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Hegseth: Today "most intense day" of attacks on Iran, Trump to determine "end stage"

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that it would be the "most intense day" of strikes against Iran so far.

Mar 10

Smoke rises from an explosion in the direction of Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait

Pentagon says about 140 U.S. service members wounded since Iran war began

President Trump says the Iran war will end "very soon," but Tehran says it's "prepared to continue attacking" indefinitely, and it won't let oil leave the Gulf.

Mar 11

Smoke rises after a reported strike on Shahran fuel tanks, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran

As U.S.-Israeli war with Iran intensifies, Trump says it is "ahead of schedule"

President Trump's assurances that a rising U.S. death toll and soaring energy prices will be temporary and worth the pain are failing to assuage jittery investors.

Mar 10

The primary school struck in Minab, Iran

U.S. "likely" responsible for bombing of girls' school in Iran, per early U.S. assessment

The preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment suggests that the U.S. is "likely" responsible for the bombing of the girls' school in Iran on Feb. 28.

Mar 9

Hundreds march in NYC, calling for the liberation of Iran

Hundreds marched along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on Sunday, calling for liberation in Iran while standing in solidarity with its people.

Mar 8

FILE PHOTO: Mojtaba Khamenei visits Hezbollah's office in Tehran

Iran names new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, Iranian state media reports

Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei served in the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s where he developed close ties with the military services and with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Mar 9

Trump dismisses threats from Iran's security chief: "I couldn't care less"

In a phone interview with CBS News, President Trump dismissed threats from Iran's top national-security official, who posted on social media that Mr. Trump must "pay the price" for the strikes on Iran.

Mar 7

Sorffly Davius NYPD end of watch graphic

NYPD officer deployed to Kuwait with National Guard dies after medical episode

Major Sorffly Davius, an NYPD officer who was deployed to Kuwait with the U.S. Army National Guard, died Friday after suffering a medical episode.

Mar 8

Trump says he believes bombing of Iranian girls' school was "done by Iran"

President Trump on Saturday told reporters, without citing evidence, that he believes a deadly strike on a girls' primary school in southern Iran last weekend was "done by Iran."

Mar 7

Trump salutes as 6 soldiers killed in Iran are transferred back to the U.S.

All six service members died during an unmanned aircraft system attack in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait.

Mar 7

Khamenei son named supreme leader of Iran as war rages on

President Trump says the U.S. has diminished Iran's military and regime and will continue to expand its targets inside Iran.

Mar 9

Americans returning to NYC area from Middle East blast evacuation plan

Americans coming from the Middle East arrived at JFK Airport on Thursday and said the U.S. evacuation plan after attacking Iran was grossly insufficient.

Mar 5

A pedestrian passes a poster of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on March 5, 2026.

Trump says he must have a role in choosing Iran's next leader as war expands

President Trump said he must have a role in choosing Iran's next leader and called the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "unacceptable."

Mar 6

Trump Pays Respects To Six US Army Members Killed In Iran War

What we know about U.S. service members killed in Iran war

Since the start of the Iran war, 13 American service members have been killed.

Mar 14

Hegseth says U.S. torpedo sank an Iranian warship as military campaign ramps up

In Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's second news briefing since the start of the Iran war, Hegseth said the U.S. had sunk an enemy ship by a torpedo for the first time since World War II.