Iran said it won't try to kill Trump: U.S. official

How Trump Is Trying to Win Gen Z Men

Young men in recent years have become more politically conservative. But will they vote? Kellen Browning, a New York Times reporter covering the 2024 election with a focus on Nevada and Arizona, ...

Top stories - The New York Times - November 1

Trump is not expected to try to fire Fed Chair Powell

Federal Reserve watchers don’t think that President-elect Donald Trump will seek to remove Fed Chair Jerome Powell from his post before the central bank chief’s term ends in mid-2026.

Business - MarketWatch - November 7

Iran is likely to try to directly contact Americans in influence campaign in coming weeks, sources say

U.S. officials expect that in the coming weeks, Iran is likely to contact Americans to try to influence how they vote, stir divide or incite violence.

White House notified before Israel's attack on Iran, defense official says

A defense official told CBS News that the U.S. was given a heads-up in advance of Israel's retaliatory attack against Iran. The U.S. is not involved in the strikes, but President Biden has been ...

CIA Official Arrested for Intelligence Leak on Israeli Plans to Strike Iran

Asif William Rahman was arrested in Cambodia on Tuesday and expected to appear in federal court in Guam.

World - The Wall Street Journal - 2 days ago

US intelligence official charged after Israel’s plan to attack Iran leaked

CIA’s Asif W Rahman will appear in court over espionage offenses following a release of highly classified documents. A US intelligence official has been charged with espionage offenses following ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

Elon Musk Met With Iran’s U.N. Ambassador, Iranian Officials Say

The tech billionaire, a top adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, was reported to have discussed ways to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States.

World - The New York Times - Yesterday

Iran Revolutionary Guard officer charged in plot to kill American author in US

The Justice Department unsealed an indictment against four Iranian officials Tuesday for their alleged involvement in a murder-for-hire targeting Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad. Among ...

Politics - The Hill - October 22

Attack on a police convoy in a restive southeastern province of Iran kills 10 officers

An attack in Iran’s restive southeast killed 10 members of the country’s national police force

World - ABC News - October 26

U.S. Bombs Weapons Caches of Iran-Backed Houthis in Yemen

Air Force B-2 bombers struck five underground weapons facilities in what may be a signal from the Biden administration to Iran.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 17

Leaked U.S. Intelligence Suggests Israel Is Preparing to Strike Iran

American officials are trying to determine the source of the leak, which describes military drills and weapons placement, and how damaging it might be.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 19

U.S. Investigates Intelligence Leak About Israel's Plans for Attacking Iran

Two highly classified reports about Israel’s preparations for striking Iran were posted online by a pro-Iran site.

World - The Wall Street Journal - October 20

U.S. investigating leak of documents showing Israeli plans for Iran strike

U.S. officials say an investigation is underway after what appear to be top secret documents detailing Israel's plans for a military strike on Iran in response to a missile attack earlier this ...

Prisoner who lived in U.S. executed in Iran over disputed charges

Jamshid Shamahd was one of several Iranian dissidents abroad in recent years either tricked or kidnapped back to Iran.

Iran Executes Jamshid Sharmahd, German-Iranian Opponent Who Lived in U.S.

Jamshid Sharmahd had been accused of helping in a deadly terrorist bombing in 2008. Another Iranian prisoner, the Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, is in the hospital.

World - The New York Times - October 28

Iran's supreme leader threatens U.S., Israel with "a crushing response"

Any further attacks from either side could engulf the wider Middle East, already teetering over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and Israel's ground invasion of Lebanon, into a wider regional ...

U.S. government employee charged in leak of Israel's plans to attack Iran

A government employee faces charges over an online leak of classified national defense information.

U.S. reacts to Israel killing Hamas' Yahya Sinwar

The State Department and the Pentagon reacted to the death of Hamas' Yahya Sinwar after an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip. Reacting to the news, the U.S. is highlighting the hopes for ...

U.S. Says It Killed Islamic State Militants in Syria

Airstrikes on Monday targeted people who the military said were senior leaders of the group, which has sharply stepped up its attacks in Iraq and Syria.

World - The New York Times - October 30

U.S. sanctions members of cartel linked to killings of Americans

The sanctions come two years after a judge ordered La Linea to pay $4.6 billion to the families of nine Americans killed in a 2019 ambush in Mexico.

A French village honors a U.S. soldier killed in WWII

Gerri Eisenhauer's father, Private William Walters, died in World War II just a few months before she was born – killed in action in France, according to a brief telegram. Eisenhauer believed she ...

Palestinians Try to Sway Trump, Reaching Out to Tiffany Trump’s Relative

The Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has met with Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law and written conciliatory letters to the president-elect, a strong supporter of Israel.

World - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Rubio on Trump rally comedian's Puerto Rico comments: 'Tasteless, but it wasn’t Trump that said it’

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Sunday called racist comments about Puerto Rico made by a comedian at a Trump rally last week “tasteless,” but he also noted “it wasn't Trump that said it.” “A comedian ...

Politics - The Hill - November 3

WNBA won't fine Cheryl Reeve for officiating rant, per report: Lynx coach claimed Finals were 'stolen'

Reeve made strong critiques of the referees after the Lynx's loss in Game 5 of the Finals

Sports - CBS Sports - October 29

Some GOP-led states won't allow federal monitors at polling places, officials say

Some Republican-led states will not allow federal poll monitors at voting locations on Election Day, officials tell ABC News.

A's officially drop Oakland from name, won't add Sacramento as future plans remain at a standstill

The A's are playing at least the 2025 season in a Sacramento minor-league ballpark

Sports - CBS Sports - November 4

Trump won't rule out Hunter Biden pardon if elected

Former President Trump said Thursday that he would not rule out pardoning Hunter Biden if he wins November's election. "I wouldn’t take it off the books. See, unlike Joe Biden, despite what they’ve ...

Politics - The Hill - October 24

Huckabee predicts Trump's Cheney rhetoric won't 'make a lot of difference'

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.) said he doesn’t think former President Trump’s comments about former Rep. Liz Chenye (R-Wyo.) will “make a lot of difference” for voters as they cast their ...

Politics - The Hill - November 2

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon won't join Trump administration

Jamie Dimon will continue to lead JPMorgan Chase despite speculation he could be in the running for Treasury secretary.

Powell: Fed won't 'speculate' about Trump's impact on economy

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.25 percentage points on Thursday, the second consecutive cut since a two-year rate hike run to curb post-pandemic inflation, as the economy and labor ...

Politics - The Hill - November 7

Fed Chair says he won't resign if Trump asks him to

Fed Chair Jay Powell said Thursday that he would not resign if president-elect Donald Trump asked him to.

Powell says he won't resign for Trump, can't be fired

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had a clear, direct response when asked during a press conference Thursday if he would step down if asked to do so by President-elect Trump. “No,” said Powell, ...