It was an unprecedented attack years in the making, with some last-minute misdirection meant to give the operation a powerful element of surprise.U.S. pilots dropped 30,000-pound bombs early Sunday on two key underground uranium enrichment plants in Iran, delivering what American military leaders believe is a knockout blow to a nuclear program that Israel views as an existential threat and has been pummeling for more than a week. American sailors bolstered the surprise mission by firing dozens of cruise missiles from a submarine toward at least one other site.Dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer, U.S. officials say the plan was characterized by…

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said that the United States’ strikes on Iran will change the course of history. It looks like that course is one that will drag the world into another massive war. Netanyahu has praised U.S. President Donald Trump for his “bold decision” to take part in his country’s bombing campaign against Iran. The prime minister called the move a turning point that “has created a pivot of history that can help lead the Middle East and beyond to a future of prosperity and peace,” according to a report by RT. “Congratulations, President Trump,” Netanyahu said. “Your bold…

President Donald Trump ordered strikes on several of Iran’s nuclear sites. The United States president has ordered a “very successful attack” on the Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan facilities. Washington carried out a series of large-scale strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities early on Sunday. The US ruler later delivered a televised address from the White House, claiming that the Iranian nuclear sites have been “completely and totally obliterated.” Trump added that Tehran should avoid any kind of retaliation, saying that it “must now make peace,” otherwise, “future attacks would be far greater.” The strikes on the Iranian nuclear sites marked…

A new national survey shows nearly two-thirds of Americans want U.S. leaders to take a larger role in international engagement and foreign affairs, a sharp increase from the number of respondents who expressed that desire just two years ago. Officials with the Ronald Reagan Institute’s periodic survey on national defense issues also found increases in the number of citizens who want U.S. leaders to stand up for human rights and democracy issues, and majority support for American participation in NATO. The group’s annual summer survey, which polled more than 1,200 individuals, covers a host of national security issues, with a…

“Our commander-in-chief has made a deliberate — and correct — decision to eliminate the existential threat posed by the Iranian regime,” said Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., in a statement. “We now have very serious choices ahead to provide security for our citizens and our allies and stability for the Middle East.”The military assault — dubbed Operation Midnight Hammer — included bunker-busting bombs and Tomahawk missiles launched from multiple American assets, including B-2 bombers flying from American soil and submarines operating in the region. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., said Trump “made the correct…

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday insisted that U.S. officials are not seeking regime change in Iran following American military airstrikes against nuclear facilities there. But he warned that any response for those actions “will be met with force far greater than what was witnessed” this weekend. “All of our precision munitions struck where we wanted them to strike and had the desired effect,” Hegseth told reporters during an early morning press conference hours after the military assault. “We believe we achieved destruction of capabilities there. … It would be a very bad idea for Iran or its proxies to…

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In inserting itself into Israel’s war against Iran, the U.S. unleashed its massive “bunker-buster” bombs on Iran’s Fordo fuel enrichment plant.Those bombs were widely seen as the best chance of damaging or destroying Fordo, built deep into a mountain and untouched during Israel’s weeklong offensive. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the operation before an official briefing, confirmed their use in Sunday’s attack.The U.S. is the only military capable of dropping the weapons, and the movement of B-2 stealth bombers toward Asia on Saturday had signaled possible activity by the U.S. Israeli leaders had made no…

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TEL AVIV, Israel — President Donald Trump said Saturday that the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict.There was no immediate acknowledgment from the Iranian government of any strikes being carried out. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported early Sunday that attacks targeted the country’s Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz nuclear sites. The agency did not elaborate.The decision to directly involve the U.S. in the war comes after more than…

Every unit has one. The soldier who raises his hand when the sergeant says, “Any questions?” The one who forgets to shave, shows up late and gets the whole squad smoked on a Saturday morning. We call this person the blue falcon. And in Bikini Bottom, that individual is Patrick Star. To civilians, Patrick is just SpongeBob’s best friend — the goofy sidekick with no job, no ambition and a brain full of cotton candy. But to anyone who’s ever worn a uniform, he’s something far more familiar: the smiling saboteur, the well-meaning liability, the person you can’t leave unsupervised…

Scientists and public health experts continue to be concerned about the highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu). They are saying it is something the general public should be afraid of, and worry it’ll become the next pandemic. This virus typically infects birds, including poultry used for meat and eggs, and there’s a current outbreak that has affected close to 150 million birds. Due to culling policies in the United States and abroad, the bird flu has also devastated farms since 2022. Scientists are also now concerned that they have detected the virus in mammals in recent years—including dairy cows and…