The U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding pairs the nuclear and Lebanon tracks, creating a situation where Hezbollah's rejection of the U.S.-brokered Lebanon ceasefire could halt nuclear diplomacy, as Iran has engineered the situation to use regional pressure as leverage in negotiations.

Iran’s top negotiator issued a warning Thursday after President Trump re-upped threats to strike the country and seize Kharg Island, a key hub for Iran's oil exports. “Wrong strategies and impulsive decisions will reset the entire board for the worse, explode energy infrastructure and markets and create an endless quagmire that you will be stuck in...

Anthropic has called for a global pause on the development of powerful AI systems, warning that they are slipping beyond human control and could have catastrophic consequences if not properly regulated.

President Trump is sitting down for an interview Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” following a turbulent week marked by new lows in his approval ratings and growing tensions with Senate Republicans that have spilled into public view. As midterm elections loom, the president has faced mounting political pressure on key issues including the economy...

A federal judge on Friday refused two Virginia residents’ request to block this weekend’s UFC event on the White House South Lawn, ruling they have no right to challenge the fight. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said the two had no legal standing because they hadn’t shown the event, timed to Flag Day and President Trump's 80th...

The United States doesn’t need to build trust with Iran, it needs to build trust with everyone else. 

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump says Iranian Supreme Leader approved deal President Trump said on Thursday that Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has approved the text of a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz and start diplomatic talks over...

CNN's Kaitlan Collins said Tuesday in an interview that President Trump's core base of supporters do not know that he "seeks validation" from the news media, despite his longstanding feud with the news media. The CNN reporter spoke with New York Times reporter Shawn McCreesh for Interview magazine about the president's relationship with the media. Collins...

President Trump on Tuesday blamed Iran for shooting down an American Apache helicopter overnight and said a response was necessary.  “I have just been informed by our Great Military that last night the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump posted on his social...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) expressed his support for President Trump’s threat on Thursday to seize Iran’s Kharg Island. “President Trump’s announcement today that it may be time to take Kharg Island is welcome news and would be the ultimate game changer,” he wrote in a social media post Thursday morning. “The combination of continuing to...

President Trump’s focus on repair and beautification projects around Washington, D.C., risks backfiring on Republicans ahead of the midterms as the issue of affordability takes center stage across the country. Just this week, Trump began an unrelated executive order signing and an energy announcement in the Oval Office talking about the completion of repairs of...

Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.) criticized the reported details of an agreement with Iran, after President Trump said the U.S. and Iran plan to sign the peace framework on Sunday. “This is a terrible deal,” Moulton told MS NOW on Saturday. “It’s basically a surrender document from Donald Trump to the supreme leader of Iran.”...