Pope: Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization is ‘truly unacceptable’

April 7, 2026

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iranian civilization was “truly unacceptable” and said any attacks on civilian infrastructure violate international law. In some of his strongest comments yet against the war, Leo urged Americans and other people of good will to contact their political leaders and congressional representatives to demand they reject war and work for peace. “Today as we all know there was this threat against all the people of Iran. This is truly unacceptable,” he said as he left his country house in ...

Former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz, 89, died

March 4, 2026

Lou Holtz never met an opponent that couldn’t beat him. Somehow, he squeaked out nearly 250 wins and a national title while cementing himself both as one of the most lovable and unlikable characters in college football — a one-of-a-kind iconoclast in a profession brimming with ...

Iran vows revenge, trades strikes with Israel

March 1, 2026

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — 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. The U.S. military said three service members have been killed, the first known ...

US and Israel launch a major attack on Iran

February 28, 2026

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, with President Donald Trump calling on the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” and rise up against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the nation since 1979. Some of the first ...

Israel: Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei has been killed

February 28, 2026

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, Israeli officials told The Associated Press on Saturday. There was no immediate comment from the U.S. or Iran on his status. The assassination of the second leader of the Islamic Republic, who had no designated successor, would throw its future into doubt and raise the prospect of a protracted conflict given Iranian threats of retaliation. In a nationally televised address, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there were ...

Border czar pulls 700 federal officers out of Minnesota

February 4, 2026

MINNEAPOLIS —— The Trump administration is reducing the number of immigration officers in Minnesota but will continue its enforcement operation that has sparked weeks of tensions and deadly confrontations, border czar Tom Homan said Wednesday. About 700 federal officers — roughly a quarter of the total deployed to Minnesota — will be withdrawn immediately after state and local officials agreed over the past week to cooperate by turning over arrested immigrants, Homan said. But he did not provide a timeline for when the administration might end the operation that has become a ...