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  • trumpPolitics

    America’s Arab allies privately urge America to finish the job in Iran, sources say

    By Aamer Madhani, Samy Magdy, and others
  • President Donald Trump walks up the stairs of Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)Politics

    Iranian attack on Saudi base injures at least 15 U.S. troops while 2,500 Marines arrive in the Mideast ahead of Trump’s new Hormuz deadline

    By Aamer Madhani, Samy Magdy, and others
  • A view of the damages at Hypercar, an auto service center, which according to the company’s officials were caused by strikes on March 1, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)Politics

    Iran-backed Houthis claim first missile launch on Israel, raising fears they will attack ships in the Red Sea and disrupt traffic through Suez Canal

    By Samy Magdy, Aamer Madhani, and others
  • iranPolitics

    ‘We do not plan on any negotiations’: Iran laughs at White House’s claims of cease-fire talks

    By Jon Gambrell, Mike Corder, and others
  • middle eastPolitics

    America claims it sent a cease-fire plan to Iran, which doesn’t confirm receipt

    By Jon Gambrell, David Rising, and others
  • trumpPolitics

    Trump seems to have put himself in a position where the only Iran solution is troops on the ground

    By Aamer Madhani, Seung Min Kim, and others
  • trumpPolitics

    Trump’s flip-flopping gives juice to critics who say he just didn’t have a plan for the Iran War

    By Aamer Madhani and The Associated Press
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Nizhny Novgorod Region Governor Gleb Nikitin at the Kremlin, in , Russia, Friday, March 6, 2026. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)Politics

    Russia is sharing intelligence with Iran about U.S. military targets in the Mideast, marking first sign Moscow is getting involved in the war

    By Seung Min Kim, Aamer Madhani, and others
  • President Donald Trump speaks at the Shield of the Americas Summit, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)North America

    Trump calls on regional leaders at ‘Shield of the Americas’ summit to use their militaries against drug cartels

    By Aamer Madhani, Joshua Goodman, and others
  • protestPolitics

    A month before Iran strikes, Trump told Iranian protesters help was on the way amid a government crackdown

    By Aamer Madhani, Josh Boak, and others
  • Rubble remains in the aftermath of an Israeli-U.S. strike in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Amir Kholousi, ISNA)Politics

    Trump calls death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the ‘single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country’

    By Jon Gambrell, Konstantin Toropin, and others
  • People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026.(AP Photo)Politics

    U.S. airstrikes target members of Iranian leadership while retaliation focuses on Israel and American bases in the region

    By Jon Gambrell, Konstantin Toropin, and others
  • trumpPolitics

    Marjorie Taylor Green accuses Trump of putting ‘rich donor class and foreign policy’ before America First

    By Aamer Madhani and The Associated Press
  • An information screen is displayed in Terminal 1 at O’Hare International Airport, in Chicago, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)Politics

    Democrats and the Trump administration dig in over DHS oversight, offering no signs of a deal to end the partial government shutdown

    By Aamer Madhani and The Associated Press
  • FILE – In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Gerald R. Ford embarked on the first of its sea trials to test various state-of-the-art systems on its own power for the first time, April 8, 2017, from Newport News, Va. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ridge Leoni/U.S. Navy via AP, File)Politics

    Trump says regime change in Iran that ousts Islamic clerics ‘would be the best thing that could happen’ as another carrier heads to Mideast

    By Konstantin Toropin, Aamer Madhani, and others