Tag: Iran

Trump: Iran ‘appears to be standing down’ after ballistic missile attack on US forces

Carlin Becker · January 8, 2020 5:03 pm

Fox News labels Iranian attack ‘a big, loud fireworks display in the middle of the desert’

Mike Brest · January 8, 2020 4:56 pm

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to speak to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, en route to a campaign rally in Manchester, N.H.

Trump says missiles were ‘paid for’ by Obama

Spencer Neale · January 8, 2020 4:52 pm

President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter as he speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, April 6, 2020, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Trump now has the chance to de-escalate with Iran and keep his ‘America First’ promises

Brad Polumbo · January 8, 2020 4:51 pm

Sen. Joe Manchin (pictured center-right), D-W.Va., walks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Joe Manchin: Soleimani should have been taken out ‘many, many years ago’

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 8, 2020 4:45 pm

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders turns to go back into the White House in Washington after speaking to reporters, Tuesday, April 2, 2019.

Sarah Sanders rips Obama’s Iran policy

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 8, 2020 4:33 pm

President Trump, left, and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, are seen on a TV screen.

Beltway Confidential

Trump responds to Iran’s act of war

Michael Barone · January 8, 2020 4:33 pm

In this Jan. 25, 2018, photo, American troops coordinate with Iraqi counterparts to launch airstrikes and artillery from a small complex in the town of Qaim, Iraq. As the fight against IS in Syria grinds on, Iraqi troops stationed in western Iraq near the border continue to call on coalition forces for help sharing intelligence and launching strikes. Thousands of U.S. troops and billions of dollars spent by Washington helped bring down the Islamic State group in Iraq, but many of the divisions and problems that helped fuel the extremistsâ rise remain.

Contractor whose death sparked Middle East crisis identified as Iraqi-American from California

Carlin Becker · January 8, 2020 4:22 pm

Piers Morgan arrives at the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

‘Meltdown’: Piers Morgan slams ‘two-faced liberal response to Soleimani’s death’

John Gage · January 8, 2020 4:21 pm

A rescue worker searchs the scene where an Ukrainian plane crashed in Shahedshahr southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. A Ukrainian airplane carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Tehran's main airport, killing all onboard.

Aviation experts say missile or ‘bomb on board’ may have downed Ukrainian plane in Iran

Spencer Neale · January 8, 2020 3:55 pm

Less than a quarter of US voters can identify Iran on a world map: Survey

John Gage · January 8, 2020 3:17 pm

Liz Cheney rips Pelosi for ‘blaming’ Iranian ballistic missile attacks on US

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 8, 2020 3:12 pm