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The Pentagon is zeroing in on mine-laying vessels that are helping Iran keep a stranglehold over the Strait of Hormuz, military leaders said Thursday, as markets continue to feel pain from the waterway's closure. Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters at the Pentagon that the U.S. had destroyed 44 mine-laying Iranian

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met privately Wednesday with the families of six service members who died in the Iran war and, in a press briefing the next morning, said the message he got was consistent and supportive. “What I heard through tears, through hugs, through strength and through unbreakable resolve was the same

By Tucker Reals is CBSNews.com's foreign editor, based in the CBS News London bureau. He has worked for CBS News since 2006, prior to which he worked for The Associated Press in Washington, D.C., and London. Read Full Bio Updated on: March 19, 2026 / 4:52 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on

  2:21 AM Vessel reportedly hit by projectile just off Qatar's coast The U.K. military's Maritime Trade Operations Center said early Thursday that it had received a report of a vessel being "hit by an unknown projectile" just off the coast of Qatar's Ras Laffan petroleum industry area.  UKMTO did not identify the vessel or

March 18, 2026 / 11:56 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google A group of House Democrats walked out of a closed-door briefing with Attorney General Pam Bondi on the Jeffrey Epstein probe late Wednesday, as tensions over the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein case continue to simmer. The faceoff took

By Chloe Rosen Digital Producer, CBS Minnesota Chloe is a digital producer at CBS Minnesota in Minneapolis and has worked in numerous positions at the station, including Assignment Editor, Digital Line Producer and Web Producer. She started her career at CBS Minnesota in 2015. Read Full Bio Updated on: March 18, 2026 / 11:43 PM

Updated on: March 18, 2026 / 11:34 PM EDT / CBS/AP Add CBS News on Google A month after three of Colin Dorgan's family members were killed in a shooting at a Pawtucket, Rhode Island, hockey arena , he helped his team win the state championship.  As Dorgan stood before a deafening crowd exploding in

By Jacob Rosen Justice Department Reporter Jake Rosen is a reporter covering the Department of Justice. He was previously a campaign digital reporter covering President Trump's 2024 campaign and also served as an associate producer for "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan." Read Full Bio Updated on: March 18, 2026 / 10:11 PM EDT /

Updated on: March 18, 2026 / 9:17 PM EDT / CBS/AP Add CBS News on Google Joe Kent, who resigned Tuesday as National Counterterrorism Center director, has been a stalwart Trump supporter, backing him since his 2016 campaign, through his 2020 election defeat, the Jan. 6 riots, as well as during his own conservative media

March 18, 2026 / 9:03 PM EDT / CBS/AFP Add CBS News on Google Costa Rica on Wednesday closed its embassy in Havana and told Cuba's communist government to pull its diplomats from San José.  "We have to clean out communists from the hemisphere," Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves declared after the diplomatic rupture. The