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President Donald Trump holds up a fist after disembarking Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump was once wary of ordering regime change in Iran. Here's what made him change his mind

7:20 PM on Saturday, February 28

Saturday’s military operation against Iran shows the dramatic evolution in risk tolerance that President Donald Trump has made in a matter of months

President Donald Trump leaves the stage after speaking at the Port of Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Gonzalez)

Trump's 'America First' campaign battle cry gives way to military strikes abroad

5:41 PM on Saturday, February 28

President Trump’s decision to strike Iran pulls him toward the kind of overseas conflict he once attacked

Trump says 'heavy and pinpoint bombing' to continue 'uninterrupted' through the week or longer

4:48 PM on Saturday, February 28

Trump says 'heavy and pinpoint bombing' to continue 'uninterrupted' through the week or longer

Trump says Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is dead, calls it 'greatest chance' for Iranians to take back the country

4:45 PM on Saturday, February 28

Trump says Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is dead, calls it 'greatest chance' for Iranians to take back the country

FILE - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stands outside the Pentagon during a welcome ceremony for the Japanese defense minister at the Pentagon in Washington, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

What to know about the clash between the Pentagon and Anthropic over military's AI use

4:29 PM on Saturday, February 28

A high-stakes dispute over how the U.S. military uses artificial intelligence has led the Pentagon to cancel its contract with rising AI star Anthropic

Newspapers hang on display for sale in Mexico City, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, a day after the Mexican army killed Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho." (AP Photo/Jon Orbach)

Mexican authorities hand over body of ‘El Mencho’ to his family

4:05 PM on Saturday, February 28

Mexican prosecutors say they have returned the body of drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, to his family

The U.S. Capitol is photographed Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

War powers debate intensifies after Trump orders attack on Iran without approval by Congress

1:57 PM on Saturday, February 28

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

Kenyan lawmaker among 6 dead in helicopter crash

1:33 PM on Saturday, February 28

A local member of parliament was among six people who died in a helicopter crash in Kenya

FILE - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends the swearing-in ceremony for Kenya's new president William Ruto, at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya on Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

South Sudan faces turmoil as former officials arrested in wave of detentions

11:55 AM on Saturday, February 28

A former finance minister of South Sudan is the latest former government official arrested in a wave of detentions that analysts say shows cracks in the government of President Salva Kiir, who also faces an armed rebellion

Andrea Armero, left, watches her daughter play on monkey bars in a park in Colombia, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Takeaways from AP's report on the ICE detention center holding children and parents

10:36 AM on Saturday, February 28

Many Americans were alarmed when ICE officers in Minneapolis detained a 5-year-old boy and his father last month and sent them to a Texas detention center

Iranian foreign minister tells NBC News that country's supreme leader and president are alive ‘as far as I know’

10:09 AM on Saturday, February 28

Iranian foreign minister tells NBC News that country's supreme leader and president are alive ‘as far as I know’

Immigrant families settle in for the night at the Holding Institute in Laredo, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Valerie Gonzalez)

Worms in food, poor medical care, lights on 24/7: Families tell of life in Texas detention center

10:04 AM on Saturday, February 28

When ICE officers in Minneapolis detained a 5-year-old boy and his father last month and sent them to a Texas detention center, many Americans were alarmed

Democratic candidate for congress Bobby Pulido makes a campaign stop in Pharr, Texas, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Democrats look to Tejano music star Bobby Pulido in a high-stakes South Texas congressional race

9:03 AM on Saturday, February 28

Democrats are banking on Tejano music star Bobby Pulido to help them win back Hispanic voters in a South Texas congressional district that favors Republicans

Russia's Foreign Ministry condemns US-Israel strikes on Iran as 'pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression'

6:17 AM on Saturday, February 28

Russia's Foreign Ministry condemns US-Israel strikes on Iran as 'pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression'

President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Read President Trump’s statement on Iran in full

3:54 AM on Saturday, February 28

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says joint US campaign will let Iranians 'take their fate into their own hands'

3:30 AM on Saturday, February 28

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says joint US campaign will let Iranians 'take their fate into their own hands'

People carry the coffin of an army soldier, killed in the cross-border clashes of Pakistan and Afghan forces, for his funeral prayer at a village in Lakki Marwat, a district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/G.A. Marwat)

Pakistan carries out airstrikes inside Afghanistan as 'open war' on border continues

2:31 AM on Saturday, February 28

Pakistan’s military has struck deeper into Afghanistan as border fighting intensifies and both sides claim to have inflicted heavy losses

Israel's defense minister says his country has attacked Iran and declares a state of emergency

1:25 AM on Saturday, February 28

Israel's defense minister says his country has attacked Iran and declares a state of emergency

The dock where a 1981 Pro Line boat was reported stolen from the Florida Keys Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Deaths on a boat off Cuba spotlight Florida anti-government groups

7:30 PM on Friday, February 27

A fatal shooting on a boat traveling to Cuba is bringing fresh attention to a deep-rooted movement in Florida against the island’s government

Today in History: February 28, the Waco siege begins

11:33 AM on Tuesday, February 17

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