A new court filing from special counsel Jack Smith argues Donald Trump acted as a private citizen when he sought to overturn the 2020 election. Israel hits central Beirut in a series of overnight airstrikes. And NBC News visits a mountain town swept away ...

Iran is seeing its largest and deadliest unrest since the 2022 Mahsa Amini uprising, with nationwide protests, a harsh security crackdown, and growing speculation about whether parts of the political elite are quietly preparing exit options.

Then, in June 2025, Netanyahu persuaded Trump to join a risk-free (for the United States) attack on Iran. In exchange, the prime minister said, Israel would end the war in Gaza. A gullible and ill-informed Trump agreed, the U.S. attacked, but the Gaza war did not end until September, and arguably until ever, so far.

BEIRUT — Heavy Israeli airstrikes hit several areas across Lebanon overnight and on Thursday, as the death toll from Israel’s ongoing attacks on the country since October 2023 crossed 3,000. A little after midnight on Thursday, Israeli warplanes ...

Israeli warplanes targeted what the IDF said were Hezbollah targets. The Israel Defense Forces continued its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza -- particularly in the north of the strip -- and in Lebanon, with Israeli attacks on targets ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says U.S. military generals have told him that they think the massive explosion that rocked Beirut on Tuesday, killing more than 70 people, was likely a bomb. He told reporters at the White House that he had met ...