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April 29, 2026 3:12 PM

US mandates what it calls ‘enhanced’ security checks for immigration applicants

President Donald Trump's administration has mandated what it calls "enhanced" security checks for immigration applicants, according to internal guidance sent to the employees of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security. Internal guidance by USCIS directed officers to refrain from approving any pending cases that have not undergone the expanded background checks. The guidance was first reported by CBS News. "Effective April 27, 2026, US...

April 29, 2026 3:07 PM

US spy agencies examine how Iran would react to Trump declaring victory

U.S. intelligence agencies are studying how Iran would respond if President Donald Trump were to declare a unilateral victory in the two-month-old war that has killed thousands and become a political liability for the White House, two U.S. officials and a person familiar with the matter said. The intelligence community is analyzing the question along with others at the request of senior administration officials. The goal is to understand the implications of Trump potentially pulling back from a...

April 29, 2026 2:59 PM

Trump hits back at German chancellor after Iran criticism

U.S. President Donald Trump criticized German Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the war in Iran on Tuesday, a day after Merz said the Iranians were humiliating the United States in talks to end it. "The Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, mischaracterizing Merz's position. Merz has said Iran must not have a nuclear weapon. Merz said on Monday that Iran's leaders...

April 28, 2026 10:32 PM

Iran’s Guards seize wartime power, blunting Supreme Leader’s role

Two months into a war with the U.S. and Israel, Iran no longer has a single, undisputed clerical arbiter at the pinnacle of power — an abrupt break with the past that may be hardening Tehran’s stance as it weighs renewed talks with Washington. Since its creation in 1979, the Islamic Republic has revolved around a supreme leader with final authority on all key matters of state. But the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the first day of the war, and the elevation of his wounded son, Mojtab...

April 28, 2026 10:30 PM

Trump says Iran wants US to open Hormuz Strait as soon as possible

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran has said it was in a state of collapse and wants the United States to open the Strait of Hormuz while it sorts out its leadership. It was not clear from Trump's social media post how Iran had communicated that message and no immediate comment from Iran was available. "Iran has just informed us that they are in a 'State of Collapse.' They want us to 'Open the Hormuz Strait,' as soon as possible, as they try to figure out their leadership situatio...

April 28, 2026 10:28 PM

Trump says Iran has told him it is in a ‘state of collapse’

Donald Trump said Iran had informed him it was in a "state of collapse" and was figuring out its leadership situation, as efforts to end the conflict appeared at an impasse on Tuesday with the U.S. president unhappy at the latest plans from Tehran. Iran's most recent proposal on resolving the two-month war would set aside discussion of its nuclear programme until the conflict was concluded and disputes over shipping from the Gulf resolved. Trump wants nuclear issues dealt with from the outset,...

April 28, 2026 3:25 PM

EXPLAINER-Who takes charge if the US president is incapacitated?

Saturday's attack at a black-tie Washington gala that featured President Donald Trump did not result in any deaths, but it did raise the question about who would take charge if he or other top members of his administration were harmed. U.S. law lays out a clear line of succession, which includes top congressional officials and cabinet secretaries. Events such as the September 11, 2001, attacks have raised the possibility that all of these officials could be killed if they were gathered in one ...

April 27, 2026 10:23 PM

White House to review Trump’s security after gunfire near press dinner

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles will meet with law enforcement and homeland security early this week to review security protocols after Saturday's shooting in a Washington hotel where President Donald Trump and top officials were attending a dinner, a senior White House official told Reuters. The third major security incident targeting Trump in less than two years comes as he prepares for a summer packed with high‑profile public events, testing the Secret Service at a moment of high po...

April 27, 2026 3:33 PM

Trump portrays shooting as proof of his presidency’s power

Donald Trump's tuxedo still looked freshly pressed when he stepped to the White House podium Saturday night, barely an hour after the latest apparent attempt on his life. "When you're impactful, they go after you," the U.S. president told some of the highest-powered journalists in Washington. Many of them were still dressed in their own formal wear from a celebrated annual event, the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, which ended abruptly after a man sprinted past security outside...

April 23, 2026 9:39 AM

Iran seizes ships in Strait of Hormuz after US calls off renewed attacks

Iran seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, tightening its grip on the strategic waterway a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he was indefinitely calling off attacks, with no sign of peace talks restarting. The status of a two-week-old ceasefire, due to expire earlier this week, remained unclear. In a sharp about-face hours after threatening renewed violence, Trump made what appeared to be a unilateral announcement on Tuesday that the U.S. would extend a ceasefire ...