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President Donald Trump has waived the Jones Act, which requires goods transported from one U.S. port to another to be carried on U.S. ships, for 60 days as a short-term means to relieve disruptions to the oil market.

A majority of Republicans continue supporting President Donald Trump in his military action, Operation Epic Fury, against the Islamic regime in Iran, a recent poll found.

Six nations called for international law to be respected in Gulf as they announced potential joint efforts to reopen the Straits of Hormuz.

Brent crude spiked to nearly $120 a barrel Thursday morning before retreating, as the Iran conflict expanded to threaten major energy hubs across the Middle East. A drone struck a Saudi refinery, and President Trump issued a stark warning that

The government of Saudi Arabia held a large ministerial-level meeting in Riyadh with representatives of other victims of Iranian bombings in the past month, issuing a joint statement condemning Tehran for widespread drone and missile attacks on civilian sites in over a dozen countries.

Two men have been charged under national security laws on suspicion of conducting reconnaissance of targets in London.

Muslims in Britain have a more favourable view of China, Russia, and Iran than the United States, a poll has found.

Iran and Russia are democratising suicide attack drones to such an extent that soon aerial strikes will be within the reach of terrorists.

President Donald Trump stated that there would be “NO MORE ATTACKS” by Israel after Israel was reported to have launched strikes on Iran’s South Pars Gas Field.

Wednesday on MS NOW’s “The Last Word,” Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) claimed President Donald Trump has “wasted” the lives of the U.S. military personnel who died in service tied to the Iran exercises.

Iran claims that its players will be “unsafe” if they play their World Cup matches in the U.S. and they want their games moved to Mexico.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday attended the dignified transfer of the six servicemembers killed when a KC-135 refueling plane crashed in Iraq.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was the loudest voice on Capitol Hill calling for President Donald Trump to strike Iran. But Graham’s longtime championing of a now-shuttered government agency might have doomed the strikes’ ultimate aims – possibly dragging down Trump and Republicans with them.

Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that if a member of the administration cannot help implement a president’s decision even though he or she disagrees with it, then it is a good thing they resign. 

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard shared the intelligence community’s assessments on Operation Epic Fury, China, drug cartels, artificial intelligence, and more while presenting the 2026 Annual Threat Assessment (ATA) in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.

Israel is reportedly planning a “massive” ground invasion of Lebanon to eliminate Hezbollah’s weapons and push the terror group away from the border, so that it can no longer shower Israeli cities with rockets. As one Israeli official put it: “We are going to do what we did in Gaza.”

Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel on Tuesday, ostensibly to get revenge for Israel’s liquidation of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, security chief Ali Larijani, and other top Iranian officials.

Iranian state media confirmed the death of security chief Ali Larijani, arguably the most important figure in what remains of the regime. 

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that President Donald Trump has full confidence in Director of the Office of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard. 

The Dutch House of Representatives passed a motion from populist leader Geert Wilders advocating for the ban of the Muslim Brotherhood and its “affiliated organisations” amid increasing warnings over Islamist infiltration across Europe

The United States has suggested that the government of former al-Qaeda jihadist Ahmed al-Sharaa in Syria is considering operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon and Damascus and weighing the prospects of entering the greater war on Iran, Reuters reported on Tuesday.

Israel claimed Wednesday that Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib was “eliminated” in a precision overnight strike, adding another name to the increasingly long list of senior Iranian government figures to be assassinated.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Deadline: White House,” host Nicolle Wallace said former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent is an individual who has pushed “fringe” conspiracies “appeared alongside far-right militia groups and associated with white nationalist

An Iranian missile struck near the Al Minhad airbase in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), damaging a facility that houses Australian military personnel. No injuries were sustained during the attack, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Wednesday morning.

Polling throughout the nearly three-week U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran has consistently shown near-unanimous backing for President Donald Trump’s decision to launch Operation Epic Fury among the MAGA base and overwhelming support among Republicans, while a new Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday finds that a majority of likely voters overall say the operation has been succeeding.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” host Jen Psaki argued that former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent “was unqualified for the job” and “had a history of associating with far-right figures and peddling debunked January

On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) said that former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent’s resignation letter “plays into traditional antisemitic tropes of the Jews controlling this or

Iranian state media accused President Javier Milei of “crossing an unforgivable red line” for supporting the United States and Israel.

Joe Kent’s resignation from his national security post over opposition to military action against Iran follows earlier public statements in which he warned about threats posed by the country and supported striking its ballistic missile and nuclear capabilities.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that “it’s a good thing” that Joe Kent has resigned as director of the National Counterterrorism Center and that Kent was “very weak on security.” 

Civil Service in clutches of “strange topsy-turvy morality” that treats allies as enemies, a former diplomat has warned.

The Israeli military on Tuesday announced it has eliminated Iran’s de facto leader, Ali Larijani, with an airstrike.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized in recent interviews his country’s willingness to help fight the Iranian terrorist regime.

President Donald Trump’s opposition in the media and political class are celebrating Joe Kent’s resignation as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center over the war in Iran.

Joe Kent resigned as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) on Tuesday due to his opposition to the war against Iran, believing the totalitarian Islamic regime poses no national security threat to the United States.

The European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said during a Monday press conference the ongoing war in Iran is “not Europe’s war,” but noted Europe’s interests are “directly at stake” as the conflict widens.