Nuclear Deal

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks.

Cruz: 'The deep state' is working overtime to salvage Obama's Iran nuclear deal

Russ Read · September 3, 2019 11:57 pm

This satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows a fire at a rocket launchpad at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran's Semnan province, Thursday. Satellite images released Thursday show the smoldering remains of a rocket at a Iran space center that was to conduct a U.S.-criticized satellite launch.

Iran admits rocket launch failure, claims it was ‘technical error’

Zach Halaschak · September 2, 2019 8:57 pm

This image of the U.S. electric grid is in the latest report from the government's Electromagnetic Defense Task Force.

Washington Secrets

Warning: Poor protection of electric grid ‘jeopardize the survival of US’

Paul Bedard · August 27, 2019 6:25 pm

This undated file photo provided Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, by Russian Defense Ministry official web site shows a Russian Iskander-K missile launched during a military exercise at a training ground at the Luzhsky Range, near St. Petersburg, Russia.

National Security

US withdraws from cold-war era nuclear treaty with Russia

Zach Halaschak · August 2, 2019 11:43 am

A fighter jet flies over Iranian flags during the army parade commemorating National Army Day in front of the shrine of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran.

US warns Europe not to develop barter system to evade Iran sanctions

Rob Crilly · July 26, 2019 10:58 pm

Sailors stand on deck above a hole the U.S. Navy says was made by a limpet mine on the damaged Panama-flagged, Japanese owned oil tanker Kokuka Courageous, anchored off Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, during a trip organized by the Navy for journalists, Wednesday, June 19, 2019.

Iran claims it arrested 17 citizens accused of spying for US

Caitlin Yilek · July 22, 2019 11:50 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill, Monday, September 26, 2017, about the latest Republican effort to replace Obamacare.

Beltway Confidential

Iran is now counting on Rand Paul and his allies to salvage Obama’s disastrous nuclear deal

Philip Klein · July 19, 2019 6:36 pm

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the State Department in Washington.

US blacklists Iranian nuclear proxies and militia leaders

Joel Gehrke · July 18, 2019 7:42 pm

Mark Esper speaks at a gathering.

Future Iran agreement needs 'permanent prohibition' on nukes and must address ballistic missiles, Trump's Pentagon nominee says

Russ Read · July 16, 2019 5:37 pm

In this Monday, June 10, 2019 photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran.

Iranian foreign minister: Door is ‘wide open’ to negotiations if US removes sanctions

Zach Halaschak · July 16, 2019 4:09 pm

President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 9, 2019, in Washington.

Trump responds to Iranian uranium enrichment: ‘Sanctions will soon be increased’

Zach Halaschak · July 10, 2019 4:25 pm

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu: Europe must keep promise to leave Iran nuclear deal

Joel Gehrke · July 8, 2019 11:35 pm