Benjamin Kail

3 days ago | post-gazette.com | Benjamin Kail

Courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University Katie Hovan and Maddie Aiken Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jun 24, 2025 4:12 PM Carnegie Mellon University students, staff and faculty at the school’s Qatar campus — located 15 miles from the Iranian missile attack on U.S. Air Force’s Al Udeid Air Base — are safe, and no damage occurred to the campus, CMU officials said Monday evening. Out of caution, the university moved the Qatar campus to remote operations on Monday and for the remainder of Tuesday,...

3 days ago | post-gazette.com | Benjamin Kail |Sam Mednick |Jon Gambrell |Melanie Lidman

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Israel and Iran violated ceasefire terms by carrying out attacks against each other after an early Tuesday deadline to stop hostilities but Israel was going to “turn around” its jets and stop its assault. Trump, as he pressed both sides to abide by the ceasefire, posted on social media, “ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly ‘Plane Wave’ to Iran.

3 days ago | post-gazette.com | Benjamin Kail |Aamer Madhani |Josh Boak |Chris Megerian

BEERSHEBA, Israel — A tentative truce faltered Tuesday when Israel vowed to retaliate after saying Iran launched missiles into its airspace more than two hours after the ceasefire was supposed to take effect. Iran’s military denied firing on Israel, state media reported — but explosions boomed and sirens sounded across northern Israel midmorning. Earlier, both Israel and Iran had accepted the ceasefire plan to end their 12-day war.

4 days ago | gazettextra.com | Benjamin Kail

While many Democrats in Pennsylvania and across the U.S. are blasting President Donald Trump's decision to launch air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman yet again finds himself at odds with his party. In fact, months ago Fetterman, one of the most vocal supporters of Israel on Capitol Hill, was already encouraging Trump to ditch the idea of negotiations with the Iranian regime, saying that he supported strikes targeting Iran's nuclear development.

4 days ago | post-gazette.com | Benjamin Kail

While many Democrats in Pennsylvania and across the U.S. are blasting President Donald Trump’s decision to launch air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman yet again finds himself at odds with his party. In fact, months ago Mr. Fetterman, one of the most vocal supporters of Israel on Capitol Hill, was already encouraging Trump to ditch the idea of negotiations with the Iranian regime, saying that he supported strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear development.