A new U.S. intelligence report found that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months after a U.S. strike and was not “completely and fully obliterated” as President Donald Trump has said, according to two people familiar with the early assessment.
Nation and World
Four members of a family who were celebrating a birthday were among eight people killed when a boat capsized on Lake Tahoe during a sudden and fierce thunderstorm.
His pivot to becoming an emergency medical technician in 1988 was born out of a longtime fascination with medicine.
Brushing up on English has taken on new urgency for future and current truck drivers after President Trump issued an executive order saying truckers who don’t read and speak the language proficiently would be considered unfit for service.
Airports and skies throughout the region have been on edge since Israel began the deadly war on June 13 — with a surprise barrage of attacks on Iran, which responded with its own missile and drone strikes.
A fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel appeared to hold after initially faltering, and President Donald Trump expressed frustration with both sides.
A tentative truce faltered when Israel vowed to retaliate after saying Iran launched missiles into its airspace more than two hours after a ceasefire was supposed to take effect.
Iran is a major producer of oil and also sits on the narrow Strait of Hormuz, through which much of the world’s crude passes.
The Trump administration on Sunday sent a series of conflicting messages to Iran — with U.S. officials initially indicating a willingness to resume negotiations after a surprise attack on three of the country’s nuclear sites and President Donald Trump talking up the possibility of regime change.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday that America “does not seek war” with Iran in the aftermath of a surprise attack overnight on three of that country’s nuclear sites while Vice President JD Vance said the strikes have given Tehran a renewed chance of negotiating with Washington.
The U.S. military’s strike on three sites in Iran raised urgent questions Sunday about what remains of Tehran’s nuclear program and how its weakened military might respond.
The instant divisions in the U.S. Congress reflected an already swirling debate over the president’s ability to conduct such a consequential action on his own.
President Donald Trump’s decision to strike three nuclear sites in Iran will almost assuredly draw more criticism from some of the Republican’s supporters.
Irans top diplomat, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, warned in a post on X that the U.S. attacks “will have everlasting consequences” and that Tehran “reserves all options” to retaliate.
Israel ‘s military said Saturday it was preparing for the possibility of a lengthy war, while Iran’s foreign minister warned that U.S. military involvement “would be very, very dangerous for everyone.”
