Gas prices could jump as Middle East tensions threaten global oil supply

Americans could soon see higher gas prices as escalating tensions in the Middle East threaten a critical global oil chokepoint, raising fears of supply disruptions that could quickly reverberate across U.S. energy markets. After joint U.S.–Israeli strikes, dubbed Operation Epic Fury, targeted Iranian sites over the weekend and killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, … Read more

Prediction markets point to Talarico-Paxton showdown in Texas Senate race

Traders on prediction market platform Kalshi are signaling growing confidence that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Democratic state Rep. James Talarico are on track to secure their parties’ Senate nominations. The Texas primary election is scheduled for Tuesday, with voting opening in the morning and results expected later that night or early Wednesday. Kalshi’s … Read more

Jesse Jackson returns to South Carolina to lie in state

Civil rights leader will get final full honors from state where, in 1960, he led Black students into segregated library After a long career of fighting for civil rights, the Rev Jesse Jackson Sr is visiting his home for one last time to lie in state at the South Carolina capitol on Monday. The final … Read more

Hegseth lays out ‘clear’ 3-part mission against Iran, says war ‘is not endless’

War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday outlined what he described as a “clear” three-part mission against Iran, insisting the conflict “is not endless” and sharply rejecting comparisons to past U.S. wars in the Middle East. Speaking during the first Pentagon briefing since U.S.-Israeli strikes began over the weekend, Hegseth said Operation Epic Fury has a … Read more

Pete Hegseth Says Iran War Will Not Be ‘Endless’

In a press briefing Monday on Operation Epic Fury, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, detail the joint attack by the United States and Israel on Iran that saw the death of its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “We didn’t start this war but under President … Read more

Attack on Iran: Trump Offers More Details on Timing and Goals

President Donald Trump is back in Washington, D.C., as his administration prepares to brief Congress on the joint attacks with Israel on Iran. Two sources briefed on the matter tell NBC that the attack was launched Saturday after months of close coordination with Israel because intelligence showed that the Ayatollah would be at a meeting … Read more

Attack on Iran: What Comes Next, Objectives, Political Fallout

Jeremy Bash, former chief of staff at both the Department of Defense and the CIA, and Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker, join TODAY with analysis on the spread of fighting throughout the Middle East, plans for replacing the Iranian regime, the political division among the MAGA movement and more.