CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say
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The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran and the Trump administration has been in active discussions with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish leaders in Iraq about providing them with military support, multiple people familiar with the talks told CNN.
The Trump administration’s stated justifications for going to war with Iran were already a jumbled and self-contradictory mess before the president’s latest comments Tuesday.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has agreed to appear voluntarily before the House Oversight Committee about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, setting up a clash between congressional Republicans and the Trump administration who has tried to downplay Lutnick’s ties to the convicted sex offender.
Senators grilled Noem about her early descriptions of two US citizens who were killed by federal officers in Minneapolis, her use of executive jets and whether ICE will be sent to polling places
As US forces carry out bombing operations inside Iran, President Donald Trump and several of his top national security officials are now presiding over a war they once warned would be costly, destabilizing and against American interests.
Prominent conservatives are balking at President Donald Trump’s war with Iran in ways they didn’t when he struck Iran’s nuclear facilities last year and Venezuela two months ago.
The Justice Department has told four large law firms targeted by President Donald Trump that its decision to withdraw lawsuits against them is being reversed, according to people familiar with the change on Tuesday morning.
The Justice Department has told four large law firms targeted by President Donald Trump that its decision to withdraw lawsuits against them is being reversed, according to people familiar with the change on Tuesday morning.
Colin Gray, the father of Georgia school shooter Colt Gray, was found guilty of murder and manslaughter charges Tuesday in a case testing the limits of who is responsible for a mass shooting.
The 2026 election lurches to a start on Tuesday, as voters head to the polls for the first state primaries in Arkansas, North Carolina and Texas.
During an unannounced meeting with President Donald Trump last week, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani brought up four pro-Palestinian protesters pursued by federal immigration authorities: Mahmoud Khalil, Yunseo Chung, Mohsen Mahdawi, and Leqaa Kordia.
Should Trever Nehls win his Tuesday primary in Texas’ 22nd District and then the general election, he would become the first member of Congress to succeed his identical twin in office.
We’ll start to see the first votes from the crucial Texas primary at 8 p.m. ET, when polls close in most of the state.
Ndiaga Diagne, a Senegalese immigrant-turned US citizen, was not on the radar of local police or the FBI before Sunday’s attack. Now, his personal life, criminal history and private affiliations are under extreme scrutiny as investigators dissect his motive.