• Read Trump's full statement on Iran attacks

    Read Trump's full statement on Iran attacks

    Feb 28, 2026 03:48 PM EDT

    ... countries. Among the regime’s very first acts was to back a violent takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, holding dozens of American hostages for 444 days. In 1983, Iran’s proxies carried out the marine barracks bombing in Beirut that killed 241 American military personnel. In 2000 ...

  • Read Trump's full 2026 State of the Union address

    Read Trump's full 2026 State of the Union address

    Feb 25, 2026 02:45 PM EDT

    ... a great job, great Secretary of state. I think he’ll go down as the best ever. Under the cease fire, I negotiated every single hostage, both living and dead, has been returned home. Can you believe that? Nobody thought it was possible. Nobody thought that was possible. Both living ...

  • Analysis of Trump's 2026 State of the Union address

    Analysis of Trump's 2026 State of the Union address

    Feb 25, 2026 04:49 AM EDT

    ... There was toward the end far more bipartisan applause than I expected, and it began as the president was talking, for example, about bringing Israeli hostages home, then also was talking about not allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon. There was a lot of bipartisan applause during that section ...

  • A timeline of tensions over Iran's nuclear program as talks with U.S. approach

    A timeline of tensions over Iran's nuclear program as talks with U.S. approach

    Feb 25, 2026 02:39 AM EDT

    ... one. Mideast wars rage Oct. 7, 2023 — Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip storm into Israel, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 others hostage, beginning the most intense war ever between Israel and Hamas. Iran, which has armed Hamas, offers support to the militants. Regional tensions spike. Nov ...

  • What to know about the Supreme Court ruling on Trump's tariffs

    What to know about the Supreme Court ruling on Trump's tariffs

    Feb 20, 2026 07:12 PM EDT

    ... no mention of tariffs. IEEPA, which allows the president to seize assets and block transactions during a national emergency, was first used during the Iran hostage crisis. It has since been invoked for a range of global unrest, from the 9/11 attacks to the Syrian civil war. The president ...

  • UN Security Council holds high-level meeting on Gaza before Trump's Board of Peace convenes

    UN Security Council holds high-level meeting on Gaza before Trump's Board of Peace convenes

    Feb 18, 2026 10:58 PM EDT

    ... of Peace meeting in Washington, D.C., tomorrow is an important step.” Aspects of the ceasefire deal have moved forward, including Hamas releasing all the hostages it was holding and increased amounts of humanitarian aid getting into Gaza, though the U.N. says the level is insufficient. A new technocratic ...

  • A look at Jesse Jackson's decades of civil rights advocacy

    A look at Jesse Jackson's decades of civil rights advocacy

    Feb 17, 2026 11:35 PM EDT

    ... shadow senators, a position that primarily advocated for D.C. statehood. He also frequently met with foreign leaders.He negotiated the release of dozens of hostages during wars and conflicts, often without approval from presidents or Congress. In 2007, when fellow Chicago Democrat Barack Obama announced a bid for the ...

  • Mideast experts on what Israel wants from U.S.-Iran nuclear discussions

    Mideast experts on what Israel wants from U.S.-Iran nuclear discussions

    Feb 11, 2026 11:35 PM EDT

    The president's standing among the Israeli public is quite high, largely because he was seen as producing the release of all the American hostages. And Bibi wants to be in a position where he can demonstrate, we all know how important Trump is to us and I'm the ...

  • What to know as Iran and the U.S. weigh holding a second round of nuclear talks

    What to know as Iran and the U.S. weigh holding a second round of nuclear talks

    Feb 11, 2026 10:15 PM EDT

    ... s theocratic government. Later that year, university students overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, seeking the shah’s extradition and sparking the 444-day hostage crisis that saw diplomatic relations between Iran and the U.S. severed. The Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s saw the U.S. back ...

  • Immigration officials defend officers and tactics as public backlash grows

    Immigration officials defend officers and tactics as public backlash grows

    Feb 10, 2026 11:45 PM EDT

    ... term funding deal now. Here's John Thune. Sen. John Thune (R-SD): These federal employees at TSA and other agencies shouldn't be held hostage by the Democrats in potentially another government shutdown. So the best way to avoid that is to strike a deal. And I think that ...