2 hrs ago - Feb 28th, 2026, 2:56 pm Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Saturday that she’s keeping an eye on potential threats to U.S. soil now that the United States is actively engaged in military action against Iran. Noem posted on X Frid ... (MEDIAite)

3 hrs ago - 02/28/26 1:00 PM ET Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), one of Capitol Hill’s staunchest allies of Israel, will support a war powers resolution limiting President Trump’s use of force in Iran. Schneider, a senior member of the Foreign Affairs Co ... (The Hill)

3 hrs ago - Feb. 28, 2026 Updated 8:27 a.m. ET A founding father and slave owner whose statue in Delaware was removed in 2020 amid calls for racial reckoning will be given a position in honor in Washington by the Trump administration as part of celebrations of t ... (New York Times)

3 hrs ago - February 28, 202 610:58 AM EST Updated 4 hours ago WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - In the run-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Saturday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was k ... (Reuters)

4 hrs ago - Feb 28th, 2026, 12:07 pm White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted to X on Saturday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio notified the “Gang of Eight” U.S. lawmakers ahead of the U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran. Leavi ... (MEDIAite)

4 hrs ago - Melania Trump to lead UN security council session, White House says First lady to preside over meeting on ‘children, technology and education in conflict’ in New York next month Melania Trump is set to lead a session of the United Nations s ... (The Guardian)

5 hrs ago - Feb. 28, 2026, 6:00 AM EST As the Trump administration shakes up recommendations for childhood vaccines, a growing number of states are moving quickly to ensure vaccines remain free and health care workers are protected from lawsuits. “States ar ... (NBC News)

5 hrs ago - Saturday 28 February 2026 21:31 GMT Britain is chairing an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Saturday following missile strikes across the Middle East. The meeting has been called at the request of France, Colombia, Russia and Bahrain ... (The Independent)

6 hrs ago - 02/28/26 2:59 PM ET A coalition of organizations on Saturday have planned protests opposing the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran earlier in the day, with demonstrations planned across multiple cities. “Trump’s unprovoked, illegal attack on ... (The Hill)

7 hrs ago - Live: Khamenei's body has been found and he is confirmed dead, Israeli official says Iranian news agencies say Khamenei 'commanding the field' Iranian news agencies Tasnim and Mehr reported that the Supreme Leader was "steadfast and firm in commandin ... (Reuters)

7 hrs ago - February 28, 2026 2:09 PM EST Updated 35 mins ago JERUSALEM, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that there were many signs suggesting Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have been killed in Isr ... (Reuters)

7 hrs ago - ...What they're saying: "I can go long and take over the whole thing, or end it in two or three days and tell the Iranians: 'See you again in a few years if you start rebuilding [your nuclear and missile programs]," Trump said in a five-minute phone ... (Axios)

7 hrs ago - Feb. 28, 2026, 5:01 a.m. ET The Pentagon's new inspector general has frozen a proposal to evaluate military targeting in the Trump administration's strikes on boats suspected of smuggling cocaine from South America, telling his staff he wanted to con ... (New York Times)

8 hrs ago - Senator Bernie Sanders has denounced the US attack on Iran... In a statement on social media, in which he called on his colleagues in the US Senate to deny the authorization for war Trump has not sought, Sanders wrote: “President Trump, along wi ... (The Guardian)

8 hrs ago - Feb 28th, 2026, 10:47 am A federal judge in Texas has ordered the Trump administration to release a college student born in Mexico in a "public place" by the first day of next month – and not to detain him again unless the government can show h ... (Law & Crime)

9 hrs ago - Feb. 28, 2026, 9:54 AM EST HAVANA — Top officials with Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior unveiled for the first time late Friday the items they said were aboard a Florida-flagged speedboat that opened fire against troops in waters off the isl ... (NBC News/AP)

10 hrs ago - An effort to limit the ability of the president to carry out sustained military action in Iran without approval of Congress is taking on new urgency after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes aimed at overthrowing the regime. The strikes, which began ... (NPR)

11 hrs ago - In the run-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Saturday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the operation, he would likely be replaced by hardline figures from the I ... (Reuters)

11 hrs ago - February 28, 2026 10:02 AM EST Updated 39 mins ago WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Ahead of the U.S. attack on Iran, President Donald Trump received briefings that not only delivered blunt assessments about the risk of major U.S. casualties but also t ... (Reuters)

12 hrs ago - 02/28/26 8:21 AM ET (NEXSTAR) - The Social Security Administration (SSA) is rolling out a major change to the way it handles customer service. Instead of relying on local field offices, the Administration is moving to a centralized, national network ... (The Hill)