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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth commended U.S. forces for “obliterating” Iran’s nuclear sites during this week’s air strikes. The secretary also said the full extent of the damage will take weeks to assess and preliminary reports from American intelligence agencies, which say damage was severe but not a total loss, were inaccurate.

Thursday’s news conference came ahead of a classified briefing with Senators and top national security officials as many question President Trump’s decision to bomb three Iranian nuclear sites — and whether those strikes were ultimately successful. Follow along for live updates.

Federal officials have ruled that California violated civil rights by allowing transgender athletes to compete against biological females.

ICE pledged to arrest undocumented immigrants accused of murder, but only six have been taken into custody, sparking criticism over federal priorities.

While attending the NATO summit at the Hague, President Donald Trump compared the U.S. stikes against Iran’s nuclear sites to the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.

President Donald Trump and NATO member leaders gathered Wednesday for a summit in the Netherlands.

President Donald Trump slammed Israel and Iran the morning after the two countries traded missiles in violation of their ceasefire agreement. “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f*** they’re doing.”

Trump will meet with members of a NATO alliance amid his latest comments casting doubt on the U.S. commitment to its mutual defense guarantees.

President Trump announced a ceasefire deal between Israel and Iran, but Iran now says no agreement has been made. NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards has the latest.

Donald Trump’s calls to ban protest masks has ignited a legal battle over free speech, privacy and whether face coverings are protected by the First Amendment.

Israel has agreed to a bilateral ceasefire following days of intense fighting and declaring the completion of its military operation against Iran.

The price of Brent crude oil, the international standard, rose 3.3% to $79.60 a barrel. U.S. crude rose 3.1% to $76.16 a barrel.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at a news conference that America “does not seek war” with Iran.

President Donald Trump said Saturday night that the U.S. had dropped bombs on three Iranian nuclear sites, the first time the U.S. has directly attacked Iran.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine held a press briefing the morning after U.S. strikes hit three Iranian nuclear sites. “Our forces remain on high alert and are fully postured to respond to any Iranian retaliation or proxy attacks,” Caine said.

President Donald Trump held a presidential address Saturday night to confirm military strikes “totally obliterated” three Iranian nuclear sites, calling for Iran’s Supreme Leader to “make peace” or face further military action.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was released from federal immigration detention, freed after three months.

The Trump administration terminated 637 Voice of America and U.S. Agency of Global Media employees on Friday, the president’s senior adviser Kari Lake said.

U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz said he did not think Khalil was a flight risk, nor a danger to the community and added it was “highly, highly unusual” that the government was seeking his detainment.