taif, Bisha and Farasan. The Houthis claim they hit 'sensitive sites' in the capital and set 'massive fires' at Aramco facilities. Days earlier, Riyadh accused them of targeting Mecca, and the first civilian was killed inside the kingdom.
WorldSouth Korea's President Said on Live TV There Will Be 'No Deployment Involving Participation or Intervention in the War'
Lee Jae Myung said Seoul will instead consider expanding its anti-piracy naval unit off Somalia and may offer patrol aircraft, mine-disposal teams and supply ships. He also said he will not seek a second term and that the $350 billion U.S. investment deal is close to done.
WatchTop NewsTrump Told Axios He Has 'a Big Decision Coming Up. Do I Want to Go In and Annihilate Them or Do I Not?'
The president says he will make up his mind after meeting six Gulf leaders in New York on Tuesday. Brent is near $104, up from $88 three weeks ago, and central banks in Tokyo, Washington and Frankfurt all raised rates this week to fight the oil shock.
WatchTop NewsThe Houthis Released Video of a Saudi F-15 They Say They Shot Down Over Marib, Tailfin Number 5539 and All
CNN geolocated the wreckage to Marib. Saudi Arabia is running low on interceptors and has asked France, Britain, Pakistan and Egypt for help. Tehran's security chief says there will be no talks until Iran's conditions are met.
PoliticsThe Iran War Has Cost the Pentagon $38.1 Billion Through August 1, the CBO Says, and the Bill Is Still Growing by $2 Billion to $3 Billion a Month
The nonpartisan budget office's first full accounting excludes damage to U.S. bases, the fuel bill for other agencies and interest on the debt. It says restocking missile defenses could take five years, and it notes the Pentagon refused to provide detailed data.
PoliticsThomas Massie Filed Eight Articles of Impeachment Against Pete Hegseth and Told No One in Advance So Leadership Couldn't Cancel the Votes
The Kentucky Republican, who lost his primary in May, accuses the war secretary of waging an unauthorized war in Iran, bombing a girls' school, demoting Sen. Mark Kelly and seizing Nicolás Maduro without Congress's consent.
WorldSaudi Arabia Says It Shot Down a Houthi Drone Heading for Mecca and Declared the Holy City a 'Red Line'
Air-raid alerts sounded in Islam's holiest city for the first time in the war. Brent crude is above $100, a key Saudi pipeline has reportedly been shut for weeks, and the U.S. told Americans to reconsider travel to the kingdom.
PoliticsThe House Voted 220-204 to Pull U.S. Forces Out of the Iran War, the Third Time Since June
Seven Republicans crossed the aisle on Seth Moulton's resolution as the war entered its seventh month. Hours earlier, Thomas Massie filed impeachment articles against Pete Hegseth, and the CBO put the bill at $2 billion to $3 billion a month.
Top NewsThe Pentagon's Own Watchdog Says $22.3 Billion in Munitions Fired at Iran Caused 'Strategic Inventory Shortfalls'
The inspector general's first mandatory report to Congress contradicts Trump's claim two weeks ago that the U.S. has 'virtually unlimited' ammunition. A CSIS analyst says the stockpile is fine for Iran and would last about a month against China.
WatchTop NewsHe Fell From an F-15 With a Shredded Parachute, Broke His Back and Climbed a 7,000-Foot Ridge
The Air Force weapons officer known only as 'Bravo' survived 50 hours south of Isfahan before pararescuers pulled him out at sunrise on Easter Sunday. CNN reports Hegseth's office pushed both crewmen to appear on the broadcast; the Pentagon calls that 'a complete lie.'
Top NewsChinese Companies Sent Iran Satellite Photos of a Jordanian Air Base Before and After the Strike That Killed Three U.S. Soldiers, WSJ Reports
U.S. officials told the Journal the imagery of Muwaffaq Salti Air Base is the clearest sign yet that Chinese help had lethal consequences for American troops. Beijing demanded proof. Xi visits the White House September 24.
WatchWorldThe Houthis Took Perim Island on Friday
Government forces withdrew from the island that splits the Bab el-Mandeb into two shipping lanes, ending an 18-hour blitz that also took Zuqar, Dhubab and Murad. Oil is above $100 and U.S. diesel hit a record $6.05.
WatchPoliticsTrump's Approval Hit 36%. The Share of Republicans Who 'Strongly Approve' Fell 11 Points
A new NBC News Decision Desk poll of 7,105 adults found that 69% of Americans disapprove of the president's handling of the war in Iran. Republicans have not left him — but the intensity behind their support is draining away with the midterms 58 days out.
Top NewsDiesel Hit $5.85 a Gallon on Friday. That Is the Highest Price Ever Recorded in the United States
The six-month war with Iran has scrambled global fuel flows, and diesel moves nearly everything Americans buy. Grocers say fuel is 15 to 30 percent of what food costs to deliver.
Top NewsThe U.S. Has Fired 1,500 of Its 2,330 Patriot Interceptors
Defense and NATO officials told the AP that American forces in Europe could not stop a sustained Russian ballistic missile attack. The Pentagon says the reports are false.
PoliticsThe Pentagon Gave Weapons Makers 21 Days: 'Years-Long Development Cycles Are Not Acceptable'
A memo from Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg lands as an outside analysis estimates the U.S. Patriot interceptor stockpile has fallen at least 65% since the Iran war began.
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Exxon and Chevron Bank $26.5 Billion in Three Months While Gas Sits at $4.11 a Gallon
Chevron's profit nearly quadrupled and Exxon's doubled as the Strait of Hormuz blockade pushed Brent crude past $100. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse wants a windfall tax; Exxon's CEO calls that short-sighted.
PoliticsHouse Passes $1.1 Trillion Pentagon Bill and a Blueprint to Unlock $70 Billion More for the Iran War
Two razor-thin votes — 216-212 and 216-214 — sent the defense authorization and a reconciliation framework to a Senate where Republicans still need Democratic votes they do not have.
WatchTop NewsPentagon Cuts Its Official Iran War Death Toll From 18 to 14, Erasing Four Troops Killed This Month
The Defense Casualty Analysis System dropped four service members — three killed in Jordan and one in northern Iraq — in the space of a day. Military officials said the deaths were struck because they came after President Trump declared a cease-fire in April.
WatchTop NewsHouthis Strike Two Saudi Oil Tankers in the Red Sea, Sending Brent Crude Above $100
Brent settled at $100.69 after jumping 6.1% — its first close above $100 since May — as the national gasoline average hit $4.09 a gallon and Wall Street sold off across the board.
WatchTop NewsHegseth Tells Senators the Iran War Has Cost $37.5 Billion as He Pleads for Billions More
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended a $67 billion supplemental request before a Senate panel Tuesday, disclosing that the four-month conflict's price tag has ballooned from about $29 billion in May as the U.S. death toll climbs.
PoliticsTrump Travels to Dover to Receive the Flag-Draped Caskets of Troops Killed in the Iran War
The president and first lady stood in silence at Dover Air Force Base for the dignified transfer of American service members killed in the widening conflict, as the U.S. death toll reached 17.
Top NewsGas Hits $3.99 a Gallon as Iran War Reignites the Inflation Fight Americans Thought Was Over
Pump prices are up 34% since fighting began, and a Houthi threat to a second oil chokepoint has traders bracing for a fresh energy shock just as the Federal Reserve was closing in on its 2% target.
WatchPoliticsSenate Blocks $1 Trillion Defense Bill in Rare Rebuke of Trump Over His Iran War
Democrats refused to advance the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act, 50-46, casting the vote as a referendum on a war now in its fifth month that the White House has struggled to explain.
WorldFor the First Time Since the Pandemic, the World Is About to Burn Less Oil — and a Glut Is Coming
The International Energy Agency says the Iran war has destroyed demand faster than it has choked supply, cutting 2026 global oil consumption by roughly a million barrels a day and setting up a surplus in 2027.
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