The U.S. military killed an Iranian official who led a unit behind an alleged plot to assassinate President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time a personal rationale for attacking Iran: “I got him before he got me.”

In 2024, two separate attempts were made on presidential candidate Donald Trump, underscoring how volatile modern politics can be. While

On Saturday, the United States, in a joint operation with Israel, killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. For the first time in the postwar era, Washington has succeeded in killing a foreign leader—shattering a precedent that had been sustained for decades by a mix of moral, political, and logistical concerns.

The US government for decades shied away from targeting foreign leaders after embarrassing failures and unintended consequences from covert activities by the CIA.