Trump participates in dignified transfer of 6 service members killed in war with Iran

Trump participates in dignified transfer of 6 service members killed in war with Iran – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump attended the dignified transfer of six U.S. service members killed in the opening days of the war in Iran. CBS News national security coordinating producer James LaPorta has more on the significance of … Read more

Camouflage and crudites: Trump wages war and hosts parties at Mar-a-Lago

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Last weekend, President Donald Trump greeted guests at a children’s charity gala inside his private Mar-a-Lago club. “Have a good time, everybody,” Trump told the crowd, clad in gowns and tuxedos. “We gotta go work.” Then, beyond heavy, gold-plated doors and layers of security at the same estate, he watched … Read more

WATCH: Capitol Hill debate erupts over whether Trump’s Iran strikes amount to ‘war’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Debate on Capitol Hill continues to rage over whether President Donald Trump started a “war” with the strikes he carried out against Iran last weekend, a key consideration for whether the president must look to Congress for authority to continue Operation Epic Fury. Where Republicans see a … Read more

Trump criticized GOP hawks. Why did he choose war with Iran anyway?

On Election Night in November 2024, Donald Trump delivered a victory speech with an antiwar message. “[My opponents] said, ‘he will start a war,’” he said. “I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars.” President Trump still boasts about his role in stopping wars. By waging war on Iran, though, he … 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

Iran war deaths could resurface Trump’s complicated history with military sacrifice

It’s delicate for any president to watch flag-draped transfer cases return home from overseas, a solemn tradition that honors the dead and shines a spotlight on the human costs of conflict. Donald Trump’s visit Saturday to Dover Air Force Base, honoring the six American service members killed in the war in the Middle East, could … Read more

State actors are behind much of the visual misinformation about the Iran war

As attacks spread after the bombing of Iran by U.S. and Israeli forces, a video circulated widely of crowds peering up at fire, smoke and debris coming from the top of a high-rise building said to be in Bahrain. Social media users claimed an Iranian attack had hit the skyscraper. But while buildings in Bahrain … Read more

Oil and gas prices rapidly rise as Iran war shows no signs of letting up

NEW YORK — The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East. The conflict, in which nearly every country in the Middle East has sustained damage from missiles … Read more

War in the Middle East ensnares many Muslim pilgrims in travel chaos

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The travel chaos from the war in the Middle East has ensnared many of the Muslims who have converged on Saudi Arabia for the Umrah pilgrimage, leaving them stranded and scrambling to find other ways home. Others had to scrap their planned visits altogether. For some who performed the religious rituals, the … Read more