Former CIA official on regime change in Iran
CBS News national security contributor and former CIA Deputy Assistant Director for Counterterrorism Joe Zacks joins with analysis on day four of the war with Iran.
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CBS News national security contributor and former CIA Deputy Assistant Director for Counterterrorism Joe Zacks joins with analysis on day four of the war with Iran.
The U.S. has issued "depart now" travel advisories in six Middle Eastern countries and indefinitely closed embassies in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Kuwait as the war with Iran grows. CBS News' Matt Gutman and Nancy Cordes have more.
Thousands of Los Angeles residents are taking to the streets to express their hopes for regime change in Iran. CBS News' Carter Evans has more.
Hours after the Trump administration ditched Anthropic over the dispute about AI use, OpenAI struck its own deal with the Pentagon. Now the details of that agreement appear to be changing after backlash. Katrina Manson, Bloomberg News reporter, has more.
Many see the Iran conflict lasting at least months. A majority oppose it, and more say it makes the U.S. less safe.
President Trump on Tuesday said he ordered political risk insurance for the financial security of all maritime trade traveling through the Gulf. CBS News' Kelly O'Grady has more.
A drone hit the U.S. consulate in Dubai on Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed. CBS News correspondent Shanelle Kaul has the latest.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to reporters on Tuesday before briefing lawmakers on strikes in Iran. Rubio discussed the Trump administration's efforts to evacuate Americans from the region, a drone striking the U.S. consulate in Dubai and more.
Iran's retaliatory strikes against some of its regional neighbors continued on Tuesday as tensions escalate in the Middle East. CBS News' Olivia Gazis has the latest.
Two sources familiar with the U.S. military's use of artificial intelligence confirm that the U.S. used Anthropic's Claude AI model over weekend for the attack on Iran — and is still using it.
CBS News senior national and security correspondent Charlie D'Agata had to take cover due to an air raid siren in Tel Aviv just before he was set to go on the air with a report. D'Agata explains what happens when those sirens sound as Iran continues its retaliatory strikes across the Middle East.
President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff told Fox News that Iranian negotiators said Iran had the "inalienable right to enrich all their nuclear fuel."
Sen. Tim Kaine asked Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby if arresting former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro or killing Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is considered regime change.
President Trump said Tuesday about Iran, "I thought we were going to have a situation where we were going to be attacked." Mr. Trump said there wasn't an evacuation plan for Americans abroad because "it all happened very quickly." CBS News White House reporter Aaron Navarro has more.
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly questioned Under Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby about the U.S. justification to join Israel in starting a war with Iran.
China is the largest importer of energy in the world, and the disruption to oil imports caused by the conflict could be a potential Achilles' heel for Beijing.
While taking questions during an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, President Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn't force his hand in striking Iran. "If anything, I might have forced Israel's hand," Mr. Trump told reporters.
Democratic Sen. Angus King questions Under Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's influence on the U.S.' decision to join Israel in striking Iran over the weekend.
The U.S. is pushing its citizens to leave the Middle East, citing "serious safety risks" amid ongoing retaliatory strikes from Iran. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has the latest.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat, questioned Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby about the decision to join Israel in striking Iran and the potential for U.S. troops in Iran. She also asked Colby about the war in Ukraine.
A map created by the CBS News data team shows the strike locations across Iran, including the capital and the site of a major nuclear facility.
Eric Lob, an associate professor of politics and international relations at Florida International University, joins CBS News to discuss who could become Iran's new supreme leader after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The Trump administration revealed more of its rationale behind striking Iran in a joint operation with Israel. While President Trump laid out his objectives for the war on Monday ahead of a medal ceremony at the White House, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters later that the strikes were based on Israel's pre-planned action against Iran. CBS News chief White House reporter Weijia Jiang has the latest.
The State Department is urging Americans in the Middle East to leave the region as Iran's barrage of retaliatory strikes expands. CBS News chief correspondent Matt Gutman has the latest from Tel Aviv.
The U.S. and Israel have launched new airstrikes as Iran retaliates amid the ongoing war. Negar Mortazavi, a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy who has family living in Iran, speaks about how the war is impacting civilians, the reaction of Iranians and what could come next.