The Day Trump Demanded Unconditional Surrender

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) announced Thursday night he will no longer seek re-election – one day after he admitted he had an extramarital affair with a staffer who later fatally set herself on fire.

Intense Israeli airstrikes are pounding the capitals of Iran and Lebanon as the U.S. apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea in its unrelenting campaign against the Islamic Republic’s fleet of warships.

▶ The conflict in the Middle East is deeply complex. With all the fast-moving developments, it can be hard to understand.

He announced Thursday night he will no longer seek re-election – one day after he admitted he had an extramarital affair with a staffer who later fatally set herself on…

‘They want to make a deal so badly,’ Trump said of Cuba’s communist government. ‘You have no idea.’

Follow Newsweek’s live blog for the latest updates on the U.S. and Israel’s escalating war against Iran.

Iran fired missiles toward Israel Friday, Israeli officials said, after Israel launched fresh strikes on Tehran and hit Beirut's southern suburbs overnight.

“The administration doesn’t have a clue. They do not have an actual, real rationale, endgame, or plan for the aftermath of this.”

With the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in its seventh day, Trump says the aim is to "go in and clean out everything," suggesting a regime change objective.

As the barrage airstrikes continue in the Middle East, we look at the military strength of Iran and the United States.

He announced Thursday night he will no longer seek re-election – one day after he admitted he had an extramarital affair with a staffer who later fatally set herself on…

Dramatic video shows 50 fighter jets destroying slain Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s secret underground bunker in Tehran early Friday — just days after he was killed there.

Washington, D.C., is now in charge of making sure that dogs in Los Angeles aren’t mistreated.

Luke Winkie

▶ The conflict in the Middle East is deeply complex. With all the fast-moving developments, it can be hard to understand.

The U.S. economy has remained a mixed bag, in part due to a shutdown and Trump's tariff agenda.

As the barrage airstrikes continue in the Middle East, we look at the military strength of Iran and the United States.

Luke Winkie

With the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in its seventh day, President Trump says the aim is to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction and "Make Iran Great Again."

Follow Newsweek’s live blog for the latest updates on the U.S. and Israel’s escalating war against Iran.

Luke Winkie

American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain. The unemployment rate blipped up to 4.4%.

STOCKS TUMBLE — DIRE QATAR ENERGY WARNING

Chuck Schumer is not only failing to meet the moment by not opposing the war on Iran. He has long been a hawk on Iran among Democrats and Americans who are yearning for peace.

For a century, American wars were planned by think tankers drawn from the boards of Goldman Sachs and Chevron. It gave rise to horrors like Vietnam and Iraq. That era is over. What comes next is very likely worse.

Economists say estimates from official agencies are reliable, but they worry the quality of data is eroding.

The MAGA exile has thrown her support behind another former Trump loyalist who has fallen out with the president.

Oil prices surged this week, driving up gasoline costs for American drivers and marking the sharpest jump in energy markets in years. Brent crude oil surged to $90 a barrel on Friday, while the national average price for regular gasoline reached $3.32 per gallon, according to AAA. [Full Story]

▶ The conflict in the Middle East is deeply complex. With all the fast-moving developments, it can be hard to understand.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation said it received more than 200 complaints about perceived Christian nationalist sentiments amid war in Iran.

The Iran war shows yet again that US oil is still vulnerable to foreign shocks.

The strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs were the heaviest Israeli attacks since 2024. President Trump repeated that there “will be no deal” with Iran.

There are a myriad of reasons why Kristi Noem was fired but one thing ultimately caused Trump to act.

With the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in its seventh day, President Trump says the aim is to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction and "Make Iran Great Again."

A source told Page Six that “it did not make sense” for Netflix to continue its partnership with Markle.

Intercept senior editor Ali Gharib discusses the human and political toll of the Israel–U.S. war on Iran with Séamus Malekafzali.

The president dismissed suggestions that Iran must have a democratically run government.

The Justice Department has finally released documents containing fresh allegations against the president after it claims to have withheld them in error.

The first 100 hours of Operation Epic Fury, the U.S.-Israeli campaign in Iran, cost an estimated $3.7 billion, according to experts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Follow Newsweek’s live blog for the latest updates on the U.S. and Israel’s escalating war against Iran.

▶ The conflict in the Middle East is deeply complex. With all the fast-moving developments, it can be hard to understand.

Most Americans disapprove of President Trump's handling of Iran, and a majority sees Iran as either only a minor threat or no threat at all, an NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds.

President Trump has laid out shifting goals for the war, leaving his aides, and congressional allies, struggling to keep up and at times contradicting him.

The Israeli military also pounded Beirut and issued more evacuation warnings in Lebanon amid its campaign there against Iran-backed Hezbollah militants.

Barack Obama eulogized the civil rights leader and Bill Clinton is also expected to speak and pay tribute.

A Democratic congresswoman has rushed to court to try to prevent President Trump from closing and demolishing the Trump-Kennedy Center.

TRUMP DEMANDS: IRAN'S 'UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER'

Since the war began last weekend, the price of U.S. crude oil has surged 35%.

Fred Kaplan

Blame...your local grocery store?

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Friday that gasoline prices could start falling within weeks even after a sharp run-up tied to the intensifying conflict with Iran, arguing the disruption to oil markets will not be permanent. [Full Story]

Follow Newsweek’s live blog for the latest updates on the U.S. and Israel’s escalating war against Iran.

Stocks also sharply dropped, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average having its workst week since April 2025.

President Trump campaigned on an “America First” foreign policy, vowing that the U.S. would no longer serve as the world’s policeman, entangled in unaffordable forever wars. Yet he has unleashed America’s military might time and again.

Ian Prasad Philbrick

The U.S. is scrambling to deal with Russia’s unforeseen involvement in the war.

Ian Prasad Philbrick

The release came after news reports about the documents being withheld. The Department of Justice said the documents had been “incorrectly coded."

Six years after the coronavirus pandemic began to rip through the U.S., spreading death and sparking draconian shutdowns, the country still has not had a full accounting of the dystopian restrictions the government imposed to try to control the virus — and the public.

President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth met Friday with the CEOs of several major defense contractors as the joint U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran entered its sixth day. [Full Story]