Pentagon reveals new details on Iran strikes, named Operation Midnight Hammer
Operation Midnight Hammer included seven B-2 Spirit bombers, 125 total aircraft and more than 75 precision-guided weapons, the Joint Chiefs chairman said.
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Operation Midnight Hammer included seven B-2 Spirit bombers, 125 total aircraft and more than 75 precision-guided weapons, the Joint Chiefs chairman said.
The U.S. launched strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities on Saturday night Chicago time.
Democrats condemned the president for attacking Iran without seeking congressional authorization, while Republicans supported the strikes.
The protest and news conference was sponsored by the No War on Iran Coalition.
President Trump told the nation that "Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated."
Iran’s foreign minister said the attack crossed a red line, and there will be consequences. Willie James Inman reports.
Hamas and the Houthis vow retaliation for U.S. strikes on Iran, as reaction from most world leaders focuses on dialogue and deescalation.
Prior to his address, the president wrote on his Truth Social platform that a "full payload of BOMBS" was dropped on the "primary site" Fordo.
Democrats condemned the president for attacking Iran without seeking congressional authorization, while Republicans supported the strikes.
The strikes continue one day after Iran took part in talks led by European diplomats for a potential deal.
It comes a day after the president left the door open to a diplomatic resolution to the intensifying conflict between Israel and Iran, saying he'll decide within two weeks whether the U.S. will attack Iran's nuclear facilities.
Israel says it's not backing down, even as President Trump is holding off, for now, saying he'll decide what to do within two weeks.
In a last-ditch effort for diplomacy, President Donald Trump has set a deadline for a decision on whether to strike Iran.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president will make a decision on attack plans on Iran within the next two weeks.
The White House said President Trump is waiting to make a final decision on whether to attack Iran. Erica Brown reports.
The Pentagon is shuffling planes, ships, and blood supplies into the Middle East, as tensions between Iran and Israel escalate. President Trump says he’s deciding how the U.S. should be involved in the tense situation.
After some confusion, the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem says the State Department is "planning for contingencies" to help Americans leave Israel, but some aren't waiting around.
President Trump has approved an attack plan on Iran, but has held off in case Tehran agrees to abandon its nuclear program, an intelligence source and a defense official told CBS News.
Charlie De Mar reports on how close the U.S. could be to joining in its air fight and going to war with Iran.
Sen. Ted Cruz sparred with media personality Tucker Carlson, highlighting a rift among President Trump's allies over whether to join Israel's campaign against Iran.
"I may do it, I may not do it. Nobody knows what I'm going to do," Mr. Trump told reporters when he was asked about the U.S. taking part in the strikes on Iran's nuclear and military facilities.
As Israel continues striking Iran, Trump says he's still considering whether the U.S. military should provide direct support in an increasingly deadly war.
The conflict between Israel and Iran entered its sixth day on Wednesday, as President Trump called for Iran's unconditional surrender, something that country's supreme leader rejected in a new address to his nation. Meantime, the Trump administration is weighing whether to join Israel in striking Iran’s nuclear facilities.
President Trump is reportedly considering whether the U.S. should join Israel in strikes against Iran’s nuclear sites in an effort to stop the country from building nuclear weapons, but some of the president’s strongest allies in Congress are calling for restraint as Israel’s strikes and Iran’s retaliations have killed hundreds in both countries.
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering whether the U.S. should join Israel in strikes against Iran's nuclear sites in an effort to stop the country from building nuclear weapons.
