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Gwyneth Paltrow's Iranian business partner has slammed her fellow Democrats for attacking President Trump's airstrikes on Iran, saying how "incredibly disappointed" she is in the party. Moj Mahdara, 48, an Iranian-American who co-founded Kinship Ventures with Paltrow, 53, compared the "decapitating" of the Islamic regime in Tehran to the fall of the Berlin Wall. "It is imperative the Democratic Party wake up and get past their dislike of President Trump," said Mahdara, who described herself...

Intelligence gathered over months by the CIA and shared with Israeli counterparts led to the missile strike that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian officials on Saturday, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News. The spy agency had been tracking Khamenei's location for several months before Saturday's joint U.S.-Israeli strikes, gaining deeper insight into his whereabouts as he moved around. The agency then learned about a Saturday ...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed along with about 40 other senior members of the Islamic Republic's regime in the initial onslaught of the U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran. Behnam Ben Taleblu, Iran program senior director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joins CBS News to discuss who or what might emerge as a new leader in Iran.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Thousands of supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro demonstrated in cities across the South American nation on Sunday, as organizers hoped to build momentum for a right-wing victory in the upcoming presidential elections. Protesters draped in yellow and green - the colors of the national flag -- took to the streets in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and the capital Brasilia to voice their opposition to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva who faces a ...

Rock star Jack White slammed Donald Trump on Saturday after the president addressed the nation following the deadly strikes on Iran. (Check out White's takedown below.) The White Stripes rocker and frequent Trump critic, in a post to his Instagram page, swiftly pointed out the president's fashion statement in the form of a white "USA" hat in a video announcing the joint military offensive. "Behold the leader of the 'Board of Peace,'" wrote White, referring to the Trump-led panel he hopes will...

Scores of Iranian-Americans cheered the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in New York City Sunday after the despot and a cadre of his goons were were killed in a US-Israeli strike in Tehran -- with similar celebrations erupting in other cities across the globe. About 500 people flocked to Midtown in the afternoon chanting "USA! USA! USA!" and "TRUMP, TRUMP! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!" -- and also carrying banners reading "Make Iran Great Again." The group was headed toward Times Square while waving...

Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo., discusses why he chose to support President Donald Trump's school choice plan and what it means for education in his state on 'The Will Cain Show.' American Federation for Children (AFC) President Tommy Schultz told Fox News Digital that his organization is fighting to oust anyone who is hostile to school choice ahead of the 2026 midterms. "We are the only school choice super PAC that's out there. We deployed more than $10 million last year in places like Texas and...

SAN ANTONIO -- GOP Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales is dangerously close to losing his seat to a gun-fanatic YouTuber after the married pol refused to resign when a staffer burned herself to death over their alleged affair. Gonzales is in the biggest fight of his political career this week, facing an ugly uphill primary battle amid demands he step down, plummeting party support and a congressional ethics probe over his alleged extramarital tryst. An ex-congressional staffer for Gonzales who now ...

Sky News Australia anchor Rita Panahi stunned viewers by unleashing a blistering curse on Iran's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after he was killed -- in her native Persian. "You son of a b -- h, shame on you, burn in hell!" Panahi declared during a segment on Iran, according to a clip circulating on social media Saturday. The explosive moment, shared by the several accounts on X, racked up more than 100,000 views within hours. The on-screen chyron read: "RITA'S TAKE ON STRIKES ON...

US president signals willingness to engage with Tehran's surviving leadership as strikes and retaliatory attacks intensify across region Donald Trump said on Sunday he was prepared to talk to what was left of the Iranian leadership in the wake of the killing of the country's supreme leader by US-Israeli air strikes aimed at overthrowing the regime. Trump was speaking as a second day of intense bombing of Iranian cities and Tehran's missile counter-attacks sent tremors across the region and ...

Having sophisticated, creative, and bold partners that can operate at scale is invaluable to the United States. The majority of wars are coalition wars, but some of the partners in these wars are barely seen or invisible. So it is with the current Iran war. Most of the Western commentary is focused on the United States and, inevitably, Donald Trump and his decision to pursue war -- and indeed, it was his decision to launch it. But in the conduct of actual operations, the Israelis have been...

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday sharply criticized President Trump for authorizing strikes against Iran, warning that it risks dragging the U.S. into yet another conflict in the Middle East. "There was simply no basis to go in with this massive military campaign, with the goal of regime change. And the concern here is that we have unleashed factors in the region now that we cannot control," Schiff told host George Stephanopoulos on ABC News's "This Week." Iranian Supreme Leader...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, 86 years old, died Saturday in predawn strikes carried out by the U.S. and Israel. The death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei brought a sense of disbelief to a nation divided over his legacy, as loyal supporters gathered in mourning and opponents celebrated his demise. Dressed mainly in black, the Ayatollah's devoted followers poured into mosques and public squares in major cities on Sunday to mark the start of a 40-day mourning period. Elsewhere, ...

The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leaves Iran facing a difficult transition amid a U.S.-Israel military campaign. The death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leaves Iran at a historic precipice, forcing it to navigate a difficult transition while weathering a massive military campaign from the U.S. and Israel and simmering unrest in the streets. Through his 37 years in power, Khamenei more than any other single individual shaped the course of the modern Middle East. As...

Iranian-American advocate Moj Mahdara told CNN's Dana Bash on Sunday that she was "incredibly disappointed" by the Democratic Party's response to the strikes in Iran. Iran's football federation isn't looking at the World Cup in a positive fashion after the United States-assisted strikes conducted by Israel against Iran. Iran qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will take place in the U.S., Mexico and Canada this summer. Iran is currently set to face New Zealand at SoFi Stadium in ...

Trump told The Atlantic on Sunday that he planned to speak with Iran's new leadership. "They want to talk, and I have agreed to talk, so I will be talking to them," he said, declining comment on the timing. The potential future diplomatic opening comes as new details are emerging about the detailed planning that went into the U.S.-Israeli strikes and some of the targets that were hit in Iran. U.S. Central Command said that B-2 stealth bombers struck Iran's ballistic missile facilities with...

The U.S. military released footage of strikes that allegedly killed Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. WASHINGTON - Federal counterterrorism agencies are on high alert for a potential retaliatory attack on U.S. soil after U.S. and Israeli forces launched strikes on Iran that killed the nation's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and other top officials. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have both announced they are on war footing, as they have been in the past ...

Israel and the U.S. have struck 2,000 targets since the start of their joint military campaign in Iran on Saturday morning, according to two people briefed on the operation. The Israeli military said it has fired thousands of munitions and flown more than 700 sorties in Iran since Saturday morning. Targets across Iran have included senior military and political officials such as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps leaders, aerial defense systems, ballistic missiles and...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday declared that Donald Trump wasn't responsible for teeing up a regime change for Iran in the wake of his deadly strikes on the country which killed its supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. In an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press," Graham reacted to a social media post from the president where he wrote that "hopefully" Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), along with its military and police forces, would work together to "bring back the Country to the...

President Trump spoke with the leaders of Israel, Bahrain and U.A.E. on Sunday as the U.S. and Israel continued striking sites across Iran for the second day, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. Iran has targeted a U.S. Navy facility in Bahrain. It has also struck civilian airports, hotels, ports and residential neighborhoods in those countries, according to a social-media post by U.S. Central Command.

A of American presidents has come to grief in the Middle East. Despite their travails, on the morning of February 28th Donald Trump struck Iran with wave after wave of missiles and bombs. As everyone knows -- including the Pentagon and members of his administration -- the outcome of the war is highly uncertain. The strikes, undertaken with Israel, could usher in a new Iranian government ready to make peace; but they could also lead to chaos and further bloodshed. Regardless, Mr Trump has ...

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., called on both President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to testify about their relationships with Jeffery Epstein, telling NBC News' "Meet the Press" on Sunday that said he's working with a Republican colleague to subpoena Lutnick. Khanna, a member of the House Oversight Committee, referenced former President Bill Clinton's testimony before the committee last week, saying Clinton "set a precedent" for high-profile figures to testify. "A new...

The day Jesse Jackson Jr. was sworn into Congress in 1995, he asked a reporter to sum up where politicians go wrong. The answer, he recently recalled: "hubris." More than a decade after finishing his 17-month stint in federal prison for a campaign finance scandal that drew national headlines, Jackson -- with more greyed hair and now sporting thick glasses -- says he has learned his lesson and wants that old seat back. "I own my behavior. I pled guilty, I accepted responsibility, I paid my ...

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," as the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran continue into a second day after the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton joins, as well as Sens. Chris Murphy and Ted Cruz.

BRUSSELS, March 1 (Reuters) - The European Union's 27 nations on Sunday called for "maximum restraint" and full respect for international law in the Iran conflict, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said. "We call for maximum restraint, protection of civilians and full respect of international law, including the principles of the United Nations Charter, and international humanitarian law," said a statement issued by Kallas on behalf of all EU members. The statement came after an emergency ...

People gathered along the Beltline in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, Feb. 28, to celebrate the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The demonstration saw a range of views on ongoing U.S. military interventions abroad. While many voiced opposition and drew parallels between current conflicts and past wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, others in the crowd marked the Ayatollah's death as a step toward justice and accountability for decades of oppression. Dozens of other rallies...

DUBAI, March 1 (Reuters) - The assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has plunged the Islamic Republic into its most perilous crisis since the 1979 revolution - confronting it with war on its own territory, an unresolved succession, and mounting internal strain. Despite the shock of Khamenei's killing, five regional officials and analysts cautioned against assuming rapid collapse. Iran's political order, they said, was deliberately constructed to avoid reliance on a ...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear appears to be readying for a presidential run in 2028. The telegenic Democrat was on a speaking tour last year in the early primary state of South Carolina. He has a book coming out in September titled, "Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country," a reference to Jesus' parable of the good Samaritan. His publisher summarizes it this way: "By regrounding faith in compassion and kindness, he believes we can start to heal as a country." Compassion and kindness...

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Sunday that a democracy will not arise from the conflict in Iran, adding that "an even worse Iranian leadership" is going to come out of the fighting. "Now, the president has said that the goal is regime change, and the goal is to eliminate Iran's missile program and their nuclear program. He is not going to succeed in either of those endeavors. His intelligence agencies have already told him that the most likely outcome is that hard-line members of the...

Democratic lawmakers on Sunday criticized President Trump's unilateral decision to launch attacks on Iran without consulting them or seeking a declaration of war through Congress. They vowed to vote for a binding resolution that could halt American military action in the Middle East. The lawmakers questioned whether the United States faced an "imminent" threat from Iran, an assertion Mr. Trump made on Saturday, and a legal requirement for the president to initiate military action without ...