Back from the brink of war with Iran
January 10, 2020The Trump administration insists the killing of Iran’s top general Qassim Soleimani was a response to ‘imminent’ threats but on Capitol Hill members of both parties are furious....
View ArticleForeign Policy on the 2020 Campaign Trail
January 10, 2020Foreign policy dominated the debate on Capitol Hill and on the campaign trail as candidates spoke out against rising hostilities with Iran. Bernie Sanders narrowly leads in the Des...
View ArticleExclusive: Iran Strike Won't Slow Trump's Cuts To National Security Council
January 11, 2020President Trump's national security adviser said tensions with Iran won't slow his plans to shrink the size of the National Security Council.NPRNews You Need to Know
View ArticleTrump now claims 4 embassies were targeted by Iran; still no public evidence
January 11, 2020with Kaitlan CollinsPresident Donald Trump on Thursday asserted that Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani was plotting to blow up a US embassy before he was killed by a US drone strike last...
View ArticleEsper Says He Saw No Evidence Iran Targeted 4 Embassies, as Story Shifts Again
January 13, 2020by Peter Baker, Thomas Gibbons-NeffThe sharp disparity between the president and his defense secretary only added to the public debate over the Jan. 3 strike that killed Iran’s most...
View Article‘Four embassies’: The anatomy of Trump’s unfounded claim about Iran
January 14, 2020by Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey, John Hudson, Shane Harris“I can reveal I believe it probably would’ve been four embassies,” he said in an interview Friday with Fox News Channel. Based on...
View ArticleVeterans Differ With Trump Over Injuries From Iran Missile Attack
January 23, 2020by Nancy Youssef, Michael M. Phillips President Trump said the head injuries suffered by American service members in an Iranian missile strike weren’t “very serious,” prompting angry...
View ArticleWith some GOP support, Senate primed to pass measure restricting Trump on Iran
February 13, 2020by Karoun DemirjianThe Senate is expected to pass a measure Thursday limiting President Trump’s ability to act militarily against Iran, in lawmakers’ latest bipartisan attempt to...
View ArticleSenate passes bipartisan bill limiting Trump's military authority
February 14, 2020with Manu RajuThe Senate has passed the Iran War Powers resolution, a rare measure that has bipartisan support despite the fact that it is opposed by President Donald Trump and aimed...
View ArticleFamily concludes former FBI agent Robert Levinson died in Iran
March 26, 2020by Pete WilliamsThe family of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared 13 years ago on an island off Iran, said Wednesday that he died while being held in Iran as the...
View ArticleLong-Planned and Bigger Than Thought: Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Program
July 11, 2020by David Sanger, Eric Schmitt, Ronen BergmanAs Iran’s center for advanced nuclear centrifuges lies in charred ruins after an explosion, apparently engineered by Israel, the long-simmering...
View ArticleIran and Russia Seek to Influence Election in Final Days, U.S. Officials Warn
October 22, 2020by David Sanger, Julian BarnesIran and Russia have both obtained American voter registration data, top national security officials announced late on Wednesday, providing the first...
View ArticleTrump Sought Options for Attacking Iran to Stop Its Growing Nuclear Program
November 17, 2020by Maggie Haberman, David Sanger, Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt, Lara JakesPresident Trump asked senior advisers in an Oval Office meeting on Thursday whether he had options to take...
View ArticlePresident Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Push
February 19, 2021President Joe Biden said America is back during a speech at a virtual Munich Security Conference. The panel discussed Biden’s plans to restart nuclear negotiations with Iran, and...
View ArticleDonald Rumsfeld, Architect of Invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, Dies at 88
July 1, 2021by Nancy YoussefDonald Rumsfeld, the architect of the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and an advocate of measures to streamline and modernize the American military, has died.Wall...
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