Tag: Iran

President Donald Trump listens as Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at a campaign rally at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, in Lubbock, Texas.

Rubio defends Trump’s Iran decision: ‘Elected to do the hard things’

Carter Schroppe · November 7, 2026 5:31 pm

Adm. Brad Cooper speaks to members of the media during a press briefing with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 16, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

CENTCOM announces task force to blockade Iranian ground transit routes

David Zimmermann · November 7, 2026 2:16 pm

President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off Marine One, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Private interests, public virtues

Dominic Green · November 7, 2026 5:42 am

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles steps off Marine One as President Donald Trump, foreground left, walks to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Oct. 30, 2026.

Washington Secrets

The inside story of Trump’s election night fury and Susie Wiles’s frantic battle to survive

Rob Crilly · November 6, 2026 5:09 pm

JD Vance

Trump’s collapse sets Vance free

Peter Laffin · November 6, 2026 1:02 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Israeli elections prove Netanyahu’s political prowess

Daniel J. Samet · November 6, 2026 10:51 am

Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks at a midterm campaign rally.

Vance is blaming Israel for the midterm wipeout his fringe allies wanted

Jeffrey Lax · November 6, 2026 8:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks.

Trump’s big wake-up call: ‘All politics is local’

Tom Williams · November 6, 2026 8:00 am

Vice President JD Vance speaks at a campaign rally at Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport on November 02, 2026 in Swanton, Ohio. Vance is campaigning in Rome, New York and Ohio ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

Vance blames Israel

Hugo Gurdon · November 6, 2026 7:40 am

Trump tariffs economy inflation

It was, is, and indefinitely will be the economy, stupid

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 6, 2026 7:37 am

President Donald Trump greets Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a campaign rally at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, in Lubbock, Texas.

Vance, Rubio, DeSantis, and the battle for 2028

Mendi Glik · November 6, 2026 7:00 am

The sun rises behind tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026.

A Hormuz deal leaves Iran its uranium

Uriel Zehavi · November 6, 2026 7:00 am