The Latest Breaking News from George W Bush

NEWS ANALYSIS: With one unprovoked strike against Iran, and a compliant Congress in tow, Trump shows that he wields the most unilateral power of any American leader since Lincoln, writes John Bowden

After a stern warning from Donald Trump, Israel and Iran appear finally to be observing a US-brokered ceasefire announced by Donald Trump overnight on June 23. But just as it remains unclear what the state of the conflict is, many other uncertainties remain when it comes to the US strikes…

On Sunday talk shows, the vice president made the case for bombing Iran—a notable shift from his previous anti-war rhetoric.

‘I find it hard to believe that Bush 41, Bush 43, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, you know, go down the list, any president wouldn’t have felt compelled to take that strike,’ host Joe Scarborough declared Monday morning.

If Trump sent troops to Los Angeles, what might he do as a wartime president to quell opposition?

COMMENT: With Donald Trump apparently warming to the idea of overthrowing Iran’s theocratic rulers, history reminds us that whenever the White House upturns an unsatisfactory regime, from Fidel Castro to Saddam Hussein, it contrives only to make matters worse, says Sean O’Grady

Read these 10 statements and decide: were they made in the lead-up to the 2003 war or in 2025?

The echoes from the super bomb Midnight Hammer mission continue to reverberate, and the questions grow louder. Behind the hyperbole of Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth about “this super successful operation” creep nagging doubts.

ANALYSIS: Donald Rothwell says, under the UN Charter, there are just two ways in which a state can lawfully use force against another state