Emily Clark

Donald Trump says he will give a decision on "whether or not to go" on Iran in two weeks, as he believes there is a "substantial chance of negotiations" with the Islamist regime over its nuclear program.

In the early 1950s, Iran had a liberal prime minister who promised to stop shipping the country's resource riches offshore, but that was not going to work for the West. 

How the US employed distraction and misdirection to fly an 18-hour stealth-mode mission and drop 14 "bunker-busting" bombs on Iran's nuclear facilities in Operation Midnight Hammer

The United States bombs three nuclear sites inside Iran, with Donald Trump warning "future attacks would be far greater and a lot easier". 

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defends claims about the extent of damage to Iran's nuclear sites, while the Pentagon provides more details on the planning behind the strikes.

Donald Trump has long dabbled in conspiracy theories, but when he said the Epstein client list didn't exist, he hit a line MAGA seem unwilling to follow him over, writes Emily Clark.  

Donald Trump's Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his special envoy Steve Witkoff have spoken about the Alaska summit, discussing "the crux of the deal" they want made between Russia and Ukraine. 

Vladimir Putin does not have the same goals as the other players in his game and the longer the various iterations of meetings and summits and phone calls go on, the more advantage he gains, writes Emily Clark. 

John Bolton served in the US president's first administration as national security adviser, but later became critical of Donald Trump.

Pete Hegseth belongs to a church founded by a man who believes that women should not have the right to vote. And a new church outpost has just opened a few blocks from the Capitol building.