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More than 3,500 U.S. troops, including roughly 2,500 Marines aboard the USS Tripoli, have arrived in the Middle East as the conflict with Iran intensifies, U.S. officials said Saturday. U.S. Central Command confirmed the deployment, saying the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit have entered the …

President Donald Trump said Monday the United States will pause “any and all military strikes” against Iranian energy infrastructure for five days as Washington and Iran engage in renewed diplomatic talks. In a social media post, Trump said recent discussions between the two sides had been “very good and productive,” …

The director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, resigned Tuesday in protest of the ongoing U.S. war with Iran, saying he could not support the conflict and arguing Tehran posed no immediate threat to the United States. “I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,” Kent …

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the U.S. military has launched a comprehensive investigation into a deadly strike last month on an elementary school in Iran, a move that signals a possible shift toward examining whether American forces were responsible for the attack. Speaking at a Pentagon news conference, …

Donald Trump ordered the release of 172 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve on Wednesday as energy prices surged amid the escalating war between the United States and Iran. The emergency release will begin next week and continue over roughly 120 days, according to Christopher Wright, the …

Mojtaba Khamenei has been appointed the new supreme leader of Iran, succeeding his father Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for nearly four decades before being killed in recent U.S.–Israeli airstrikes, according to Iranian state media. The decision was made by the Assembly of Experts, the powerful clerical body responsible …

U.S. officials are investigating whether an American military strike may have mistakenly bombed a girls’ school in southern Iran, killing at least 168 people — many of them children — during the opening days of the ongoing conflict, according to sources familiar with the preliminary intelligence. The strike occurred Feb. …

Thousands of Americans are stranded across the Middle East after the United States and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran, triggering retaliatory drone attacks and widespread airspace closures that have complicated evacuation efforts for civilians. In the days following the strikes, the United States Department of State issued new travel advisories …

The Republican-controlled United States House of Representatives narrowly voted Thursday to reject a resolution that would have restricted Donald Trump from continuing military operations against Iran, one day after the United States Senate blocked a similar measure. The vote, 219–212, effectively cleared the way for Trump to continue a widening …

The Pentagon on Tuesday identified four of the six U.S. soldiers killed in a drone strike in Kuwait, marking the first American military casualties since President Donald Trump launched a war against Iran over the weekend. The Defense Department said Army Reserve Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, …

The Senate is set to vote Wednesday on whether to block Donald Trump from using further military force against Iran without congressional authorization, as lawmakers from both parties raise concerns about the scope and duration of the escalating conflict. The measure, introduced by Tim Kaine and co-sponsored by Rand Paul, …

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that an American submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, marking a significant escalation in the expanding U.S. military campaign against Iran. Speaking at a Pentagon briefing, Hegseth said the Iranian vessel “thought it was safe in international waters,” but “instead, …

The U.S. State Department on Tuesday ordered the mandatory departure of non-emergency personnel and family members from six Middle Eastern countries, citing escalating security concerns after the U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia was struck by two Iranian drones. Officials are also urging Americans across the region to leave as soon …

The White House is asserting that sweeping and deadly U.S. military strikes against Iran were necessary to stop an imminent threat to American forces, but has so far provided no public evidence that Tehran was preparing such an attack. Nearly two days after the United States launched its largest military …

Three U.S. Air Force fighter jets were shot down over Kuwait during what American officials described Monday as an apparent friendly fire incident while the aircraft were taking part in the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran. In a statement, U.S. Central Command said the jets were mistakenly struck by Kuwaiti …