Oil prices surged and stock markets slid after hard-line Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was chosen to succeed his late father as Iranβs supreme leader. His appointment on Monday, and new strikes on regional oil infrastructure, signaled that Iran was digging in 10 days into the war launched by the United States and Israel.
North Carolina does not mind electing Democrats as governor, but it is a different matter when it comes to sending them to the U.S. Senate.
A coalition of 24 states are suing the Trump administration to block a new 10% global tariff.
Three former Democratic presidents are set to speak at a Chicago church as mourners pay a final public tribute to the lateΒ Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
President Donald Trump says heβs replacing his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and will nominate in her place Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin.
Iran has launched a new wave of attacks against Israel, American bases and countries around the region. The Islamic Republic warned that the U.S. would βbitterly regretβ torpedoing an Iranian warship. Israel and the U.S. hammered Iran for a sixth day.
One of this yearβs marquee Senate contests was practically a done deal heading into Tuesday. DemocratΒ Roy CooperΒ will face RepublicanΒ Michael WhatleyΒ in a race thatβs critical to deciding control of the Senate in November.
The U.S. Senate is headed toward a vote Wednesday onΒ President Donald Trump's decision to embarkΒ on a war against Iran, an extraordinary test in Congress for a conflict that has rapidly spread across the Middle East with no clear U.S. exit strategy.
Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and ex-Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley have won their respective party nominations for a North Carolina U.S. Senate seat.
Homeland Security SecretaryΒ Kristi NoemΒ defended her department's immigration enforcement tactics in front of a Senate committee on Tuesday and pushed back against criticism from Democrats.
According to a new CNN poll, nearly six in ten Americans say they oppose the decision to strike Iran. More than half believe the conflict will drag on for an extended period of time.
Protesters took to First Ward Park on Monday to speak out against President Donald Trump's decision to bomb Iran.
The conflict with Iran is spiraling across the Middle East and it appears set to escalate. The U.S. is urging Americans to leave the region right now. This comes as an attack on U.S. troops in Kuwait claims the lives of at least six service members. WCCB Charlotte's Sherrell Hubbard has the latest.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. has β the capability to go far longer β than its projected four to five week time frame for its military operations against Iran.
Tehran and its allies hit back with attacks on Israel, neighboring Gulf states, and targets critical to the worldβs production of oil and natural gas.
Iran vowed revenge Sunday after the killing of its supreme leader and traded strikes with Israel as part of a widening war prompted by a surprise U.S. and Israeli bombardment.
World leaders have urged calm after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran raised concerns about whether the violence could spread across the region.
An enormous explosion rocked Iranβs capital Sunday as the Israeli military said it was targeting the heart of the city.
The strikes came after Trump has pressured Tehran for a deal to constrain its nuclear program, building up a fleet of American warships in the region as the country struggles with growing dissent following nationwide protests.
The U.S. and Israel launched a major attack onΒ IranΒ on Saturday, andΒ President Donald TrumpΒ called on the Iranian public to βseize control of your destinyβ by rising up against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the nation since 1979.
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