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Trump's New Mideast Strategy Appears to Be a Longshot

President links Iran cease-fire to expanded Abraham Accords with Israel

(Newser) - President Trump has made a new pivot in Iran peace talks: He's now pitching a sweeping reset of Middle East relations that would widen a regional pact from his first term called the Abraham Accords. Trump wants more Muslim-majority countries to formally recognize or deepen ties with Israel, and...

Khamenei: US Bases No Longer Safe in Mideast

As fragile peace talks continue, Iranian leader says America is losing it status in region

(Newser) - Even with peace talks advancing , tensions remained high in Iran. On Tuesday, Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned that US military bases throughout the Mideast will no longer be safe in the long run, part of what he sees as a big-picture shift:
  • "The hands of time do not turn
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US Hits Iranian Targets as Doha Peace Talks Begin

Strikes target Iranian missile sites, mines amid fragile ceasefire talks

(Newser) - Even as diplomatic talks are continuing between the US and Iran, so are US airstrikes, the New York Times reports. Hours after Iranian negotiators landed in Qatar to discuss ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the US hit missile launch sites in southern Iran and boats allegedly...

Iran Talks Slow Over 2 Issues
Iran Talks Slow
Over 2 Issues
May 25, 2026 4:45 PM CDT

Iran Talks Slow Over 2 Issues

Trump places Abraham Accords in the mix

(Newser) - Progress toward a cease-fire in the Iran war snagged Monday, negotiators said, on two issues: how to handle Tehran's nuclear program and the scope of sanctions relief. The talks, aimed at ending the war and easing tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, slowed after a weekend in which President...

Trump Urges US Negotiators 'Not to Rush Into' Iran Deal

Ceasefire extension, Hormuz reopening, and nuclear talks remain under negotiation

(Newser) - Negotiators working on a US-Iran agreement over the war in the Gulf are being told to slow down, at least by one side, the BBC reports. President Trump said Sunday he has directed his team "not to rush into a deal," one day after describing an accord as...

Cooking in India Is Affecting Gas Prices in California

Iran war squeezes LPG in Asian nation, slashes alkylate exports vital for Calif.'s special blend of gas

(Newser) - India's struggle to keep kitchen stoves lit is now showing up on California's gas station signs. Reuters reports that a severe fuel shortage has pushed India to order refiners to ramp up output of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), used widely for cooking. To do that, they're cutting...

Trump and Rubio Answer GOP Objections to Iran Deal

Graham says agreement might make Iran 'more powerful over time'

(Newser) - President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday defended the emerging terms of the administration's deal to end the war with Iran after Republicans criticized them. Sen. Lindsey Graham posted that the deal could make Iran "more powerful over time," while Sen. Ted Cruz said...

Deal May Be Close to End Iran War
Deal May Be Close
to End Iran War
May 24, 2026 5:00 AM CDT

Deal May Be Close to End Iran War

Trump says it's 'largely negotiated,' though few details are disclosed

(Newser) - Sunday might be a pivotal day in the Iran war. President Trump said on Truth Social Saturday that a peace deal has been "largely negotiated," with details to be released shortly, reports the Washington Post . However, much remains unclear about what the two sides have agreed upon. On...

You May Have Sticker Shock at Pump This Memorial Day

Gas prices hit 4-year high amid Strait of Hormuz shutdown, surging travel for holiday weekend

(Newser) - Drivers gearing up for Memorial Day road trips are facing the steepest holiday fuel costs in four years. AAA says the national average for regular gas has climbed to $4.56 a gallon, up 3 cents in a week and $1.38 from a year ago, with prices pushed higher...

Report: Iran, Oman Weigh Shipping Tolls in Strait of Hormuz

It would officially be described as a 'service fee'

(Newser) - Iran is floating a permanent toll system for one of the world's most crucial chokepoints—and talking it over with a US ally. Tehran has been in discussions with Oman about setting up a system to collect fees from ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iranian...

GOP Retreats on Iran War Vote
GOP Cancels War Powers Vote
May 21, 2026 7:20 PM CDT

GOP Cancels War Powers Vote

'You don't have the votes!' Democrats shout

(Newser) - House Republican leaders scrapped a planned vote Thursday on a measure that would have ordered President Trump to withdraw US forces from Iran or seek congressional authorization to continue the conflict, after concluding they did not have the support to block it. The decision underscored divisions within the GOP over...

Report: Iran's War Machine Is Bouncing Back Fast

CNN's sources say rebuilding effort has 'exceeded all timelines'

(Newser) - Iran's battered war machine may be bouncing back far more quickly than Washington expected. During the six-week ceasefire that began in April, Tehran quietly restarted parts of its drone production, and some assessments now say its attack-drone capability could be fully restored within six months, according to multiple sources...

Iran's Khamenei Reportedly Makes Decision on Uranium

Sources say supreme leader has ordered that all enriched uranium remain inside Iran

(Newser) - Iran's top authority has reportedly decided that its most sensitive nuclear material isn't going anywhere. Two senior Iranian sources tell Reuters that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has ordered that the country's stockpile of near-weapons-grade uranium must stay inside Iran, tightening Tehran's position on a central US...

Rescue of Airmen in Iran to Get the Michael Bay Treatment

Director's new movie will adapt upcoming Mitchell Zuckoff book on Operation Epic Fury mission

(Newser) - Michael Bay has found his next war story, ripped straight from this year's headlines. Universal is backing a feature about the US mission to retrieve two airmen whose F-15E Strike Eagle went down in Iran during Operation Epic Fury, a rescue that played out in the country's Zagros...

US Military Boards Tanker Suspected of Trying to Breach Blockade

Iranian-flagged tanker boarded in Gulf of Oman

(Newser) - The US military said Wednesday that it boarded an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that was suspected of trying to violate the American blockade, the latest action by the Trump administration to try to push Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the AP reports. US Central...

Iran Warns: Strike and We'll Hit Back 'Beyond the Region'

Revolutionary Guard vows far-flung retaliation

(Newser) - Iran's elite military force has threatened to go wide in its response if US or Israeli attacks resume. In a statement Wednesday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned that any new attack would prompt retaliation "beyond the region," adding it has yet to use "all...

CENTCOM Chief Clashes With Lawmaker Over Iran War

Rep. Seth Moulton suggests admiral is 'not doing his job'

(Newser) - Grilled by Democrats during a House hearing on the Iran war, the head of US Central Command said Tuesday that it was inappropriate to question how many more Americans would be asked to die. Rep. Seth Moulton, a Marine veteran and Massachusetts Democrat running for Senate, had pressed Adm. Brad...

US, Israel Sought Ahmadinejad to Lead Iran: NYT

Trump and Netanyahu backed risky plan to restore Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sources say

(Newser) - US and Israeli officials didn't just launch a war against Iran this year; they also quietly bet on an unlikely replacement to lead the country: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The former Iranian president—famous for Holocaust denial, backing Tehran's nuclear program, and once urging Israel's eradication—was nonetheless seen...

War Powers Bill Advances After Cassidy Switches Sides

It moved out of committee after 50-47 vote

(Newser) - The Senate advanced legislation Tuesday that seeks to force President Trump to withdraw from the Iran war, as a growing number of Republicans defied the president's wishes. Since Trump ordered the attack on Iran at the end of February, Democrats have forced repeated votes on war powers resolutions that...

Trump: I've Called Off Tuesday Strike on Iran

But he says military is prepared to go forward with 'large scale assault' if deal is not reached

(Newser) - President Trump says he is holding off on a military strike on Iran planned for Tuesday because "serious negotiations" are underway. Trump's announcement in a Truth Social post Monday came as he had threatened the clock was ticking for Iran to strike a deal or fighting would renew...

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