The Trump administration has frozen $344 million in cryptocurrency it says was linked to Iran as the United States ratchets up pressure on Tehran.

By Lauren Kent, CNN A US special forces soldier involved in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been arrested and charged for allegedly betting on the operation via Polymarket, netting him $400,

CNN is defending its reporting on a statement given by Iranian officials regarding a ceasefire agreement the U.S. and Iran reached just hours before President Trump was set to launch an attack on the Iran’s infrastructure.

Within two hours of declaring a ceasefire in the Iran war, President Donald Trump alleged that CNN knowingly published false information. Trump said CNN reported a "fake" statement from Iran and U.S. authorities are probing whether CNN committed a crime by publishing it. It’s unclear what crime, if any, CNN would be charged with.

Just hours earlier CNN anchor Anderson Cooper sat down with experts to discuss the viability of a U.S. mission to retrieve Iran's uranium stockpile. The post ‘LOSERS!!!’ Trump Fumes at ‘Fake News CNN’ After Network Anchor Questions ‘Mind-Boggling’ Iran Uranium Extraction Idea first appeared on Mediaite.

CNN stood by its reporting of Iran's "victory" statement following the ceasefire announcement, despite Donald Trump blasting it as "fake news." For those who may've missed Trump's Truth Social follow-up post Tuesday evening,

President Donald Trump has sent envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Islamabad, Pakistan, this weekend for continued negotiations with Iran — but Vice President JD Vance did not plan to attend — something a CNN analyst said was telling in a report on Friday.

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced the Iranian regime’s killing of protesters but stressed that, “as a pastor,” he cannot support the US-Israeli war with Iran.