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US and Israel launch an attack on Iran with tensions high over nuclear talks​

By JON GAMBRELL and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Updated 2:07 AM CST, February 28, 2026

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. and Israel launched an attack Saturday on Iran, with the first apparent strike happening near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Iranian media reported strikes nationwide, and smoke could be seen rising from the capital.

President Donald Trump said in a video posted on social media that the U.S. had begun “major combat operations in Iran.” He claimed Iran has continued to develop its nuclear program and plans to develop missiles to reach U.S. and appealed to the Iranian people to “take over your government — it will be yours to take.”

Trump acknowledged that there could be American casualties following Iran strikes, saying “that often happens in war.”

It wasn’t immediately clear whether the 86-year-old Khamenei was in his offices at the time of the strike. He hasn’t been seen publicly in days as tensions with the United States have grown. The attack comes as the United States has assembled a vast fleet of fighter jets and warships in the region to try to pressure Iran into a deal over its nuclear program. ...

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U.S. and Israel launch military strikes on Iran, with Trump confirming "major combat operations"

President Trump says the U.S. is engaged in "major combat operations in Iran," after a failed effort to pressure Tehran into a new nuclear deal.
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US and Israel launch attack on Iran, as Trump says 'major combat operations' under way - follow live

Explosions have been reported in Tehran and in five other cities, according to Iranian media.
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Smoke seen rising from area of southern Tehran following Israeli attack

A smoke cloud could be seen rising from an area of southern Tehran on Saturday after Israel launched an attack on Iran's capital.
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Trump says US conducted ‘major combat operations’ in Iran

The president made the announcement early Saturday, capping off weeks of unsuccessful diplomatic negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
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Bill Clinton says he 'did nothing wrong' with Epstein as he faced grilling over their relationship

Democratic lawmakers say former President Bill Clinton has tried to answer every question during a deposition over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Trump told FBI Director Kash Patel he didn't like his Olympics hijinks

Trump told Patel directly that he wasn't pleased about his viral locker-room partying with the U.S. men's hockey team, as well as his use of a government jet to travel to Italy.
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Trump raises the possibility of a ‘friendly takeover of Cuba’ coming out of talks with Havana

President Donald Trump says the United States is talking with Cuba and raised the possibility of a “friendly takeover” of the island without explaining what that means.
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Trump calls Lutnick 'very innocent' as DOJ reposts Epstein island photo

President Trump on Friday called Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick a "very innocent guy" as Democrats sought more details on his relationship with Jeffery Epstein.
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The Trump administration is detaining and questioning refugees already admitted to the US

In a break from tradition, refugees admitted to the United States after extensive interviews and vetting are being detained and questioned again. The U.S.
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Trump's takeover of the GOP upends Texas Senate race

GOP Sen. John Cornyn is in a hotly contested primary race against state Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt, with all three pitching themselves as Trump allies.
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What to watch as the midterms begin with Tuesday's primaries

The first primaries of the 2026 election season will offer an early read on voter mood in President Donald Trump’s second term and on how both parties are adapting.
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Rio Grande rage: Why are Texans just saying no to Trump's border wall?

Landowners and tourists, nature lovers and hunters, Democrats and Republicans speak out against plans to extend the border wall through Big Bend.
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Hegseth declares Anthropic a supply chain risk, restricting military contractors from doing business with AI giant

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deemed artificial intelligence firm Anthropic a supply chain risk on Friday, following days of increasingly heated public conflict with the AI company.
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Biden knocks Trump’s State of the Union speech: ‘Is he still talking?’

Former President Biden on Friday knocked President Trump for his record-length State of the Union address, asking if his successor is “still talking.” Biden gave a critique about Trump and his record ...
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New York woman who duped investors and funneled money to Trump fundraiser gets 9 years in prison

A New York businesswoman has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison over a financial scheme that prosecutors say ripped off more than $30 million from foreign investors and funneled some of the stolen funds to U.S. political campaigns, including a campaign fundraiser for President Donald Tru
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Two more Trump allies say Biden FBI secretly seized their data amid 'weaponization' controversy

FBI secretly sought records of Trump allies including Kash Patel and Susie Wiles during Biden administration, new court revelations show in detail.
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Bill Clinton blasts Republicans for deposing Hillary, says 'I did nothing wrong'

Former President Bill Clinton was set to take part in a closed door deposition with the House Oversight Committee as part of its probe into Jeffrey Epstein.
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ICE agents said to have posed as police, a tactic some fear could erode trust in real cops

Federal immigration agents arrested a Columbia student after allegedly gaining access to her apartment by posing as police in search of a missing child.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei is presumed dead after U.S.-Israel strikes, sources say

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is presumed dead after a massive U.S. and Israeli military operation Saturday, multiple Israeli official sources told CBS News.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier Saturday that there are "growing signs" that Khamenei is "gone" after the mission.

People are cheering in the streets of Tehran, according to a CBS News producer in Tehran. But the state media in Tehran has not confirmed Khamenei's death, and neither has the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

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Democrats buck party leaders to defend Trump's 'decisive action' on Iran

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Bipartisan revolt targets Trump's war powers after massive Iran strikes

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Tomahawks spearheaded US strike on Iran — why presidents reach for this missile first

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The first missile in the U.S. arsenal used against Iranian targets in Saturday's pre-dawn strike was the Tomahawk, a long-range cruise missile launched from Navy ships and submarines.

About half the length of a standard telephone pole, the Tomahawk flies at the speed of a commercial airliner and can carry a 1,000-pound warhead about the distance from Washington, D.C., to Miami.Fired from destroyers or submarines positioned hundreds of miles away, the missiles allow a president to respond rapidly to a crisis without sending pilots into contested...
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Omar, Squad lash out at Trump in response to Iran strike: 'Illegal regime change war'

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Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, both progressive "Squad" members, lashed out at President Donald Trump on Saturday in response to his decision to strike Iran.

"Trump has launched an illegal regime change war," Omar posted on X. "As someone who has survived the horrors of war, I know military strikes will not make us safer; they will inflame tensions and push the region further into chaos."

Omar, who fled Somalia as a refugee as a young child, added, "When we abandon diplomacy, we choose destruction."

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Trump oversees US strikes on Iran from Mar-a-Lago, speaks with Netanyahu: WH

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President Donald Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Saturday, after launching joint attacks on Iran, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Saturday morning.

"President Trump monitored the situation overnight at Mar a Lago alongside members of his national security team," Leavitt posted to X on Saturday. "The President spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu by phone."

Trump announced in a Truth Social video message at 2:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time that the strikes had been launched, and addressed the Iranian...
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How the world has reacted to US and Israeli strikes on Iran

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World leaders have been giving their responses to the attacks on several Iranian cities and Tehran's retaliation.
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CBS News poll on Americans' views on Iran prior to conflict

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In polling completed just before news of the U.S. airstrikes on Iran, most Americans thought the U.S. should be at least pressuring or engaging the Iranian leadership in some form.

And in the days before the strikes began, there was movement toward approval of a U.S. military action specifically to stop them from making nuclear weapons; that change came after President Trump's State of the Union address earlier this week, on Feb. 24.

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Iran fires missiles at US bases across Middle East after American strikes on nuclear, IRGC sites

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Iran launched missile and drone strikes targeting U.S. military facilities in multiple Middle Eastern countries Friday, retaliating after coordinated U.S.–Israeli strikes on Iranian military and nuclear-linked sites.

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TSA workers brace for missed paychecks as Democrats hold firm on DHS funding

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Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers are on the cusp of working without pay, and there is no backup plan in place to ensure they don’t miss a check.

During the longest government shutdown in history last year, the White House was able to shift around funding from the GOP’s "big, beautiful bill" to ensure that military service members were paid. But TSA workers won’t get the same treatment.

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GOP Rep Massie joins Democrats in opposition to US Iran strikes

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One of President Donald Trump's longtime Republican critics, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., joined Gang of Eight Democrats in opposition to Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. strikes on Iranian military targets.

Trump has not sought congressional approval for an attack on Iran, Massie wrote on X, rebuking "acts of war unauthorized by Congress."

"I am opposed to this War," Massie added in a second X post Saturday morning. "This is not 'America First.'"

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Israel targets Iran’s supreme leader in sweeping strikes as US joins ‘Operation Epic Fury’

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In a sweeping pre-dawn bombing campaign across Iran, Israeli forces targeted sites linked to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a senior Israeli official confirmed to Fox News. The official said Iran’s president was also targeted as part of the joint U.S. operation, dubbed Operation Epic Fury.

Reuters reported that Khamenei was not in Tehran during the strikes and was instead transferred to a secure location.

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Panic in the streets, but relief for some: The mood in Iran

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Iranians talk about what is happening inside the country, despite an almost total internet blackout.
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Aid groups in Gaza and West Bank thrown lifeline as Israel court pauses ban threat

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Bowen: A dangerous moment, but US and Israel see opportunity not to be missed

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Israel and the US believe Iran's regime is vulnerable, dealing with an economic crisis and the aftermath of protests.
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If Khamenei falls, who takes Iran? Strikes will expose power vacuum — and the IRGC’s grip

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As U.S. and Israeli forces strike deep inside Iran — reportedly targeting senior regime officials including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian — the question of who would lead Iran if the Islamic Republic collapses is no longer theoretical.

Iran has retaliated with missile barrages against U.S. positions across the Middle East, and while Iranian state media says top leaders remain alive and have been moved to secure locations, the direct targeting of political and military leadership marks a dramatic escalation...
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U.S. lawmakers react after Trump launches military operation against Iran

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Reactions are pouring in after the United States and Israel announced a major military operation against Iran early Saturday, following weeks of threats from President Trump.

Mr. Trump announced the assault, dubbed "Operation Epic Fury," in a video on Truth Social. He called on Iran's military forces to lay down their weapons and on Iran's civilians to rise up and "take over your government." Mr. Trump told the Washington Post that he wanted to secure freedom and safety for the Iranian people.

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Fetterman praises Operation Epic Fury: Trump is 'willing to do what's right'

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As one of Israel's staunchest defenders from the left, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., full-throatedly endorsed President Donald Trump's attacks on Iran as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle reacted Saturday morning.

"President Trump has been willing to do what's right and necessary to produce real peace in the region," Fetterman wrote on X. "God bless the United States, our great military, and Israel."

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., one of Congress' biggest backers of bold military action, is hailing President Donald Trump as a "man of peace," and...
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Iran says it has hit US base in Bahrain, as it launches strikes across region

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Huge plumes of black smoke were seen rising from an area near the headquarters of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Manama, Bahrain.
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Bowen: A dangerous moment, but US and Israel see opportunity not to be missed

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Israel and the US believe Iran's regime is vulnerable, dealing with an economic crisis and the aftermath of protests.
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Trump orders government to stop using Anthropic in battle over AI use

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The move announced on social media comes after a standoff between Anthropic's boss and the US Department of Defense.
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What we know about the joint US-Israel attack on Iran

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Iran has retaliated with a missile barrage towards Israel, while explosions have been heard in Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
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What the Warner Bros deal could mean for streaming, cinemas and news

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Read the full transcript of our interview with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei sat down with CBS News for an exclusive interview Friday, hours after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared the company a supply chain risk to national security, which restricts military contractors from doing business with the AI giant.

See below for the full transcript:

JO LING KENT: All right. Thank you for doing this with us today.

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Trump tells Iranians the 'hour of your freedom is at hand' as US-Israel launch strikes against Iran

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President Donald Trump encouraged the Iranian people to take over their government once the United States and Israel finished "major combat operations" in Iran, marking a dramatic escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran.

The U.S. and Israel launched the joint attack just after 9 a.m. local time in what the Pentagon has dubbed "Operation Epic Fury."

In video remarks posted to Truth Social, Trump addressed the Iranian people directly and told them to "seize control of [their] destiny."

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