President Donald Trump declared Saturday evening that a diplomatic solution in Iran may be "much easier" after U.S.-Israeli airstrikes killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and others in Tehran's theocratic leadership.
Trump also told CBS News in a phone interview he has been surprised by Iran's response to the attacks so far.
The FBI is on high alert following the U.S.-Israeli coordinated strikes on Iran overnight.
FBI Director Kash Patel said that the FBI is “fully engaged on the situation overseas,” and he has directed the bureau’s counterterrorism and intelligence teams “to be on high alert and mobilize security assets needed.”
Many Americans rely on paid tax preparers to file their federal taxes, but a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that most tax preparers aren’t required to meet any education, testing, or competency standards, which contributes to costly mistakes for taxpayers and the U.S. government.
The United States and Israel launched a massive aerial attack Saturday on Iran after negotiations failed to strike a deal over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, and President Donald Trump urged the Iranian people to use the moment to seize control of their government.
President Trump reacted to the death of Iran's longtime supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, on Saturday following U.S. and Israeli strikes in the country.
Trump said Khamenei's death marks the greatest chance for freedom in Iran.
"Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead. This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
At a Texas port known for handling record volumes of Texas-produced liquified natural gas, President Donald Trump touted importing Venezuelan oil with a Venezuelan oil tanker in the background.
Trump spoke at the Port of Corpus Christi, a key hub for LNG exports, referring to it as a “national treasure, one of the largest energy export hubs anywhere in the world.”
President Donald Trump has quickly reshaped the world with precision, stealthy surprise and military might, ousting Nicolas Maduro from bed -- and power -- in a night-time raid in Venezuela, pushing an energy-starved Cuba to the brink and hastening regime change in Iran with a deadly strike on the reviled and repressive Supreme Leader Ali Khameini and his top leadership.
The Vanguard Group’s decision to sign an agreement resolving a multistate lawsuit accusing investment firms of colluding to harm the coal industry contains an item that opponents of ESG are very excited about. It could confirm the lawsuit’s accusations — or prove them entirely false.
State lawmakers say physician assistants are leaving for Iowa because it takes so long to get licensed in Illinois.
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation leaders discussed audit findings with members of the Legislative Audit Commission at the Illinois Capitol last week.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are in "open war" after the latest strikes between the two countries, Pakistan's defense minister says.
The two nations traded attacks Thursday, escalating tensions, after border clashes occurred in October, The according to the Associated Press.
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said Friday that detained fighters were exchanged in Syria.
With the valued assistance of the @ICRC, 25 government fighters and 61 Druze fighters were exchanged yesterday in a smooth and orderly process. Families reunited. A step away from vengeance, and a step toward stability.
— Ambassador Tom Barrack (@USAMBTurkiye) February 27, 2026
The United States was honored to help facilitate this… https://t.co/oBzFpTUpQb
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that employees in her agency installed surveillance software on her phone and laptop, as well as the devices of other political officials.
Noem told Patrick Bet-David on the “PBD Podcast” on Thursday that Elon Musk and his team helped her discover unauthorized surveillance software embedded on government devices assigned to political appointees, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported.
