Donald Trump

Trump delays Iran power plant strikes for another 10 days

The US president claimed talks between the two sides were ‘going very well,’ but Tehran denied any negotiations were taking place

By Jacob Jaffa

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US President Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 26, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

Iran rejects US ceasefire plan

By Jacob Jaffa

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US President Trump meets Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on November 18, 2025 (Getty Images)

Iran

Saudi Crown Prince pushing for US to continue Iran War

By Jacob Jaffa

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US President Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 23, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

Trump claims Iran agreed to give up nuclear enrichment in ‘productive’ talks

By Jacob Jaffa

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Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joseph Kent, December 11, 2025 (Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

America

FBI investigating ex-counterterror chief Joe Kent over alleged leak

By Daniel Ben-David

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Qatar Energy's operating facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City, pictured on March 3, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

Qatar declares Iranian embassy staff ‘persona non grate’ after gas facility strike

By Jacob Jaffa

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US President Trump speaks to members of the media traveling on Air Force One en route to Miami on March 7, 2026 (Getty Images)

Iran

Trump distances US from Israeli strikes on Iranian gas field

By Jacob Jaffa

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By Stephen Pollard

Joe Kent quits blaming Israel – his far-right links tell the real story

Now that he has turned himself into a poster boy for opponents of the Iran war, the media conveniently ignore the past of the former head of the US National Counterterrorism Center

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March 18, 2026 16:22

Joseph Ken testifies during a House Homeland Security Committee (Image: Getty)

Trump labels BBC coverage of Iran War ‘corrupt and fraudulent’

The president, who is suing the corporation over a separate complaint about its coverage of the 2020 election, called the tone of its reporting on the conflict ‘unbelievable’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 18, 2026 11:43

US President Trump speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One on March 15, 2026 (Getty Images)

Head of US counter-terror agency resigns, blaming Iran War on ‘powerful’ Israel lobby

Joe Kent said he was leaving his position as he could not support the conflict ‘in good conscience’

By Jacob Jaffa

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March 17, 2026 14:41

Joe Kent, the now-ex director of the US National Counterterrorism Center (Office of the Director of National Intelligence)

Iran hits US embassy in Baghdad as Gulf strikes continue

President Trump also put pressure on Nato allies to join his initiative to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, but European powers appear reluctant to get involved

By Jacob Jaffa

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March 17, 2026 11:42

A plume of smoke rises over the Iraqi capital Baghdad on March 16, 2026 (Getty Images)

The Jewish immigrant story behind the dress shoes Trump has made White House uniform

Florsheim Shoes was founded in 1892 by Milton Florsheim, the son of a Jewish immigrant cobbler

By Alma Green

2 min read

March 10, 2026 21:50

If the shoe fits: Donald Trump with members of his cabinet (Photo: Getty)

Trump and Netanyahu will make ‘mutual decision’ on when to end Iran War

‘We’ve destroyed a country that wanted to destroy Israel,’ said the US president

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

March 9, 2026 14:26

US President Trump holds a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago club on December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida (Getty Images)

‘I have to be involved’ in selection of Iran’s new supreme leader, says Trump

The US president said the current reported candidate would be ‘unacceptable’ and likened the military operation against Iran to Washington’s effective takeover of Venezuela

By Jacob Jaffa

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March 6, 2026 12:07