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The Trump administration has been strategizing methods and options to secure or extract Iran's nuclear materials, according to multiple sources, as the military campaign against Tehran enters a more uncertain phase.

The separate narco-trafficking investigations, based out of New York's Southern and Eastern districts, didn't set out to target Petro, but his name has come up during the course of the probes, one source said.

The U.S. Treasury has authorized the purchase of Iranian oil that's already at sea, exempting buyers from the tight sanctions that have restricted Iran's oil industry for years, as the Trump administration grapples with high oil prices.

A federal judge has struck down some of the Defense Department's strict controls on how journalists with access to the Pentagon are allowed to report -- ending a policy that caused many news outlets to leave the Pentagon.

A viral social media video has put Minnesota's long-running fraud scandal at the center of the national conversation. Here's what to know.

Transcript: Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi, Roger Carstens, Neda Sharghi on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," March 22, 2026 ...

Border czar Tom Homan is expected back on Capitol Hill later Friday for bipartisan talks.

Siamak Namazi, who was released from Iran's Evin prison in 2023, said "it's important" that President Trump "hears that there are innocent Americans being held like we were as political pawns."

Two former Louisville police officers were facing civil rights charges in connection with the 2020 shooting death of Breonna Taylor.

It is unclear under what circumstances President Trump would authorize the use of U.S. troops on the ground in Iran.