Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signaled the U.S. Navy may begin to escort oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz as the Iran war rages on. Mark Cancian, a senior adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Defense and Security Department, joins CBS News with more. Source link
Trump says to “watch what happens” as Iran war enters second week – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump posted on social media Friday, warning to “watch what happens” as the Iran war enters a second week. CBS News’ Charlie D’Agata has more as more details emerge about four more U.S. military deaths. Source … Read more
WASHINGTON — Under pressure from President Donald Trump, Senate Republicans plan to launch a “full and robust debate” next week on legislation to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements, an effort to show Trump that they are serious about the bill even though it doesn’t have enough support to pass. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., … Read more
Washington — Senate Democrats have filed legislation that would prevent the U.S. from attacking Cuba without congressional approval as they seek to force a vote on President Trump’s stated goal of a “takeover” of the Caribbean country. Democrats have repeatedly used war powers resolutions to force debate on Mr. Trump’s foreign policy moves, though Republicans … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump said on Friday that the U.S. was “totally destroying” and “killing” Iran, warning to watch “what happens to these deranged scumbags today.” “We are totally destroying the terrorist regime of Iran, militarily, economically, and otherwise,” Trump wrote on Truth Social in the early morning … Read more
The United States has temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil, a boost to the Kremlin as Washington tries to contain energy prices sent soaring by the American-Israeli assault on Iran. President Vladimir Putin’s team welcomed the move to ease penalties that were imposed over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and pushed Friday for the U.S. to … Read more
How the war in Iran is going, and what the ultimate goal is, depends on the day, the hour and which administration official is speaking at that moment. President Donald Trump initially said the strikes constituted “major combat operations” that would likely be over in four or five weeks. But since then, he’s declared that … Read more
The Trump administration’s top trade official launched investigations Thursday into dozens of countries accused of failing to crack down on forced labor, flexing a law that lets the federal government impose tariffs and other trade restrictions as President Trump grapples with a Supreme Court ruling that struck down many of his tariffs. The investigations are … Read more
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats have filed legislation that would prevent the U.S. from attacking Cuba without congressional approval as they seek to force a vote on President Donald Trump’s stated goal of a “takeover” of the Caribbean country. Democrats have repeatedly used war powers resolutions to force debate on Trump’s foreign policy moves, though Republicans … Read more
The U.S. is temporarily greenlighting the purchase of Russian oil that’s already at sea, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday, in the Trump administration’s latest move to loosen the wartime sanctions that restrict Russia’s oil industry as the world grapples with high oil prices. The authorization will last one month, and applies to petroleum products … Read more