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President Trump said the US will hold off on targeting Iranian energy sites another 10 days as “talks are ongoing” with Tehran. The pause on strikes had been set to expire Friday. Plus, the president once again turns dyslexia, a learning disability, into a weapon against Gavin Newsom and kids everywhere who struggle with it.
Mar 27, 2026
U.S. Central Command reports that American forces have now struck more than 10,000 military targets since the operation against Iran began. Soldiers from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division are heading to the region. Meanwhile, Iran has been fortifying Kharg Island against a potential ground assault, according to multiple sources familiar with U.S. intelligence. Plus, tech journalist Kara Swisher on a jury's landmark decision in a case against YouTube and Meta, which were accused of creating addictive social media products.
Mar 26, 2026
More American ground forces are heading to the Mideast, even as the president talks about a peace deal, teases what he calls a "big present" from Iran and declares victory (again). Plus, Democrats have just flipped a deep-red Florida House district that includes Mar-a-Lago in a special election. CNN's John King has the latest.
Mar 25, 2026
Two pilots were killed and 41 people were taken to hospitals after an Air Canada flight struck a Port Authority fire rescue vehicle on a runway at LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, officials said. Plus, President Trump backs away from his threat to obliterate Iranian power plants, claiming there have been quote "major points of agreement" in new talks with Tehran. Tehran, however, says there are no talks.
Mar 24, 2026
Thousands more US ground forces are heading to the Gulf as President Trump claims the fighting could soon be over. Sources inside the intelligence community and the administration tell CNN that unclogging the Strait of Hormuz is a problem without a clear solution.
Mar 21, 2026
President Trump downplays Americans' growing pain at the pump and acknowledges that the Pentagon will be asking for an additional $200 billion to fight the war in Iran. The President called it, “a small price to pay to make sure that we stay tippy top.” Plus, what we're learning about the drones that were spotted recently near the Washington Army base where Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth live.
Mar 20, 2026
New and rare Iranian strikes target the Saudi Arabia’s capital. According to CNN's Nic Robertson, some of the explosions occurred not far from where a high-level meeting of Arab and Islamic foreign ministers was taking place. Plus, Anderson speaks to the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senator Mark Warner, who questioned DNI Tulsi Gabbard about why she failed to read the part of her opening statement that cast doubt on the president's justification for going to war.
Mar 19, 2026
Tonight there are new strikes on the U.S. embassy in Iraq, and the U.S. military dropped 5,000-pound, GPS-guided bombs to blow up Iranian missile sites threatening ships in the Gulf. Back home, top national security official Joe Kent became the first senior administration member to quit over the war. Quoting now from his resignation letter to the president: "Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby."
Mar 18, 2026
President Trump says the fighting will be "wrapped up soon," even as the repercussions of it grow and strikes by Iran continue. One of the world's biggest gas fields in the United Arab Emirates was hit today, and Iranian drones also hit an oil tank farm near the Dubai airport this morning. When the president was asked whether he was surprised he wasn’t briefed that Iran could strike neighboring countries, he told reporters, “No, the greatest experts, nobody thought they were going to hit.” Plus, Anderson speaks to a friend and mentor of U.S. Air Force Captain Ariana Savino, one of the six crew members killed when their refueling plane went down in Iraq.
Mar 17, 2026
Tonight, a serious escalation in the war with President Trump on social media posting, "Moments ago, at my direction, the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island." Plus, inside Jeffrey Epstein's Little Saint James Island, where he wooed the wealthy and authorities say he abused girls and young women. What's revealed about the Caribbean location in the DOJ's files.
Mar 14, 2026






