Some major events in the history of US-Iran relations highlight differences between the countries’ views, but others have presented real opportunities for reconciliation.
April 04, 2026
A rural Nebraska family’s lifeline hospital now sits at the center of a national fight over Medicaid cuts
April 03, 2026
There has been little sign Friday of the war in the Mideast winding down as Israel says it faced incoming fire from Iran, and Kuwait and Bahrain also reported being under attack
April 02, 2026
Federal officials have arrested eight people they say were involved in various health care fraud schemes totaling $50 million in and around Los Angeles
April 03, 2026
Energy markets start tuning Trump out after repeated Iran war whiplash
April 03, 2026
The Trump administration has scaled back its plans to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
April 03, 2026
The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s order blocking the federal government from taking punitive measures against artificial intelligence company Anthropic after a dispute with the Pentagon over military use of AI
April 02, 2026
Stocks are volatile, oil soars as Trump rattles markets with lack of clear exit plan
April 02, 2026
The U.S. has lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez
April 02, 2026
President Donald Trump has prioritized efforts to calm the financial markets during the Iran war, but his go-to moves are starting to fall flat
March 31, 2026
Does the Trump administration understand how ‘enriched’ uranium is made into weapons?
April 02, 2026
Mother returns to U.S. after federal judge rules deportation unlawful
April 02, 2026
The committee voted to exempt some oil and gas operations from the Endangered Species Act in the name of national security.
March 28, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance are both seen as the Republican Party’s strongest potential candidates in the next presidential election, but the Iran war could prove to be a political millstone for them
April 01, 2026
The Trump administration says it will be moving U.S. Forest Service headquarters from the nation's capital to Utah as part of a broad overhaul
April 01, 2026
An appeals court panel has suspended a federal judge’s order for the Trump administration to bring hundreds of Voice of America employees back to work from paid leave
April 01, 2026
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to suspend construction of a $400 million ballroom after it demolished the East Wing of the White House
April 01, 2026
A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration's effort to change the criteria for using tens of millions of dollars in funding to aid homeless people was unlawful
April 01, 2026
Trump administration officials are exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act
March 31, 2026
Only 50 of these whales are left in existence. Trump’s ‘God Squad’ just chose oil drilling over protecting them
March 31, 2026
One of the world’s rarest whales, the Rice's whale, is in the way of the Trump administration's desire to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
March 31, 2026
The massive sewage pipe that ruptured and leaked millions of gallons of raw waste into the Potomac River has returned to operation after the completion of emergency repairs
March 14, 2026
The Trump administration this week stepped up its ambitious effort to replace about $1.6 trillion in lost tariff revenue that was eliminated by the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a range of the president’s import taxes
March 14, 2026
The White House wants to build an underground center to provide security screening before visitors access the grounds
March 14, 2026
Cuban president says talks held with the United States amid intense pressure from Trump
March 13, 2026
Oil prices stay high despite US temporarily lifting sanctions on Russian oil stranded at sea
March 13, 2026
Senate Democrats have filed legislation that would prevent the U.S. from attacking Cuba without congressional approval
March 13, 2026
The Trump administration is denouncing CNN for airing a portion of the new Iranian supreme leader's first public statement since he got the job
March 13, 2026
The Trump administration is suing California over the state's nation-leading vehicle emission standards
March 13, 2026
Oil and gas prices have spiked with the war in Iran
March 13, 2026
Iran war complicates the economic pivot GOP badly wants to see from Trump
March 12, 2026
The Trump administration is opening a new trade investigation into manufacturing in foreign countries
March 12, 2026
CDC vaccine committee drops push to stop recommending mRNA Covid-19 shots, for now
March 12, 2026
Word of the Week: The price of Brent crude oil is going crazy — but who is ‘Brent’?
March 12, 2026
A coalition of 17 state Democratic attorneys general has filed a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy that requires higher education institutions to collect data showing they aren't considering race in admissions
March 12, 2026
Trump asks Supreme Court to let protections for Haitians expire
March 12, 2026
As critics question President Trump’s motivations for war on Iran, it’s not just about politics. It’s about the Constitution and whether Congress has any hope of checking the president’s warmaking.
March 12, 2026
The Trump administration is leaning away from dramatic funding cuts and settlements with universities, and more toward standard tactics to try to limit funding.
March 11, 2026
House Republicans sweat Iran’s costs as they struggle to push economic agenda
March 11, 2026
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Tuesday would be the most intense day yet of U.S. strikes inside Iran
March 10, 2026
Americans are divided along party lines on U.S. military action against Iran, according to polls conducted since the war began, with most polls showing opposition is higher than support
March 10, 2026
It seems that a country divided on many fronts is finding common ground at the gas pumps
March 10, 2026
FDA approves leucovorin for rare genetic condition, but not for autism
March 10, 2026
Trump has undermined the agency tasked with making sure America never has another nuclear meltdown
March 10, 2026
‘A shell of our former self’: How Trump and Musk’s spending cuts are hampering US government readiness amid the Iran war
March 10, 2026
Mariachi-playing brothers and their parents are released from ICE custody
March 10, 2026
North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and China are watching warily as war spreads across the Middle East
March 10, 2026
Trump administration designates Afghanistan as state sponsor of wrongful detention
March 10, 2026
Capturing Iran’s highly enriched uranium would require a large US ground force, sources say
March 10, 2026
What we know on the 10th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
March 09, 2026
A judge on has disqualified a trio of prosecutors the Trump administration tapped to oversee federal prosecutions in New Jersey after his former personal attorney was also barred from the role
March 10, 2026
Trump administration starts to panic over rapidly rising oil costs
March 10, 2026
Anthropic sues the Trump administration after it was designated a supply chain risk
March 09, 2026
A reporter in Nashville has been covering ICE arrests in her community. Then she was detained herself
March 07, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump warned in a Truth Social post that more Iranian officials will be targets, saying, “Today Iran will be hit very hard
March 07, 2026
Pope Leo XIV named a veteran Vatican diplomat as his new ambassador to the United States
March 07, 2026
A Latino grocery owner in Minnesota says Kristi Noem’s ousting does not undo the damage from the federal immigration crackdown
March 07, 2026
The Florida Bar has walked back what it said was an erroneous statement indicating that it had an open investigation into Lindsey Halligan, a former top federal prosecutor in Virginia
March 07, 2026
As Iran war rages, Israel seizes chance to finish the job against Hezbollah
March 07, 2026
The Trump administration in recent weeks has taken forceful steps in one Latin American country after another aimed at curbing the influence and economic dominance of China
March 06, 2026
The Trump administration is following through with its threat to designate artificial intelligence company Anthropic as a supply chain risk in an unprecedented move that could force other government contractors to stop using the AI chatbot Claude
March 06, 2026
The State Department says the United States and Venezuela have agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations in a major shift in a historically adversarial relationship
March 06, 2026
In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that companies that paid tariffs struck down last month by Supreme Court are due refunds
March 05, 2026
Everything we know on the fifth day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
March 04, 2026
Analysis: What Kristi Noem and Marco Rubio said vs. what they claimed they said
March 05, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is urging Latin American countries to take a more aggressive approach against drug cartels
March 05, 2026
Public health campaigns had made significant strides toward eradicating diseases like elephantitis and river blindness. But this progress has since unraveled with the second Trump administration.
March 05, 2026
Florida’s attorney general says Florida has reopened a criminal investigation into former Cuban leader Raul Castro’s role in the 1996 shootdown of exile planes
March 05, 2026
Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran, and the U.S. has asked Iraqi Kurds to support them, Kurdish officials have told The Associated Press
March 05, 2026
The Trump administration has formally nominated Kevin Warsh, a former top Federal Reserve official, to be next Fed chair when Jerome Powell’s term ends in two months
March 05, 2026
Iranian intelligence sends word to US on potential talks to end war, but US officials say no active negotiations
March 05, 2026
US air defenses may not be able to intercept many of Iran’s one-way drones
March 04, 2026
Why Zohran Mamdani denounced the US-Israeli strikes on Iran
March 04, 2026
CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say
March 04, 2026
Questions are mounting at the U.S. Capitol over the Trump administration’s shifting rationale for going to war with Iran
March 04, 2026
The largest U.S. diplomatic drawdown in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq War is creating an apparently unplanned-for crisis for the Trump administration
March 04, 2026
Lutnick to appear voluntarily before House Oversight Committee about relationship with Epstein
March 04, 2026
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to halt New York’s first-in-the-nation congestion fee on drivers entering Manhattan
March 04, 2026
A covert US campaign in the mid-20th century helped steer Iran toward the intense anti-American sentiment that has distinguished its government policy for decades.
March 04, 2026
Minnesota is suing President Donald Trump’s administration in an attempt to stop it from holding back $243 million in Medicaid spending
March 03, 2026
Democrats stay mostly united against President Donald Trump, but the strikes on Iran are starting to reveal some splits in the party
March 03, 2026
The Trump administration took more than 48 hours to make any live, public communication with the American people about why it had decided to go to war with Iran
March 03, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has spoken to widening concerns the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran could spiral into a protracted regional conflict by declaring: “This is not Iraq
March 02, 2026
Around 120 Louisiana National Guard members will remain deployed in New Orleans through August
March 03, 2026
Trump administration drops suits against law firms with ties to Democrats and other Trump foes
March 03, 2026
A judge is temporarily suspending the latest version of a Trump administration policy that requires members of Congress to provide a week’s notice before they can visit immigration detention facilities
March 03, 2026
Silence from the US side after a third round of indirect talks and frustration expressed by President Donald Trump set the stage for military strikes.
March 02, 2026
How the Iran war set off a MAGA fight over Charlie Kirk’s legacy
March 03, 2026
Trump administration officials told congressional staff in private briefings that U.S. intelligence did not suggest Iran was preparing to launch a preemptive strike against the U.S. That's according to three people familiar with Sunday's briefings who insisted on anonymity to discuss details that have not been made public
March 02, 2026
Trump officials decline Sunday show invitations amid Iran strikes
March 02, 2026
Exclusive: Trump crossed a ‘very dangerous red line’ with killing of supreme leader, Iranian official tells CNN
March 01, 2026
President Trump has appealed to Iranians to topple their government, but a popular uprising is unlikely to defeat current leadership or the Revolutionary Guards, a former US diplomat says.
March 01, 2026
New Medicaid work requirements signed into law by President Donald Trump are meant to save money
March 01, 2026
Trump wonders why Iran won’t ‘capitulate’ on its nuclear program. Here’s why
February 28, 2026
Federal immigration agents arrested a Columbia student after allegedly gaining access to her apartment by posing as police in search of a missing child
February 28, 2026
Trump has claimed Iran is building missiles that could soon hit the US. Sources say that’s not backed up by US intelligence.
February 28, 2026
Target will stop selling cereals containing synthetic colors by the end of May
February 27, 2026
A U.S. civil rights agency has determined that the federal government can bar transgender employees from using bathrooms aligned with their gender identity, dismissing an appeal from a transgender woman who worked for the U.S. Army
February 28, 2026
Netflix shockingly bows out, leaving Paramount as the apparent Warner Bros. winner
February 27, 2026
The Trump administration is about to release billions in disaster aid. Several blue states won’t be included
February 27, 2026
US Olympic hockey player distances himself from White House video trashing Canadians
February 27, 2026
Canada’s minister for U.S. trade says the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement could be subject to annual review and that uncertainty could be the objective of the Trump administration
February 27, 2026
Justice Department prosecutor says in court he wasn’t told by higher-ups to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia
February 26, 2026
The family of independent U.N. investigator Francesca Albanese has sued the Trump administration over U.S. sanctions imposed on her last year for her criticism of Israel’s policies in Gaza
February 26, 2026
The Pentagon is building up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades
February 27, 2026
Trump asks Supreme Court to remove immigration protections for thousands of Syrians
February 27, 2026
The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to allow the government to end legal protections for migrants from Syria for now
February 26, 2026
ICE won’t be at polling places for midterms, Trump appointee tells state election officials
February 26, 2026
A DHS official is promising top state election administrators that immigration agents will not be at polling places during November's midterm election
February 26, 2026
Vice President JD Vance has announced that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as an aggressive crackdown on misuse of public funds
February 25, 2026
Iran is pushing back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran’s nuclear program, alternating between calling his remarks lies to saying negotiations may yield an agreement through diplomacy
February 25, 2026
Federal energy officials say they will loan a record $26.5 billion federal loan to Georgia Power and Alabama Power to expand electricity supply
February 25, 2026
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s latest policy of deporting immigrants to “third countries” to which they have no ties is unlawful and must be set aside
February 25, 2026
‘This is misery for us:’ New home construction stalls after immigration crackdown in Minnesota
February 25, 2026
The Justice Department is suing the University of California over allegations that UCLA failed to protect Jewish employees from antisemitic harassment amid pro-Palestinian protests that roiled the campus in 2023 and 2024
February 24, 2026
A federal appeals court is allowing the IRS to keep sharing some taxpayer data with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
February 24, 2026
The State Department has expressed its displeasure over Ukraine's recent attacks on the Russian port of Novorossiysk that have impacted U.S. oil interests in Kazakhstan
February 24, 2026
Trump administration considers forcing banks to verify customers’ citizenship
February 24, 2026
A federal appeals court is weighing whether the Trump administration unlawfully shut down a $20 billion green bank program and froze money meant for climate nonprofits
February 24, 2026
First lady Melania and Donald Trump bringing separate guests to SOTU in break with precedent
February 24, 2026
You paid for tariffs — but you won’t get a slice of tariff refunds
February 24, 2026
Trump confronts his 3 main options on Iran — from diplomacy to trying to topple a regime
February 24, 2026
How Mexico hunted ‘El Mencho’ with help from his lover’s ‘trusted man’ and US intelligence
February 24, 2026
A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer says the agency’s training for new deportation officers is broken as ICE ramps up its hiring
February 23, 2026
India's 'Mounjaro brides': weight-loss injections become part of pre-wedding preparation
Prosecutors open hate speech probe against French rolling news channel CNews
World food price rise set to continue if Iran war lasts, FAO says
US Army chief of staff fired by Hegseth, sources say
Iran leaders join crowds on Tehran's streets to project control in wartime
South Korea, France agree to deepen defence and energy ties amid Middle East conflict
Younger adult colon cancer deaths are concentrated in people with less education, study says
Trump seeks $152 million to reopen Alcatraz as active prison