President Donald Trump says questions about the war in Iran are “easy” compared to efforts to better regulate college sports.

Governor Ron DeSantis drew on his 2007–2008 Iraq service to argue that Iran and Iranian-backed militias were responsible for most U.S. casualties he witnessed there. “I’ve pointed out, for many, many years, that when I was serving in Iraq back in that critical time, 2007, 2008, the U.S. was incurring a lot of casualties at the time, and at the time I was over there, 90% of those were because of the Iranians.” DeSantis said.

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An Army Reserve soldier from Winter Haven has been identified as one of the first six service members killed since the United States began its conflict with Iran.

Governments around the world are rushing to organize the return of their citizens from the Middle East on Wednesday and air traffic seems to be picking up slightly as travel across the region remains heavily disrupted by the widening Iran war.

Spain’s foreign minister has denied that the government has changed its position on supporting the U.S. military operations against Iran.

The U.S. and Israel’s joint war against Iran has already upended travel across the Middle East, stranding hundreds of thousands of people.

Senate Republicans have voted down an effort to halt President Donald Trump’s war against Iran.

The U.S. stock market rebounded after oil prices stopped spiking and reports gave encouraging updates on the economy.

As tensions rise in the Middle East, questions are surfacing in Jacksonville about whether local military assets are being deployed and what that means for families at home.

In the military-heavy communities surrounding Fort Campbell, the war in Iran is on a lot of people's minds.

The largest U.S. diplomatic drawdown in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq War is creating an apparently unplanned for crisis for the Trump administration.

The average price for a gallon of gasoline jumped 11 cents overnight in the U.S. And drivers in Europe waited in line to fill their tanks with fuel.

The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has fueled a disagreement between U.S. President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Oil prices jumped Tuesday for the second straight day and gas prices moved higher in the United States, underscoring the threat of rising inflation posed by the Iran war.

The Associated Press is referring to fighting between Iran and the United States and Israel as the “Iran war.”.

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Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lewis Hamilton are among the sports stars whose schedules are in doubt because of the spreading war in the Middle East.

Members of Jacksonville’s Iranian community gathered at Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park this weekend, not in protest, but in celebration. Many of them said they believe the latest developments in Iran could mark a turning point for their homeland and for loved ones still there.

Israeli strike hits Hezbollah-aligned media building in Beirut’s southern suburbs following an evacuation warning.

Oil prices have jumped as U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes against Israel and U.S. military installations around the Gulf ripple through the global energy supply chain.

The Associated Press is using the word “war” to refer to the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran’s retaliation.

Locally, leaders such as Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan, Florida Senator Rick Scott, Congressman John Rutherford, and Georgia Representative Buddy Carter released statements on the U.S. joining Israel in attacking Iran.

Key members of Congress are demanding a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain President Donald Trump’s military attack on Iran.

A U.N. nuclear watchdog report says Iran has blocked inspectors from reaching key nuclear sites hit during a June war.

After ordering the largest American military buildup in the Middle East since the onset of the Iraq War, President Donald Trump now has a decision to make on Iran. He has several options.

Losses for several banks and Big Tech stocks pulled U.S. indexes lower, even though the majority of stocks on Wall Street rose.

Rainfall this week on Iran's Hormuz Island has briefly transformed the coastline of the famed Red Beach into a striking natural scene.

The Pentagon press secretary has held her first briefing since most nonpartisan news outlets were replaced by friendly media representatives willing to accept new rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Lawyers for U.S. victims of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel are suing various groups that have been designated by the government as terrorist organizations.

A bus crash in northwestern Afghanistan has killed at least 79 people, including 19 children.

Hezbollah's leader has vowed not to disarm, saying the Lebanese government's decision to remove its weapons by the end of the year serves Israel's interests.

Thousands of Afghans in the U.S. are no longer protected from deportation after a federal appeals court refused to postpone the Trump administration’s decision to end their legal status.

An appeals court has briefly extended protections for nearly 12,000 Afghans in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status.

Iran launched missiles at a U.S. military base in Qatar on Monday, threatening to stoke a wider conflict in the Middle East, a region that supplies the world with about a third of the oil used globally every year.

U.S. stocks hung near their all-time high as financial markets caught a breath following two big days bolstered by hopes that the Israel-Iran war will not disrupt the global flow of crude oil.

Israel is reporting one of its deadliest days in Gaza in months as its military says seven soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack.

As tensions continue in the Middle East, many parents are struggling with how to talk to their children about the ongoing conflict. Experts say while the topic is complex, it’s important not to shy away from these conversations, especially in a time when young people are constantly exposed to disturbing images and headlines online.

Political analyst Daniel Cronrath joined News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton to discuss the latest on the conflict between Israel and Iran and get to the bottom of the lingering questions about a ceasefire on this week’s episode of “Politics and Power.”

The State Department has doubled the number of emergency evacuation flights it is providing for American citizens wishing to leave Israel.

President Trump said Iran warned the U.S. before its missile strike Monday on an American air base in Qatar.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media Monday that Israel and Iran have agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” to be phased in over 24 hours.

As tensions escalate in the Middle East between Iran and Israel, concerns have grown over the United States’ involvement and its potential local impact.

From sleepless nights to sheltering in safe rooms, Talya — who lives in Israel — described her daily reality in vivid, emotional detail during a conversation with loved ones in the United States.

We want to know: If you have family living or serving in the Middle East right now, what are your concerns amid the troubling conflict?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke on Monday about President Donald Trump’s decision to strike three nuclear facilities in Iran amid the ongoing conflict with Israel.

Nancy Soderberg, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Director of the Public Service Leadership Program, joins us on The Morning Show to discuss whether Trump made the right call, and whether she believes Iran’s Supreme Leader will do the same.

Global markets appear to have taken the U.S. strike against nuclear targets in Iran in stride as investors awaited moves by Iran.

Israel says it is determined to destroy Iran’s nuclear program because its archenemy's furtive efforts to build an atomic weapon are a threat to its existence.

Across the U.S. Americans are expressing a mixture of support, apprehension and anxiety over President Donald Trump's decision to bomb nuclear sites in Iran.

People in Jacksonville are reacting to Saturday’s news of the United States conducting airstrikes on three nuclear sites in Iran

Reactions from Florida and federal lawmakers continue to pour in after President Donald Trump’s military strikes against three Iranian nuclear sites Saturday night.

Congressional reactions to President Donald Trump’s military strikes against three Iranian nuclear sites revealed strong support from local Republicans on Saturday night.

The USS Winston S. Churchill departed from Naval Station Mayport Saturday morning for a regularly scheduled deployment with the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group.

The U.S. evacuated 79 staff and families from the U.S. Embassy in Israel on Friday as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies.

President Donald Trump says his director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was “wrong” when she previously said that the U.S. believed Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon.

Tensions are high as the nation waits to find out if the United States is potentially heading into a full-scale war with Iran.

A new United Nations report says that Iran carried out executions at “an alarming rate” last year with at least 975 people killed.

The U.S. State Department has begun evacuating nonessential diplomats and their families from the U.S. embassy in Israel as hostilities between Israel and Iran intensify and President Donald Trump has warned of the possibility of getting directly involved in the conflict.

President Donald Trump is downplaying any notion that his supporters are cooling on him amid uncertainty over whether he will order a U.S. strike on Iran.

The Myron Flagler Israel Learning Seminar had to postpone their trip a second time this week when the conflict erupted between Israel and Iran.

President Donald Trump has dismissed the assessment of U.S. spy agencies that Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon before the latest conflict with Israel.

Nine countries currently either say they have nuclear weapons or are believed to possess them.

Palestinian health officials say at least 20 people were killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight and into Saturday.

Israel’s attack on Iran has catapulted their long-running conflict into what could become a wider, more dangerous regional war and potentially drive prices higher for both businesses and households.

Iranian state media report that the country has hanged a man convicted of spying for Israel.

President Donald Trump is indicating that there has been progress with Iran on its nuclear program and hinted that an announcement could come in the “next two days.”.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for a “Golden Dome” to protect the United States from long-range missiles was at least partly inspired by Israel’s multitiered missile defenses.

President Donald Trump is urging Qatar to use its influence over Iran to persuade the country’s leadership to reach an agreement with the U.S. over its rapidly advancing nuclear program.

The British military has launched airstrikes with the United States targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels say a U.S. airstrike that hit a prison holding African migrants killed at least 68 people.

Suspected U.S. airstrikes have pounded the area around Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeida, killing at least eight people and wounding 16 others.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Washington for a hastily organized visit bringing a long list of concerns.

Ukraine's president says the military has captured two Chinese men fighting alongside the Russian army in the eastern Donetsk region.

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened Yemen’s Houthi rebels that they’ll be “completely annihilated” as American airstrikes pounded locations under their control, while further pressuring the group’s main benefactor Iran.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he has ordered airstrikes against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen, and issued a warning to Tehran.

Over the past week, Panama's government has released dozens of migrants from around the world who were deported from the U.S. The migrants fled conflict, religious persecution, poverty and government crackdowns in countries such as Afghanistan, Somalia, Cameroon, China, Pakistan and Iran.

President Donald Trump’s nominee for the top policy job at the Pentagon is acknowledging that Russia invaded Ukraine and poses a significant military threat to the U.S. and Europe.

Thousands of supporters of the longtime leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group have flown into Beirut for Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral this weekend.

Israel’s top general on Tuesday became the highest-ranking official to resign over Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack, the worst security failure in the country’s history.

Mediators say Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in fighting in Gaza and to begin releasing the hostages held there.

Political analyst Daniel Cronrath and News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton discuss the ripple effects expected in the Middle East after the historic ouster of Syria's Bashar Assad that brought an end to his family's 50 years of brutal rule.

The last time Syrian President Bashar Assad was in serious trouble was 10 years ago.

The U.K. government has hit Iran with new sanctions for sending ballistic missiles and other weapons to Russia in support of the war against Ukraine.

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, asked Iran to help secure a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah.

A CIA employee accused of leaking classified information assessing Israel’s earlier plans to attack Iran has been ordered by a federal judge to face felony charges in Virginia.

Neymar picked up another injury on Monday in just his second game since returning from a 12-month absence as Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal defeated Esteghlal of Iran 3-0 in the AFC Champions League Elite.

The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is sending additional bomber aircraft and Navy warships to the Middle East to bolster the U.S. presence in the region.

Russia, China and Iran are expanding their partnerships with cyber criminals to conduct cyberespionage and cyberattacks against the U.S. and other nations, according to a new report from Microsoft.

On Path to the Polls this week, News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton talks with Nancy Soderberg, a former UN Ambassador and expert on American foreign relations, about tensions in the Middle East, the U.S. policy on Ukraine and more.

The CIA is offering advice to people in North Korea, Iran and China who want to share information with intelligence officials — without getting caught.

Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel in retaliation for Israel’s campaign against Tehran’s Hezbollah allies in Lebanon.

Israel's multilayered air-defense system is credited with protecting the country from serious damage or casualties from an Iranian strike by some 180 missiles.

India’s Mohun Bagan Super Giants has refused to travel to Iran to play Tractor SC in an Asian Champions League Two match scheduled for Wednesday because of the escalating security problems in the country and region.

Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel, the latest in a series of escalating attacks in a yearslong conflict between Israel and Iran and its Arab allies.

U.S. stocks pulled back from their records after a sharp escalation of tensions in the Middle East raised worries about potential disruptions to the flow of oil.

An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran has killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others.

The man accused of an apparent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course wrote a book last year urging Iran to kill the former president.

The finish line is getting closer at the Paralympics Games with only three days of competition left.

A Liberian-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea has been targeted in a third attack by suspected Yemeni rebels in their campaign of assaults over the Israel-Hamas war.