The language used Monday by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as he announced a new raft of sanctions against Iran was apocalyptic. The measures are part of the Trump administration’s plan to use economic pressure to force Iran to capitulate, to bring an end to the nearly six-month war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The…
The Trump administration is trying to deport a self-described CIA spy who infiltrated al Qaeda after 9/11 and won his permission to live in the U.S. by helping convict terrorists. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Blerim Skoro, a Kosovo-born father of three, outside an immigration office in New Jersey where he was renewing his…
The U.S.-Israeli war in Iran has rocked the Mideast and spread through the region, and President Trump is now weighing what to do next to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and extract any concessions from Iran’s increasingly hardline leadership. In meetings with Mr. Trump and Vice President JD Vance Wednesday, Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid…
A man was convicted Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel “The Satanic Verses.” A jury found Hadi Matar guilty of all the charges against him, including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism. A message from The…
Last year was the deadliest for antisemitic attacks outside of Israel in more than 30 years, according to a new report, with 20 people being killed in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. The J7 Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism said its study “once again sounds the alarm about the deadly reality of…
The U.S. and Saudi militaries launched airstrikes late Tuesday on Iranian-backed groups in Iraq, U.S. Central Command said, after Iran and its proxies allegedly targeted American forces over the last few days. The strikes could pose a challenge to a five-day lull in U.S. attacks on Iran, as President Trump says he wants to give…
Washington — Victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorism and their families are in Washington this week to urge President Trump to demand Iran pay restitution as part of any potential peace deal. The delegation of more than 100 people includes those who have successfully sued the Islamic Republic in U.S. federal court for tens of billions of…
