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Senator Who's Never Served Slammed Over 'Smell of War' Comment

Rep. Pat Ryan, Iraq veteran, questions senator's combat experience after Iran remarks

(Newser) - Sen. Markwayne Mullin's attempt to describe the "smell" of war is drawing fire from a House member who's actually been there, the Hill reports. Appearing on Fox News' America Reports Monday, Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican, praised President Trump's response to Iran and launched into a graphic...

Khamenei's Likely Successor Emerges
Khamenei's Likely
Successor Emerges
Mar 4, 2026 12:00 AM CST

Khamenei's Likely Successor Emerges

Reclusive Mojtaba Khamenei backed by Revolutionary Guards amid succession talks

(Newser) - Iran's powerful clerical body is moving toward a dynastic handoff at the very top. Three Iranian officials who spoke to the New York Times say Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old son of slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has emerged as the leading candidate to inherit his father's post...

Drone Hits Near US Consulate in Dubai

Rubio says all US personnel are accounted for

(Newser) - A fire was contained Tuesday night after a suspected Iranian drone hit the parking lot of the US Consulate in Dubai, officials say. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said all American diplomatic personnel were accounted for, the Wall Street Journal reports. Video showed black smoke rising near the consulate.
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Pentagon Names 4 of 6 Troops Killed in Drone Strike

Officials say they died in Kuwait drone strike

(Newser) - The Pentagon has released the names of four of the six troops killed in the Iran war . Authorities said they were killed "during an unmanned aircraft system attack" in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, on Sunday. The four dead American soldiers who were identified Tuesday were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment...

Trump Threatens to Halt All Trade With Spain

'We don't want anything to do with Spain,' he says after country blocks US use of military bases

(Newser) - President Trump is threatening to slam the door on trade with NATO ally Spain. The president told reporters at the White House on Tuesday that Spain had been "terrible" and said the US might "cut off all trade" after Madrid refused to let American forces use Spanish bases...

Iranian Drones Hit Amazon Data Centers

Company says facilities in UAE, Bahrain were damaged

(Newser) - Damage to three Amazon Web Services facilities in the Middle East from Iranian drone strikes highlights the rapid growth of data centers in the region, as well as the industry's vulnerability to conflict. The company's cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, said late Monday that two data centers...

Trump Makes Big Move on Strait of Hormuz

He says oil tankers will get naval escorts, insurance guarantees

(Newser) - With oil prices rising amid the US-led war on Iran, President Trump has moved to quell fears of an energy crisis. He said Tuesday that the US would provide naval escorts, if necessary, for oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Around a fifth of the world's oil...

Legality of Khamenei's Killing Is a Murky Area
Legality of Khamenei's
Killing Is a Murky Area
analysis
Mar 3, 2026 10:59 AM CST

Legality of Khamenei's Killing Is a Murky Area

US law forbids assassinations, but presidents have gotten leeway on killings since 9/11

(Newser) - The US-Israeli assault on Iran killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the very first day of strikes. In a New York Times analysis, Charlie Savage points out that it "is extraordinarily rare for a country to deliberately and openly kill the leader of another sovereign nation—even during...

Big Question in Iran: Is Ahmadinejad Alive?

Conflicting reports emerge on whether the former president was killed in airstrikes

(Newser) - The US-Israeli assault on Iran killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei almost immediately. But the fate of another person whose name is familiar to Westerners—former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad—remains unclear. The Jerusalem Post and the UK's Telegraph cited a report in a pro-regime outlet (the Iranian Labor News Agency) suggesting...

Kesha Slams White House for Using Her Song

Singer condemns administration's TikTok war clip as violent, 'inhumane' propaganda

(Newser) - Kesha says the White House just crossed a line with "Blow." On Monday, the singer accused the Trump administration of using her 2010 track in a Feb. 10 TikTok that shows US bomber jets and a strike on a ship timed to the lyric "This place about...

As Iran Escalates, Drones Hit US Embassies in Riyadh, Kuwait

US closes both embassies

(Newser) - Two drones struck the US Embassy in Riyadh on Tuesday, sparking a small fire and modest damage but no reported injuries, Saudi officials said . The attack followed a similar Iranian drone strike on the US embassy in Kuwait, reports the Guardian , and led to the closure of both embassies, per...

Trump Reaches Out to 'Those Who Face Death' for Iran Help

US weighs what Kurdish forces can do as tensions escalate in Middle East

(Newser) - President Trump is quietly working the phones as the US-Israeli war with Iran unfolds—and he's reaching out to the Kurds. Sources tell Axios that on Sunday, Trump spoke with Masoud Barzani and Bafel Talabani, leaders of Iraq's two main Kurdish factions, in conversations described as being "...

Strait of Hormuz Showdown Could Be a 'Historic' One

Traffic through key waterway has ground to a halt, with higher oil prices looming

(Newser) - Oil tankers are all but sidelined in one of the world's most important energy conduits. Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has plunged since US and Israeli strikes began on Iran , as ship operators steer clear of the narrow passage that usually carries about a fifth of the world'...

State Department: Americans Should Leave 14 Countries Now

List includes Israel, Iran, Egypt

(Newser) - The State Department urged Monday that all US citizens leave more than a dozen Middle Eastern countries amid the war in Iran. Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Mora Namdar posted on X that Americans should "DEPART NOW" via commercial transportation and to call the State Department for...

Rubio: We Have a Plan to Counter Oil Price Spike

Officials to roll out phased response as Iran tensions escalate, he says

(Newser) - Washington says it has a playbook ready as oil prices jump amid the US-Iran conflict, Politico reports. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the Trump administration will start rolling out a plan Tuesday aimed at easing the spike in crude prices that followed US strikes on Iran and retaliatory...

US Death Toll in Iran Conflict Rises to 6

First US combat deaths in Operation Epic Fury confirmed

(Newser) - The US death toll from the US-Iran conflict has risen to six, CNN reports. US Central Command on Monday announced the new toll from an Iranian strike on a temporary American operations hub at Kuwait's Shuaiba port after the remains of two previously missing service members were recovered...

'This Is Our Chance Now,' Exiled Crown Prince Says

Shah's son contends Iran's government will crumble

(Newser) - Iran's exiled crown prince says the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has opened a door he's been waiting on for nearly five decades. Speaking from Paris, Reza Pahlavi told CBS' 60 Minutes that he believes Iran's ruling system is now "bound to collapse" and that he...

4th US Service Member Dies After Iran Attack

They were wounded in strike that killed 3 others

(Newser) - A military campaign the Pentagon insists won't become another quagmire has claimed a fourth American life. US Central Command said Monday that a service member who was critically injured in Iran's early strikes in "Operation Epic Fury" has died from their wounds, Stars and Stripes reports. Three...

Spain Blocks US Use of Its Bases for Iran Strikes

Madrid cites violations of international law

(Newser) - Spain has slammed the door on US military aircraft involved in strikes on Iran, saying American forces can't use its bases for operations Madrid views as illegal under international law. Spain's foreign minister José Manuel Albares said Sunday that US and Israeli actions were "unilateral" and Spanish...

Pentagon Got Help From Claude in Iran

Military deployed Anthropic AI tool even as it begins severing ties

(Newser) - Claude is still apparently welcome at the Pentagon, at least for now. The military used the AI tool from Anthropic in its attack on Iran over the weekend, according to separate reports in the Wall Street Journal and Axios . The move came hours after President Trump ordered federal agencies to...

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