Hegseth fires Pentagon's top military planner over alleged leaks
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon's top military planner, Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, a Pentagon official told CBS News.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon's top military planner, Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, a Pentagon official told CBS News.
For many high school students, the next step after graduation is college. For three young recruits training to join the U.S. Marine Corps, the decision to enlist came down to opportunity, purpose and a path forward.
For many high school students, the next step after graduation is college. For three young recruits training to join the U.S. Marine Corps, the decision to enlist came down to opportunity, purpose and a path forward. Maddie White reports.
Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
CBS News finds Taliban forces patrolling Kabul in American armored vehicles, wearing American tactical gear and carrying American weapons.
Iran responded to a warning from President Trump with claims of new strikes against U.S. forces in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
Senate Democrats are demanding answers about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln during the aircraft carrier's record-setting deployment.
Iran launched multiple ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in the Middle East in what U.S. Central Command described as an "attempted surprise attack" on Tuesday.
Talks between Oman and Iran on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and their respective territorial waterways have made progress, two sources told CBS News.
A retired Jordanian general tells CBS News Iran is "developing techniques and capacities" to target U.S. forces with increasing lethality.
Iran's former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was buried amid an escalating exchange of fire on the 132nd day of the war.
The two crew members were rescued by a sea drone in the first such operation ever carried out by the U.S. military, officials told CBS News.
Iran renews attacks in the Strait of Hormuz after Trump says he's extending a ceasefire indefinitely, as thousands more U.S. forces head for the region.
President Trump announced that the U.S. and Iran had agreed to a two-week ceasefire that was contingent on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Energy markets remain volatile as President Trump threatens Iran with an invasion to seize its oil while also suggesting a deal could soon end the war.
A command element and some ground forces are expected to be part of the Middle East deployment, according to a source familiar with the planning.
The president threatened to "obliterate" Iranian power plants if Iran didn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz by late Monday night Eastern Daylight Time.
Six U.S. service members who were killed in a military refueling aircraft crash over Iraq last week have been identified as members of the Ohio Air National Guard and Florida-based crew members.
The U.S. military has confirmed that all six crew members were killed when an American KC-135 refueling plane taking part in the Iran war crashed in western Iraq.
About 30 U.S. service members remained hospitalized Tuesday after an Iranian drone strike in Kuwait.
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.
President Trump says the U.S. has diminished Iran's military and regime and will continue to expand its targets inside Iran.
Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters Russia's government is in "dialogue" with Iranian leadership representatives.
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."
The U.S. is "accelerating, not decelerating" war on Iran, Hegseth says, as strikes intensify in the region and reach 1,000 miles away.
