The US is threatening damaging new sanctions on countries that refuse to cut economic ties with Iran, but has stopped short of actually imposing big new penalties. Follow for live updates.

CNN stood by its anonymous sourcing on Iran after retired Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt challenged the network's reporting about Gen. Dan Caine seeking an off-ramp from escalation.

Caroline Sunshine openly accused conservative commentator Scott Jennings of lying about his calls with missing Mitch McConnell.

The White House is not a "happy environment" as President Trump's frustration with the Iran War grows, one reporter has claimed.

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Retired Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt criticized CNN’s use of unnamed sources in its Iran war coverage, while the network told Fox News Digital that it stands by its reporting.

CNN "endangered" Azerbaijan with a report claiming it allowed Israel to use its territory as a military base during the Iran war, according to a lawsuit. The post CNN Sued for Defamation by Azerbaijan After Iran War Report Links Country to Israel first appeared on Mediaite.

“Talk about the reason that you asked me to speak,” Trump snapped at Tapper during a conversation about the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham

BBC’s Nawal Al-Maghafi joins The Lead.