Dan De Luce

5 days ago | share.google | Frederick Clayton |Dan De Luce |Kevin Collier |Keir Simmons

June 22, 2025, 10:21 AM EDT / Updated June 22, 2025, 6:13 PM EDTThe United States, the Middle East and world oil markets are bracing for Iran’s response after President Donald Trump launched punishing strikes on Iranian nuclear energy sites overnight, plunging the region into an unprecedented new phase of a decades-old conflict. The U.S. struck Iranian nuclear facilities, including the key Fordo site, with 14 GBU-57s, 30,000-pound “bunker buster bombs,” according to the U.S. military.

6 days ago | flipboard.com | Dan De Luce |Alex Koppelman |Courtney Kube |Gordon Lubold |Tom Winter

9 hours agoPakistan has announced it plans to nominate US President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize, citing the role that Islamabad says he played in helping to negotiate a ceasefire last month between India and Pakistan. On X, the Pakistani government said Trump deserved the award "in recognition of his …

1 week ago | nbcchicago.com | Dan De Luce |Andrea Mitchell

Iran is uncertain whether it can trust the United States in diplomatic talks after Israel launched an aerial attack on the country only days before scheduled negotiations with American officials, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday in an exclusive interview with NBC News.

1 week ago | nbcchicago.com | Courtney Kube |Carol Lee |Dan De Luce

President Donald Trump is increasingly relying on a small group of advisers for critical input as he weighs whether to order U.S. military action in Iran targeting its nuclear program, according to two defense officials and a senior administration official.

1 week ago | nbcchicago.com | Dan De Luce |Matt Dixon |Carol Lee

National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, an outspoken critic of past U.S. military interventions abroad, appears to have fallen out of favor with President Donald Trump as he weighs military action against Iran, according to multiple senior administration officials with knowledge of the matter.