Trump said the Iran war would last weeks. Now he says the media got it wrong. Trump now says his 4-6 week estimate was about eliminating Iran’s nuclear threat. That’s not what he said at the time. October 6, 2026 Amy Sherman
Opinion | Trump left Air Force One because of a threat. Journalists stayed aboard. Presidents have used decoys before. What’s different this time is that the press didn’t know. August 12, 2026 Tom Jones
Trump said he doesn’t think about Americans’ finances. These 7 charts show how Americans are actually doing. The data shows rising prices, slowing wage gains, mounting debt and deepening public frustration with the economy. May 19, 2026 Louis Jacobson
Opinion | Trump’s latest exchange with reporters handed Democrats a ready-made attack ad ‘I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation,’ Donald Trump told reporters while defending his Iran strategy May 13, 2026 Tom Jones
Opinion | Trump gutted the tools to fight disinformation. Now Iran has the advantage. Yet fact-checking is still standing after a year of challenges on every front May 6, 2026 Angie Drobnic Holan
Opinion | Trump’s Truth Social posts are driving the news cycle — and raising alarms From threats about Iran to attacks on the pope and an AI image of himself as Jesus, the president’s posts have drawn unusually broad criticism April 14, 2026 Tom Jones
Pope Leo XIV does not support nuclear weapons in Iran, or anywhere, despite Trump’s claim Trump said the pope is ‘OK’ with Iran having nuclear weapons, but Leo has repeatedly called for disarmament and diplomacy April 14, 2026 Maria Briceño
Opinion | Margaret Brennan shows how to press for answers on a war with no clear plan The ‘Face the Nation’ moderator repeatedly challenged a Republican lawmaker on shifting answers, unclear strategy and a public that isn’t buying it April 13, 2026 Tom Jones
Trump says CNN may have committed a crime. The First Amendment says otherwise After CNN reported Iranian officials’ statements, Trump called the coverage false and suggested a crime. Experts say that’s unlikely. April 13, 2026 Loreben Tuquero
A Fox News host made a sweeping claim about war crimes. Here’s what the historical record shows Jesse Watters pointed to past US wars to defend Trump’s threat to target infrastructure, but experts say those comparisons miss key legal limits April 9, 2026 Louis Jacobson
Opinion | Leaks reveal the inside story of Trump’s decision to attack Iran The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan published a richly detailed account of how Trump weighed the attack April 8, 2026 Tom Jones
Opinion | Trump broke into prime time with a speech that broke little news The president’s 19-minute address interrupted ‘Survivor’ and ‘The Masked Singer’ but offered little beyond familiar talking points April 2, 2026 Tom Jones
Opinion | How a CNN reporter covered war from inside Iran Frederik Pleitgen entered the country with no escort or outside information and found a war unlike any he had covered before April 1, 2026 Tom Jones
Will Americans really pay $500 more for gas this year? It depends. War-driven price spikes could cost households hundreds more, but the impact varies widely by driver and location March 27, 2026 Amy Sherman
Opinion | Who is keeping the war with Iran going? Trump, once again, blames the media. Trump claims the US has already won and says media coverage suggesting otherwise is misleading the public March 25, 2026 Tom Jones
