Live Updates: Fear U.S.-Israeli war with Iran will drag on sends stocks plunging and oil price soaring

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that the “period of elevated energy prices” will be temporary, “but it will not be long,” as the Iran war continued into a second week.  Oil and gas prices “shouldn’t go much higher than they are here because the world is very well supplied with oil,” Wright said on … Read more

US detainees in Iran risk becoming collateral damage in war, families and supporters fear

NEW YORK — Families and supporters of Americans detained in Iran say their loved ones face new dangers during the intensifying war, including the risk of becoming unintended casualties of Israeli and American bombardment or victims of retaliation from Iran’s repressive regime. “For Americans imprisoned in Iran, this is about as terrifying a moment as … Read more

Enemy within: Counterterrorism experts fear sleeper cells could be poised inside US

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! American counterterrorism agencies are quietly monitoring suspected sleeper cells on U.S. soil in the wake of joint U.S.–Israel strikes on Iran, stepping up surveillance amid heightened fears of possible retaliation from Iran-linked operatives or sympathizers. Federal and local law enforcement have also boosted on-the-ground security in major … Read more

ICE agents said to have posed as police, a tactic some fear could erode trust in real cops

NEW YORK — The 911 call came in at 6:32 a.m. on Thursday: Two “suspicious” men wearing dark clothing were lingering inside a Columbia University residential building. But when New York Police Department officers were dispatched to the scene, they came across U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents in the midst of an unusually elaborate … Read more

‘Shaken’ CNN staffers say they fear what Paramount takeover would mean for newsroom

CNN employees reacted with alarm after Netflix abruptly pulled out of the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery, effectively clearing the way for a takeover of the 24/7 cable channel by Paramount Skydance, the media giant run by technology heir David Ellison. Seven current CNN employees who spoke to NBC News on Thursday night, hours … Read more