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Netanyahu made a secret visit to the UAE on Sunday, source says
After initial reports of a warning from Bin Zayed, the UAEâs Foreign Ministry said earlier this month that it âdoes not comment on media stories or speculation regarding conversations between government leaders,â but it did not deny the call. âWhen necessary, all relevant intelligence has been and continues to be communicated between the relevant entities,â the statement said.
At the time, an Israeli source familiar with the matter said Netanyahuâs office tried to get the UAE to deny the report, but the UAE only agreed to issue a statement about intelligence sharing.
CNN, MS NOW, Politico sue over denied White House access, citing First Amendment
The extraordinary ban of the three news outletsâ reporters, which began over the weekend, represented a clear escalation of Trumpâs long-running efforts â in the courts and through administrative action â to restrict news coverage he finds objectionable or, in his words, âfake news.â They were also the latest test of First Amendment protections in the United States, where the government is constitutionally forbidden from restricting the press.
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say
The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran, immediately set off alarm bells: A Chinese ship in the Middle East was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program…
âAlmost Started a Warâ: US Military Nearly Boarded a Chinese Ship Based on Bad Intel From AI
One source told CNN that the „hallucination“ was part of a trend in the U.S. military, not an isolated incident.
Trump vows $5K payments for all US citizens if GOP holds Congress in speech punctuated by false claims
âą Keynote speech: President Donald Trump, in his address to the GOP midterm convention, vowed to pay every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate, an extraordinary attempt to seemingly buy votes to keep his party in power. He did not explain how he would make it happen.
âą Economic push: In a speech replete with misleading facts, the president also touted the success of his administrationâs economic policies despite CNNâs poll of polls showing his approval rating stands at 35%. Read our fact check here.
Why this time around, Netanyahuâs meeting with Trump might not go to script
Netanyahu has been working to secure an invitation to the White House for several weeks, according to a US official and an Israeli source, to discuss progress in the Iran war and warn Trump against diplomatic concessions.
Trump had been resistant to meeting, and some White House officials have been frustrated at what they regarded as Israeli attempts to secure a meeting through media leaks â to âwill a meeting into existence,â the US official said
Why Saudi‘s strike on a Yemen airport shows the US-Iran war is escalating
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Saudi Arabia struck a key airport in Sanaa in Yemen yesterday to prevent an approaching plane carrying a high-profile Houthi delegation from landing there, regional sources said.
The development marks a potentially dangerous escalation as Saudi Arabia and the Houthis have largely observed an informal truce in recent years, illustrating how the ongoing Iran-US conflict has the potential to spiral in unpredictable ways.
Israeli settlers attack journalists, including CNN, on the anniversary of deadly West Bank beating
This attack on journalists comes just days after US Rep. Ro Khanna was detained by settlers near the village of Turmus Ayya in the West Bank. The village has a population of thousands of Palestinian-Americans who have come under repeated attack by settlers in the area.
Khanna visited the village to show solidarity with American citizens who have told CNN they feel forgotten by their government.
âI saw the arrogance in the eyes of those settlers, 21- and 22-year-olds with guns, laughing that they had detained us, the arrogance of those young IDF soldiers that my tax dollars are funding, having no respect for the fact that they were detaining Americans, no respect that there was an American congressperson in that bus, and laughing when our translator told them that there are Americans there and the American embassy is concerned,â Khanna told Reuters.
US conducting new strikes in Iran after Trump said ceasefire is âoverâ
Several explosions have been heard near Iranian coastal cities, according to Iran‘s state media.
Agreement says Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon „indefinitely,“ Trump admin official says
The senior official indicated that the United States is willing to allow Iran to use nuclear in a civilian capacity.
âWeâre not bothered at all by the idea of civilian power plants in Iran. What weâre bothered by is the type of infrastructure that would allow them to jump from civilian power generation to nuclear weapons development, and thatâs what theyâve had for a very long time,â they said.
Iran says „contradictory“ positions of US is main issue in negotiations
Speaking with CNNâs Senior International correspondent Frederik Pleitgen in Tehran Sunday, Baghaei said the exchange of messages continued through Pakistani mediators.
âThe main problem of negotiating with this administration is that you have to face so many changing positions, moving the goal posts, different statements, contradictory remarks by different officials, so it makes the whole process very cumbersome,â Baghaei said.
There were quite a number of sticking points, he said, âbut the main issue is that the Americans must understand that they have to recognize Iranâs rights,â including its right to peaceful nuclear enrichment under the international non-proliferation treaty.
Iran says US âchanging, contradictoryâ positions keep talks stalled
In an exclusive interview with CNN Senior International Correspondent Frederik Pleitgen in Tehran on Sunday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei acknowledged that messages continue to pass between Tehran and Washington via Pakistani intermediaries.
âThe main problem of negotiating with this administration is that you have to face so many changing positions, moving the goal posts, different statements, contradictory remarks by different officials, so it makes the whole process very cumbersome,â he said.
Exclusive: Israel sent troops to Azerbaijan during Iran war as part of secret network across region, sources say
The secret deployment to Azerbaijan, reported by CNN for the first time, was one of several military positions Israel maintained across the Middle East that gave its military unprecedented reach, highlighting the role Iranâs neighbors played â some with permission, some likely without â in facilitating operations against Tehran and becoming entangled in the conflict.
The locations in Azerbaijan were among numerous covert military sites and bases in multiple countries, the sources told CNN, including in Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, and Somaliland. The forces, initially planned as potential rescue teams in the event of an emergency, expanded in scope to become military and intelligence gathering positions.
Trumpâs âblow âem upâ threat to Oman means heâs now attacked or threatened 1 out of every 13 countries
Heâs launched strikes in seven countries so far this term â Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen â after also attacking some of those countries in his first term. That doesnât even count the strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, which have targeted nearly 60 vessels and killed more than 190 people.
He has also threatened or left open the possibility of strikes against seven others this term: Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Greenland (which is part of Denmark), Mexico, Panama and now Oman. He also threatened Mexico and North Korea in his first term.
Exclusive: Hackers have breached tank readers at US gas stations; officials suspect Iran is responsible
But, the sources cautioned, the US government may not be able to definitively determine who was responsible because of a lack of forensic evidence left by the hackers.
CNN has requested comment on the ATG hack from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The FBI declined to comment.
The law sets a 60-day limit on unauthorized wars. Will Trump respect it?
Lawmakers can revoke a presidentâs war powers at any time, but Democratic efforts to do so this time around have so far failed. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who has criticized how Trump has gone about the war, has talked about pushing an authorization to put guardrails on how the war is prosecuted, but has not yet followed through.
A deal to end the Iran war seemed close. Then Trump started posting on social media
One recent proposal from the Iranian side would involve a 10-year pause on enrichment, followed by another decade where Iran would agree to only enrich to levels well below weapons grade, according to a person familiar with the discussions. Meanwhile, Trump has told reporters that he wants no enrichment indefinitely and is against even the 20-year pause.
The Trump administration is also considering unfreezing $20 billion in Iranian assets as part of ongoing negotiations with Tehran, CNN previously reported. The step would come in exchange for Iran turning over its stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
How flexible each side is on their terms will ultimately dictate whether a deal can be reached.
March 28, 2026 â âNo Kingsâ protests take place nationwide
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âą Widespread protests: âNo Kingsâ demonstrations have taken place from coast to coast today, with attendees rallying against President Donald Trumpâs policies, the rising cost of living and the war with Iran.
âą On the ground: Throughout the day, crowds gathered to march, sing, dance and wave signs in major cities, suburbs and small towns across red and blue states, with huge marches taking place in Los Angeles and New York. A marquee event in Minnesota featured a Bruce Springsteen performance and a slate of high-profile speakers.
âą Third round: Last year, millions of people attended largely peaceful protests on two âNo Kingsâ days. Since then, Trumpâs nationwide immigration enforcement blitz has come and gone in several major cities. Now, Americans are facing skyrocketing gas prices and a flagging economy due to the war.
Enten: Key allies âabsolutely despiseâ US action in Iran
CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten breaks down international support for US military action in Iran as President Donald Trump is asking for other countries to help secure shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz.
Inside Jeffrey Epsteinâs inner circle â the aides, lawyers and confidantes who ran his world
Together, the names of those in Epsteinâs inner circle appear thousands of times across the newly released files. Though they havenât had the same level of scrutiny that more famous people who appear in the files have received, that may start to change. Over the coming months, several of them are scheduled to testify in front of the House Oversight Committee.
Richard Kahn, Epsteinâs longtime accountant, and Darren Indyke, his personal attorney, both of whom are co-executors of Epsteinâs estate, are slated to testify on March 11 and March 19. Lesley Groff, Epsteinâs executive assistant, was asked by the committee to appear on June 9.
Why Trump canât explain the start â or the endgame â of the war in Iran
Ten days in, Trump still hasnât settled on a consistent rationale for why he went to war. Now, heâs hinting that peace might soon be at hand â even while he and top aides simultaneously warn the fighting might get more intense and last longer.
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Tumbling stock markets and spiking oil prices have raised the possibility that a prolonged conflict could shatter the global economy. Days of Iranian retaliatory drone and missile strikes on Gulf states stoked fears of a wider conflagration.
The political clock is now ticking faster inside the United States, where Trump and his allies fret reverberations will worsen the cost-of-living misery that threatens the GOPâs midterm election prospects.
‚Shame on you!‘ Panel debates whether Trump‘s war is distraction from Epstein
Columnist Charles Blow questions whether the Trump administration is using Iran as a distraction, after the DOJ released files related to uncorroborated claims against President Donald Trump. Radio Host Jason Rantz says that accusation is using victims to score political points. The NewsNight panel debates.
CNN at Tehranâs Shahran oil depot after strike
CNNâs Frederik Pleitgen reports from Tehranâs Shahran oil depot, where thick black smoke rises behind him after a strike hit the facility. Iranian state media said fuel and oil storage tanks in several areas of the capital were targeted in Israeli and US strikes. CNN operates in Iran only with government permission. #cnn #iran #tehran #shahranoildepot #usisraelistrike
Watch CNN cross into Iran as first US network to enter country since beginning of war
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After crossing into Iran today, CNNâs Frederik Pleitgen says he and his team are now trying to make it âto the capital Tehran as fast as possible,â having a received a visa from the government to report inside the country.
Live Updates: Israel launches heavy airstrikes on Tehran after Beirut bombardment
Here‘s the latest
âą Strikes in Iran: Explosions lit up the sky in Tehran after Israel said it had begun a âbroad-scale wave of strikesâ there. CNN saw thick black smoke in the capital, while state media reported that a busy shopping street was hit. Tehran residents tell CNN they experienced the âworst nightâ of airstrikes since the war began.
âą Panic in Beirut: Fresh strikes also hit Beirut, hours after Israel said it targeted Hezbollah overnight in the latest strikes on the Lebanese capitalâs southern suburbs.
CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say
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Washington and Erbil, Iraq â
The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran, multiple people familiar with the plan told CNN.
The Trump administration has been in active discussions with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish leaders in Iraq about providing them with military support, the sources said.
Dozens of FBI records apparently missing from Epstein files, including Trump accuser interviews
Several Epstein victims have said that theyâve scoured the DOJâs website in recent weeks for files documenting their own interviews with the FBI â only to come up empty handed.
âAll of us have been looking for our victim statements,â Jess Michaels, who was assaulted by Epstein when she was 22 years old, told CNN after the file release. Heavily redacted and missing interview reports suggest that âthis Department of Justice is actually gaslighting the entire country,â Michaels argued.