Trump Attacks Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Over Call to Slow AI Development President Trump publicly criticized Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei by name in a series of Truth Social posts this week, intensifying his opposition to new AI guardrails after Amodei published an essay arguing that leading AI companies should slow the pace of their model … Read more
Satellite Images Show Construction Surge at Iran’s Deeply Buried Pickaxe Mountain Nuclear Site A suspected Iranian nuclear site buried deep beneath a granite mountain has seen a marked increase in construction activity this year, according to a new satellite imagery analysis from the Center for Strategic and International Studies shared exclusively with CNN — even … Read more
America Marks 25 Years Since September 11 With Ceremonies at Ground Zero, Pentagon, and Shanksville The United States is marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks today, Friday, September 11, 2026, with commemoration ceremonies at all three attack sites — the National September 11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan, the Pentagon in … Read more
US Launches New Strikes Inside Iran, Trump Warns of Even Bigger Response If Tehran Retaliates The U.S. military carried out a new, expanded round of strikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets across Iran on Tuesday, September 1, escalating a conflict that had just resumed after weeks of relative calm. President Trump called the strikes … Read more
US and Iran Trade Fire for First Time in a Month, Trump Vows to “Hit Them Hard” The United States and Iran exchanged military strikes overnight into Monday, August 31, for the first time in more than a month, reigniting a conflict that had entered a period of relative calm following weeks of diplomatic efforts … Read more
Treasury Vows “Toughest Sanctions in History” to Collapse Iran’s Government Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday, August 20, that the United States will impose “the toughest sanctions in history” on Iran, unveiling the full package Monday, August 24, as President Trump’s administration shifts toward what officials are calling all-out economic warfare aimed at collapsing Tehran’s … Read more
Trump Orders Pentagon to Scale Back South Korea War Drills, Citing “Very Good Relationship” With Kim Jong Un President Trump announced Sunday, August 16, that he has directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercises with South Korea, citing his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un … Read more
Trump Claims “Total Control” of Strait of Hormuz as Ship Traffic Falls to One-Week Low President Trump declared Wednesday, August 12, that the United States maintains “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz, doubling down on a claim he first made to reporters a day earlier — even as actual shipping traffic through the waterway … Read more
Trump Cancels Planned Iran Strike, Says Deal “Perimeters” Agreed as Saudi Crown Prince Urges Restraint President Trump announced late Saturday, August 1, that he had called off a planned U.S. military strike on Iran after Tehran and several Middle Eastern nations asked for more time to finalize a broader agreement — one that Trump said … Read more
Trump Blames Minnesota, Not Iran, for Cyberattack That Hit Water Systems in 7 States A coordinated cyberattack disrupted water and wastewater systems across more than 30 Minnesota communities in late July, forcing some utilities onto manual operations and triggering boil-water notices. Federal officials say the attack, which also touched systems in six other states, may … Read more