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Trump Blames Minnesota for the Iran-Linked Water Hack. The Flaw Has No Patch.

In Braham, Minnesota, a city of roughly 1,700 people, the cyberattack that hit the…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 1

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Poland Identified the Russian Missile Within Hours, Then Left Article 4 Alone

A Russian cruise missile crossed roughly 100 kilometers into Polish territory early Thursday and…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 30

Five interceptor missile trails rise from a desert airbase at night as two bright intercept flashes detonate high above silhouetted hangars and a radar array.

Iran Fired First This Time, and the Pause Trump Ordered Was Never Written Down

The US struck Iranian targets Wednesday night after the Revolutionary Guard fired first at…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 29

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu seated in armchairs in the Oval Office with US and Israeli flags behind them

Trump Meets Netanyahu at the White House as the Iran Strike Pause Holds

President Donald Trump hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 28

Aerial view of the Strait of Hormuz at dusk with oil tankers on dark waters and distant orange glow on the Iranian coastline

U.S. Stops Bombing Iran After Two Weeks of Strikes as China Brokers New Peace Push

The U.S. military did not launch airstrikes against Iran on Friday night for the…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 27

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber flies low over the Persian Gulf at dusk with smoke plumes rising from the Iranian coastline

Trump Says He Is ‘Close’ to Ordering a ‘Massive Attack’ on Iran as 13th Night of Airstrikes Wraps

President Donald Trump told Axios on Thursday that he is weighing a military strike…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 24

A US Air Force B-1 Lancer bomber with swept wings flying at dusk beneath a storm-lit sky

The B-1 Bomber Just Entered the Iran War. Here’s What That Escalation Actually Means

The United States flew a B-1 Lancer bomber against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 23

Military honor guard carrying flag-draped transfer cases on the tarmac at Dover Air Force Base at dusk with a C-17 aircraft in the background

Trump Honors Four Fallen Service Members at Dover as Iran War Death Toll Climbs to 17

President Donald Trump stood on the tarmac at Dover Air Force Base on Tuesday…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 22

Diplomatic table split between Saudi Arabian and American flags with a glowing uranium fuel rod assembly at center

Landmark Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia That Could Open the Door to Uranium Enrichment

President Donald Trump has approved a sweeping 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 22

Smoke rises from a U.S. military base in the Middle East at dusk with the American flag silhouetted against an orange sky

The Pentagon Just Admitted Nearly 100 Troops Were Injured in Iran, and Its Own Tracking System Showed Zero

The Pentagon disclosed Monday that nearly 100 American service members have been injured in…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 22

Pete Hegseth seated at a microphone in a Senate hearing room with protesters holding signs behind him

Hegseth Says Iran War Has Cost $37.5 Billion as Pentagon Demands $67 Billion More From Congress

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday that the U.S.…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 21

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Gas Prices Hit $4 a Gallon Again as Iran War Squeezes American Wallets

The national average price of gas crossed $4 a gallon on Monday for the…

By Mark Masterson · Jul 21

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U.S. soldier in explosive ordnance disposal gear kneeling near debris from a downed Iranian drone in dusty northern Iraq terrain at sunset

Another American Killed in Iraq as U.S. Troops Pay the Price of an Escalating Iran War

Smoke rising from Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan at dusk with US military fighter jets on the tarmac

Two US Service Members Killed in Jordan as Iranian Missiles Hit a Key American Air Base

A ruptured white fuel storage tank burns at an industrial depot, sending a dense black smoke column into a grey dawn sky as firefighters spray water from the perimeter

Ukraine’s Drone Barrage Kills 8 in Russia and Sets a Moscow-Region Oil Depot Ablaze

Aerial view of oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz at dusk with smoke plumes and military vessels

Iran Launches Simultaneous Strikes on Five Gulf Nations After the U.S. Hits 300 Targets in Three Nights

Donald Trump walking across the White House South Lawn at dusk flanked by Secret Service agents, with steel security fencing and crowd barriers in the foreground and Marine One behind

Trump Says He Left Orders to Bomb Iran If He’s Assassinated as the White House Turns Into a Fortress

President Donald Trump seated at the NATO summit press conference table in Ankara alongside NATO officials with flags in the background

Trump Declares Iran Ceasefire ‘Over’ at NATO Summit as Strait of Hormuz Attacks Shatter Fragile Truce

Submarine surfacing in dark Pacific Ocean waves with ballistic missile trail arcing through stormy sky at dawn

China Fires a Nuclear-Capable Missile From a Submarine in the South Pacific, and the Timing Is Not a Coincidence

Massive crowd in Tehran at dusk with Iranian flags during funeral procession, spotlight beams cutting through the air

Iran Begins Weeklong Funeral for Ayatollah Khamenei as a Wounded Nation Stages Its Largest Public Spectacle

Aerial view of Kyiv skyline at dawn with multiple plumes of smoke rising from residential apartment buildings after Russian drone and missile attack, emergency vehicles on streets below

Russia Unleashes Its Most Massive Attack on Kyiv of the Entire War, Killing at Least 13

A military airbase at night with floodlights illuminating the tarmac and smoke rising in the distance

Iran Strikes US Military Bases in Kuwait and Bahrain as Middle East Ceasefire Crumbles

Aerial view of the Pentagon building at dusk with military aircraft silhouettes in the sky

The Pentagon Wants $80 Billion for the Iran War, Nearly Triple Its Original Estimate

Aerial view of a crude oil supertanker, two fast-attack patrol boats, and a naval warship in the Strait of Hormuz at dusk

Iran Closes the Strait of Hormuz Again, Three Days After Reopening It Under the Truce

Three crude oil supertankers sailing single file through the narrow Strait of Hormuz at golden hour with naval patrol vessels and rugged coastlines

Three Saudi Tankers Cross a Reopened Hormuz, the First Real Test of the Trump-Pezeshkian Truce

Aerial view of an oil supertanker escorted by patrol boats transiting a narrow strait at dusk between mountainous coastlines

Trump’s Hormuz Ceasefire Framework Heads to a June 19 Signing as Israel and Iran Leave the Hardest Questions Open

Nighttime aerial view of explosions and anti-aircraft fire over a coastal city during US-Iran military strikes

US-Iran Strikes Escalate for Third Time This Week as Gulf Bases Hit and Oil Surges Past $93

Devastated apartment building with smoke rising and emergency rescue lights at dawn after Russian aerial assault

Russia Launches 656 Drones and 73 Missiles at Ukraine in One of the War’s Largest Aerial Assaults

Military personnel in a darkened operations center monitoring radar screens and a tactical map of the Persian Gulf

The Pentagon Just Struck Inside Iran Again, and This Time Beijing’s Hardware Was in the Crosshairs

Medieval Beaufort Castle overlooking southern Lebanon valley with smoke visible on the horizon

Israel Seizes Crusader-Era Beaufort Castle as Lebanon Invasion Deepens