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Trump Stands by Remarks on Americans' Financial Concerns

President says higher gas prices are acceptable in US' stated effort to stymie Iranian nukes

(Newser) - President Trump isn't backing away from his admission that Americans' wallets aren't top of mind as he negotiates with Iran. Asked Friday by Fox News' Bret Baier about his remarks from earlier in the week that he wasn't thinking about Americans' finances "even a little bit,...

Control of Strait of Hormuz 'Has Returned to Its Previous State'
Iran Does a 180
on Strait of Hormuz
Apr 18, 2026 6:10 AM CDT

Iran Does a 180 on Strait of Hormuz

Nation reimposes restrictions after initially reopening key waterway after US won't lift blockade

(Newser) - Iran swiftly reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz , reimposing restrictions on the critical waterway on Saturday after the US said it wouldn't end its blockade of Iran-linked shipping. Iran's joint military command said that "control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous...

Report: Trump Turns Down 5-Year Iran Nuclear Offer

Sources say US is demanding 20-year nuclear enrichment freeze

(Newser) - Iran has reportedly floated a five-year freeze on key nuclear work, but Washington is pushing for something four times longer—and isn't budging. During weekend talks in Islamabad, US negotiators asked Iran to halt uranium enrichment for 20 years, the New York Times reports, citing "two senior Iranian...

Iran Says Airstrike Hit Nuclear Enrichment Facility

State media: Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was attacked Saturday, with no radiation leakage

(Newser) - Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was hit in an airstrike on Saturday, Iranian state media reports. Iran's official Mizan news agency said there was no radiation leakage after Saturday's strike on the Natanz nuclear facility, nearly 135 miles southeast of Tehran. The facility, Iran's main uranium...

Trump: I'm Considering Limited Strike on Iran

President acknowledges possible move amid nuclear talks

(Newser) - President Trump is openly weighing whether to hit Iran with what he calls a "limited" military strike if it refuses to accept new curbs on its nuclear program. Asked Friday if such an option was on the table to push Tehran toward a deal, the president replied, "I...

Netanyahu, Trump to Meet About Iran

US negotiators held talks with Iran's on Friday

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is heading to Washington next week, with Iran will be front and center. On Wednesday, his office said, he'll meet with President Trump to discuss the ongoing negotiations between the US and Iran, Reuters reports. Those talks are unfolding indirectly: US and Iranian officials...

Pentagon Offers Latest 'Confusing' Remarks on Iran

Spokesperson says nuclear program has been set back by about 2 years

(Newser) - Pentagon officials are now saying the recent US military strikes on Iranian nuclear sites have set the country's nuclear program back by about two years, a less sweeping assessment than President Trump's earlier claim that the strikes "obliterated" Tehran's nuclear capabilities, the Wall Street Journal...

Spy Chiefs, Citing New Intel on Nuclear Sites: Trump Is Right

More information on Iran strikes is expected to be presented at briefing Thursday

(Newser) - President Trump and his administration have pushed back , hard , against reports that Iran's nuclear program has not, in fact, been "obliterated" in recent strikes. But now, the administration is touting "new intelligence" supporting Trump's claim that the strikes set the nuclear program back years, not...

Israel Says It Killed at Least 14 of Iran's Nuclear Scientists

It's an unprecedented attack on Iran's nuclear know-how

(Newser) - Israel's tally of the war damage it wrought on Iran includes the targeted killings of at least 14 scientists, an unprecedented attack on the brains behind Iran's nuclear program that outside experts say can only set it back, not stop it. In an interview with the Associated Press...

Report: US Strikes Didn't 'Obliterate' Iran Nuclear Program

Sources say early intelligence suggests program was only set back by a few months

(Newser) - The US strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran were not as successful as President Trump claimed they were, according to details of an early intelligence assessment leaked to outlets including CNN . Trump said the Saturday strikes "completely obliterated" nuclear facilities but according to CNN's sources, core components of...

Experts Suggest Iran Strike Is 'Incomplete'

Even as Trump insists sites were 'obliterated'

(Newser) - President Trump late Sunday used the word "obliteration" to describe what the US strikes did to Iran's nuclear facilities, but that's not what some early assessments indicate.
  • Trump's post on Truth Social: "Monumental Damage was done to all Nuclear sites in Iran, as shown by
...

Iran State TV to Trump: 'You Started It, and We'll Finish It'

But how Tehran responds militarily to the US strikes was not immediately clear

(Newser) - How Iran will respond to the US strikes on three of its nuclear facilities remains unclear, but a commentator on state TV delivered a stark warning, reports the Times of Israel :
  • "You started it, and we'll finish it."
  • The male commentator also declared that every US citizen
...

Trump Addresses Nation After Bombing Iran

'Iran, the bully of the Mideast, must now make peace'

(Newser) - President Trump gave a brief address to the nation Saturday night to explain his decision to have US bombers strike three Iranian nuclear sites —and he warned that more strikes would follow unless Iran acquiesced. "Iran, the bully of the Mideast, must now make peace," he said,...

Israel Claims 'Aerial Superiority' Over Iranian Capital

Tel Aviv says it can fly with impunity over Tehran, while fresh round of Iran missiles on Israel kills 5

(Newser) - Iran fired a new wave of missile attacks on Israel early Monday, killing at least five people, while Israel claimed in the fourth day of the conflict that it had now achieved "aerial superiority" over Tehran and could fly over the Iranian capital with impunity. After days of attacks...

Trump Vetoed Israeli Plan to Kill Khamenei, Sources Say

Though a Netanyahu rep calls the report fake news

(Newser) - President Trump rejected a plan presented by Israel to the US to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a US official familiar with the matter. The Israelis informed the Trump administration in recent days that they had developed a credible plan to kill Khamenei. After being...

Iran Calls Off Next Round of Nuclear Talks With US

Negotiations were to resume Sunday in Oman

(Newser) - The latest round of talks between US and Iranian negotiators will not take place Sunday as scheduled, the nation mediating the talks announced Saturday. Oman's foreign minister posted the cancelation of what was to be the sixth round, planned to take place in Muscat, on social media, the New ...

Iran Just Escalated Its Retaliation in a Big Way

Tehran fires dozens of ballistic missiles at Israel

(Newser) - Iran's first form of retaliation against Israel on Friday came in the form of drones. Now comes a more serious attack: Tehran just fired dozens of ballistic missiles in three different waves, reports Axios . Emergency sirens rang out in cities including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, along with warnings for...

Top Military Officials, Scientists Killed as Israel Strikes Iran

Khamenei threatens 'severe punishment' for Israel

(Newser) - In the aftermath of Israel's strikes on Iran, Israeli army chief spokesman Effie Defrin said Iran had launched more than 100 drones toward Israel in retaliation and that "all the defense systems are acting to intercept the threats." Israel, Iraq, Iran, and Jordan shut down their airspace...

Israel Launches Attack on Iran
Israel Launches
Attack on Iran
Jun 12, 2025 7:38 PM CDT

Israel Launches Attack on Iran

Explosions were heard across Tehran

(Newser) - Explosions rang out across Iran's capital early Friday local time as Israel said it was attacking the country. People in Tehran awoke to the sound of the blasts. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced a "special situation" in Israel over the attack on Iran and declared a nationwide...

Israel Might Make 'Dramatic Break' With US on Iran

Country is reportedly considering striking Iran without American support

(Newser) - The US has pulled nonessential staff from its embassy in Iraq amid concerns about a possible Israeli strike on Iran, but officials say any such strike is unlikely to have US support. Sources tell NBC News that Israel is considering a unilateral strike, possibly within days, because talks between the...

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