President Trump announced early Saturday that the U.S. was undertaking “major combat operations in Iran,” as Israel said it was launching a preemptive attack on the country. Read a transcript of Mr. Trump’s full statement, which he shared in a video on his Truth Social network, here: “A short time ago, the United States military
The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on March 1, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: Imtiaz Tyab reporting from Muscat, Oman. We turn now to the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton, who joins us from
Washington — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday in a Second Amendment dispute over a federal law that bars unlawful drug users from possessing firearms. The case, United States v. Hemani, is the second involving gun rights that the high court is hearing in its current term, joining a legal battle over
Senior administration officials on Saturday briefed reporters on the runup to the U.S. strikes against Iran, said the U.S. had sought a diplomatic solution to its impasse with Iran, but it ended up as “not a tangible and realistic option.” They said that the factors in President Trump’s decision to strike were the long-term threat
Senior administration officials on Saturday briefed reporters on the runup to the U.S. strikes against Iran, said the U.S. had sought a diplomatic solution to its impasse with Iran, but it ended up as “not a tangible and realistic option.” They said that the factors in President Trump’s decision to strike were the long-term threat
Paul Burrell was a footman to Queen Elizabeth II from 1976 to 1987, and then an eyewitness to the marriage of Prince Charles, who is now King Charles III, and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, who is now beatified as a human sacrifice to the House of Windsor. The Royal Insider is a cattily
Since its inception as an academic discipline, criminology has concerned itself first and foremost with the question of why people commit crime. Beginning with their earliest research, criminologists gathered extensive data on large groups of people to try to disentangle which variables predicted offending. With sufficiently large samples and adequate measurements, these criminologists thought, they