| 2026-04-07 | Trump Threatens to Destroy Iranian Civilization Tonight: 8 PM Ultimatum to Destroy All Power Plants and Bridges Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Iran |
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| 2026-04-03 | French-Owned Container Ship Crosses Strait of Hormuz, Signaling Iran's Strategy to Fracture Western Alliance CMA CGM · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · France | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-03 | Trump Requests Record $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget for FY2027, Largest Year-Over-Year Increase Since WWII Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Congress |
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| 2026-04-03 | US F-15E Fighter Jet Shot Down Over Iran, One Crew Member Rescued, Second Missing U.S. Air Force · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Central Command · Pete Hegseth |
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| 2026-04-02 | Hegseth Fires Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George During Iran War, Installs Former Personal Aide Pete Hegseth · Randy George · Christopher LaNeve · Donald Trump |
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| 2026-04-02 | US Bombs Bridge Near Tehran Killing Eight Civilians, Trump Posts Collapse Video on Truth Social Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · Iran |
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| 2026-04-02 | US Intelligence Assesses Iran Retains Roughly Half Its Missile Launchers After Five Weeks of Strikes U.S. Intelligence Community · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Central Command · Pete Hegseth |
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| 2026-03-29 | Netanyahu Orders Expansion of Lebanon Invasion Toward Litani River, Largest Israeli Ground Operation Since 2006 Benjamin Netanyahu · Israel Defense Forces · Israel Katz · Hezbollah · +1 |
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| 2026-03-23 | Oil Prices Drop Sharply on Ceasefire Hopes — Brent Falls 11% to $99.94 After Touching $126 Peak global oil markets | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-22 | Iran War Civilian Toll Mounts — 3,114+ Dead Including 1,354 Civilians, 210+ Children, 3.2M Displaced Human Rights Activists News Agency · United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees · Refugees International |
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| 2026-03-22 | Trump Gives Iran 48-Hour Ultimatum to Reopen Hormuz — Threatens to 'Obliterate' Power Plants Donald Trump · Islamic Republic of Iran |
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| 2026-03-21 | Iran Launches Ballistic Missiles at Dimona Nuclear Site — Two Penetrate Israeli Defenses, 180+ Injured Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Israel · International Atomic Energy Agency | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-21 | Iran Launches IRBMs at Diego Garcia — Missiles Fall Short but Reveal Range Far Exceeding Declared 2,000km Limit Islamic Republic of Iran · United Kingdom · United States · NATO | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-21 | Israeli Military Officials Say Iran Campaign at "Halfway" Point — Weeks More of Operations Ahead Israeli Defense Forces | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-21 | US Military Strikes Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility in Major Nuclear Escalation U.S. Department of Defense · Iran Atomic Energy Organization · International Atomic Energy Agency |
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| 2026-03-20 | Dallas Fed Analysis — Hormuz Closure Could Cut Global GDP Growth by 2.9 Points, Push Oil to $132 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-20 | Hegseth Quotes Psalm 144 at Pentagon Briefing, Calls Iranian Leaders "Religious Fanatics" Pete Hegseth · MRFF · PRRI · Mikey Weinstein |
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| 2026-03-20 | Iranian Drones Strike Kuwait's Largest Oil Refinery During Eid al-Fitr for Second Consecutive Day Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Kuwait | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-20 | Judge Strikes Down Pentagon Press Policy Requiring Pledge Not to Gather Unauthorized Information Judge Paul L. Friedman · New York Times · Julian E. Barnes · Pentagon |
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| 2026-03-20 | Trump Claims War 'Winding Down' While Deploying 2,500 Additional Marines to Middle East Donald Trump · Pentagon · U.S. Central Command · U.S. Marine Corps |
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| 2026-03-19 | Pentagon Requests $200 Billion War Supplemental — Hegseth Says 'It Takes Money to Kill Bad Guys' Pete Hegseth · Pentagon · Congress |
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| 2026-03-18 | Iran Missiles Strike Ras Laffan LNG — World's Largest Export Facility Knocked Offline for Years Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Qatar · QatarEnergy | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | Iran's New Supreme Leader Still Not Seen in Public — Health Questions Intensify After Father's Death in Strikes Mojtaba Khamenei · Iranian state media | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | Israel Bombs South Pars Gas Field — World's Largest Natural Gas Reserve Hit, Triggering Gulf Retaliation Spiral Israeli Air Force · Islamic Republic of Iran | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | Strait of Hormuz Shipping Reduced to Trickle — 21 Tankers Transit vs. 100+/Day Pre-War Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · global shipping industry | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-18 | Win Without War Places 168 Children's Backpacks on Capitol Lawn Memorializing Minab School Victims Win Without War · Sen. Chris Van Hollen · Rep. Pramila Jayapal · Rep. Sara Jacobs |
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| 2026-03-17 | Iran Strikes UAE Energy Targets — Shah Gas Field and Fujairah Hit, Oil Output Drops 500K-800K bpd Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · United Arab Emirates | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-17 | Joe Kent Resigns as NCTC Director — 'Iran Posed No Imminent Threat, War Driven by Israel Lobby' Joe Kent · Donald Trump · National Counterterrorism Center |
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| 2026-03-16 | Amnesty International Declares Minab Girls' School Strike a Potential War Crime — 168+ Killed Including 100+ Children Amnesty International · U.S. Central Command · Pentagon |
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| 2026-03-16 | Iran FM Araghchi Rejects Ceasefire — "War Must End So Enemies Never Again Think of Repeating" Abbas Araghchi · Islamic Republic of Iran | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-13 | CNN Analysis Connects Hegseth's "American Crusade" Book to His Leadership of Iran War Pete Hegseth |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-13 | DOGE Cuts Hobble Pentagon IT, FBI Counterintel, and VOA as War Costs Dwarf All Savings Department of Government Efficiency · Pentagon · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Kash Patel |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-13 | Iran War Two-Week Assessment — 5,300+ Killed, $11B+ Spent, 3.2M Displaced U.S. Central Command · Hengaw Organization for Human Rights · Refugees International |
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| 2026-03-13 | US Air Force Bombs Kharg Island Oil Hub, Strikes 90+ Military Targets Across Iran Donald Trump · U.S. Central Command · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Air Force |
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| 2026-03-12 | Iran Launches New Wave of Gulf Attacks as Oil Prices Spike, Bahrain Reports Fuel Tank Strikes Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Islamic Republic of Iran · Bahrain Defense Force · Bapco Energies · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-12 | New Iran Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Issues First Statement Vowing Revenge and Permanent Hormuz Closure Mojtaba Khamenei · Islamic Republic of Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Donald Trump · +1 |
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| 2026-03-12 | UNHCR Reports 3.2 Million Iranians Displaced as UN Warns of "Humanitarian Explosion" United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees · United Nations · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Department of Defense · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-11 | Evidence Points to US Tomahawk Strike on Minab Girls School Killing 170+, War Crime Investigation Demanded U.S. Central Command · U.S. Department of Defense · Defense Intelligence Agency · Pete Hegseth · +7 |
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| 2026-03-11 | Iran Strikes Cargo Ship in Strait of Hormuz, IRGC Vows "Not One Litre of Oil" to Pass Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Navy · +2 |
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| 2026-03-10 | DOGE Spending Cuts Leave U.S. Government Hollowed Out as Iran War Escalates Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of State · +2 |
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| 2026-03-10 | Hegseth Announces "Most Intense Day of Strikes" on Iran as US Targets Drone Manufacturing Pete Hegseth · Dan Caine · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · +2 |
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| 2026-03-09 | Iran Launches Missiles and Drones at Gulf Nations and US Bases in Escalating Retaliation Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · +4 |
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| 2026-03-08 | Iran Names Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader After Father Killed in US-Israeli Strike Mojtaba Khamenei · Iran Assembly of Experts · Islamic Republic of Iran · Donald Trump · +1 |
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| 2026-03-07 | Trump Hosts Shield of the Americas Summit at His Own Doral Resort, Launches Military Cartel Coalition Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · Marco Rubio · Pete Hegseth · +1 |
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| 2026-03-07 | War Enters Second Week as Trump Warns Iran "Will Be Hit Very Hard" and U.S. Evacuates Citizens from Middle East Donald Trump · U.S. Department of State · U.S. Central Command · Pete Hegseth · +2 |
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| 2026-03-06 | 29 Congress Members Demand DOD Inspector General Investigate Commanders Framing Iran War as Biblical Armageddon Rep. Jared Huffman · Rep. Jamie Raskin · Rep. Chrissy Houlahan · Military Religious Freedom Foundation · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-05 | Iran's Operation True Promise IV: 500+ Ballistic Missiles and 2,000 Drones Fired in First Week of War Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · IRGC Aerospace Force · Islamic Republic of Iran · Israel Defense Forces · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-05 | U.S. Strikes Target Iran's Space and Remaining Nuclear Infrastructure as Campaign Enters Second Week U.S. Central Command · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Iran · +2 |
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| 2026-03-04 | Iran Strikes Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar with Ballistic Missiles, Breaching U.S. Defense Shield Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · +1 |
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| 2026-03-04 | Pentagon Claims Iran's Navy Destroyed and Senior Naval Leadership Killed in Operation Epic Fury Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · Iran · +1 |
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| 2026-03-03 | Iranian Drones Strike U.S. Embassy in Riyadh as War Spreads Across Middle East Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Department of State · U.S. Department of Defense · +2 |
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| 2026-03-03 | MRFF Documents Over 200 Complaints of Military Commanders Framing Iran War as Biblical Armageddon Pete Hegseth · Mikey Weinstein · Military Religious Freedom Foundation · CAIR · +1 |
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| 2026-03-02 | Hezbollah Launches Missiles and Drones at Israel, Triggering the 2026 Lebanon War Hezbollah · Israel Defense Forces · Ali Khamenei · Hassan Nasrallah · +1 |
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| 2026-03-02 | Iran Formally Declares Strait of Hormuz "Closed," Threatening to Destroy Any Transiting Vessel Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Ebrahim Jabari · Islamic Republic of Iran |
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| 2026-02-17 | Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson to Lead Official Pentagon Prayer Service Pete Hegseth · Doug Wilson · U.S. Department of Defense |
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| 2025-08-22 | Hegseth Fires DIA Director Lt. Gen. Kruse After Agency's Iran Strike Assessment Contradicted Trump's 'Obliterated' Claim Jeffrey Kruse · Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Benjamin Netanyahu |
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| 2025-05-05 | Hegseth Orders 20% Cut to Four-Star General and Admiral Positions Pete Hegseth · Jack Reed |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-04 | Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield Fired as U.S. Military Representative to NATO — 'Loss of Confidence' Shoshana Chatfield · Pete Hegseth |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-03 | Trump Fires NSA Director Gen. Timothy Haugh and Deputy After Laura Loomer Oval Office Visit Timothy Haugh · Wendy Noble · Donald Trump · Laura Loomer · +1 |
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| 2025-01-21 | Trump Fires Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan on Day Two — First Military Leader Removed Linda Fagan · Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Kristi Noem |
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