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President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Sunday, March 1, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump goes to war despite professed aversion to foreign entanglements, particularly in the Mideast

4:35 PM on Sunday, March 1

President Donald Trump has taken the United States into war with Iran despite decades of self-professed aversion to foreign entanglements, particularly in the Middle East, and repeated pledges to focus primarily on the Western Hemisphere with an “America first” agenda

Trump, in video message, says 'there will likely be more' US service members killed in Iran conflict before it ends

4:24 PM on Sunday, March 1

Trump, in video message, says 'there will likely be more' US service members killed in Iran conflict before it ends

Gunmen kill at least 15 people in northern Nigeria, Amnesty says

12:59 PM on Sunday, March 1

Amnesty International says at least 15 people have been killed after gunmen attacked three communities in north-central Nigeria

Iran's 'potential new leadership' suggests they're open to US talks and Trump is 'eventually' willing, AP source says

12:35 PM on Sunday, March 1

Iran's 'potential new leadership' suggests they're open to US talks and Trump is 'eventually' willing, AP source says

Iran's chief of army staff, defense minister killed in airstrike on meeting of country's defense council, state TV says

1:39 AM on Sunday, March 1

Iran's chief of army staff, defense minister killed in airstrike on meeting of country's defense council, state TV says

Trump warns Iran not to escalate attacks, saying US will strike back 'WITH A FORCE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE!'

12:30 AM on Sunday, March 1

Trump warns Iran not to escalate attacks, saying US will strike back 'WITH A FORCE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE!'

FILE - In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leads an Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 31, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

How succession works in Iran and who could be the country's next supreme leader

9:49 PM on Saturday, February 28

In Iran the supreme leader is the heart of a complex power-sharing theocracy and has final say over all matters of state

FILE - In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks under a portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, in a ceremony meeting a group of officials, in Tehran, Iran, March 8, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who led the Islamic Republic since 1989, is dead at 86

8:51 PM on Saturday, February 28

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who assembled theocratic power in Iran over the decades as its supreme leader and sought to turn it into a regional powerhouse, has been killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes

FILE - This combo of file photos show Iran's key political and religious figures, top row, from left, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Masoud Pezeshkian, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Khamenei Adviser on Public Policy Ali Larijani, Chief Justice Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi, Head of Assembly Experts Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani and Secretary of Guardian Council Ahmad Jannati, bottom row, from left, Khamenei's Chief of Staff Mohammad Golpayegani, Khamenei Adviser on International Affairs Ali Akbar Velayati, Khamenei Adviser on Foreign Policy Kamal Kharazi, First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Tehran Friday Prayer Imam Ahmad Khatami and Son of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. (AP Photo/File)

A look at Iran's key political and religious figures

2:53 PM on Saturday, February 28

After Saturday's major attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israel, U.S. President Donald Trump has called on the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” and rise up against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the nation since 1979

People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026.(AP Photo)

The Latest: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in US-Israeli attack

2:33 AM on Saturday, February 28

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, throwing the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raising the risk of regional instability

FILE - In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei listens to a speaker during a meeting with a group of university students in Tehran, Iran, May 28, 2018. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Iran’s supreme leader killed in major attack by US and Israel

1:19 AM on Saturday, February 28

Iranian state media have confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a major attack by Israel and the United States

FILE - Kevin Warsh speaks to the media about his report on transparency at the Bank of England, in London, Dec. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)

Trump expects his Fed pick and AI to deliver a replay of the '90s boom. Economists have doubts

7:02 PM on Friday, February 27

President Donald Trump, his Treasury secretary and his choice to lead the Federal Reserve believe they can coax the U.S. economy into partying like it’s 1999

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