Senate Democrats have taken the unusual step of issuing a letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, seeking a full accounting from him and the Pentagon for the bare minimum that the ongoing war in Iran is going to cost. The letter (PDF) was spearheaded by Sen....
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Tuesday introduced a resolution to impeach Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, referred to by the Trump administration as the Secretary of War, for "high crimes and misdemeanors" over the war with Iran and other unauthorized conflicts,...
Mohsen Rezaei, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said Monday that there would be no talks between Tehran and Washington until "Iran's conditions are met," comments that came after President Trump claimed that Iran "badly" wants a deal. Trump said in a...
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Monday that its forces shot down a US "MQ-1" drone over the Strait of Hormuz as tensions remain high in the region amid the continued US blockade of Iranian ports. It's unclear if the "MQ-1" Iran referred to was...
Iranian media reported on Sunday that an Iranian commercial ship was struck by a projectile off the coast of Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz and that at least one person was killed and several others were wounded in the attack. Iran's PressTV quoted Hossein...
President Trump said at the Republican National Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday night that if Iran had a nuclear weapon, he would have politely called up the Supreme Leader instead of "bombing the crap" out of the country. "If they had a nuclear...
President Trump on Wednesday told reporters to expect more US attacks on Iranian tankers, comments that came after Iran's forces struck US bases in Jordan and targeted multiple commercial ships in the region in retaliation for US Central Command bombing five Iranian...
Updated on September 8, 2026 at 8:37 pm EST The US on Tuesday launched more strikes against Iranian oil tankers, and the Iranian military began responding by launching a heavy missile attack on US bases in Jordan. A US official told Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin...
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf on Monday warned that Iran could target infrastructure belonging to US oil and gas companies across the Middle East if the US continues bombing Iranian energy infrastructure. Ghalibaf issued the warning after the US...
US Central Command said in a press release on Saturday that its forces "destroyed" three Iranian oil tankers, framing the attacks on civilian ships as a response to Iranian missiles being fired toward US Navy warships. CENTCOM described the ships as "IRGC tankers," an...
