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Trump confirms he told Netanyahu “you’re crazy” in tense call, praises wartime leadership
Trump in an interview with The New York Post’s “Pod Force One” podcast confirmed reports that he told Netanyahu during a phone call “you’re f**king crazy. You’d be in prison if not for me.”
Trump framed the conversation as two wartime leaders who work well together, saying “I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon,” Trump said, adding that the two have “worked very well together” during the Iran war.
— Emma Graham
Rubio said Iran’s nuclear program could be negotiated
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing concerning the fiscal year 2027 budget for the State Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 2, 2026.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared before two congressional committees on Tuesday and has two more appearances scheduled for Wednesday. He told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday that Iran “could negotiate aspects of their nuclear program.”
He told lawmakers talks between the U.S. and Iran were ongoing, following Iran’s comments that they were stalled. The appearance was Rubio’s first public testimony since the Iran war started Feb. 28.
— Angela Greiling Keane
Trump suggests Iran has agreed to not have nuclear weapons
President Trump told The New York Post in a podcast interview that Iran agreed to not have nuclear weapons, but “‘they can change their mind.”
CNBC has reached out to Iran’s Foreign Ministry, which declined to comment.
— Emma Graham
Iran fired missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain, U.S. Central Command says
A huge art work banner newly posted on the corner of Vali Asr Square depicts Iranian missiles with messages addressing Minab schoolgirls and victims of Epstein Island on March 17, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. =
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U.S. Central Command says Iran fired missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain, marking the first time Bahrain has been attacked since the ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. was agreed to on April 7.
According to Kuwait’s Army HQ, “a number of hostile drones targeted today the passenger building (T1) at Kuwait International Airport,” injuring 63 people according to Kuwait’s Health Ministry.
In Bahrain, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed they struck U.S. 5th Fleet headquarters and a U.S. air base in the region.
U.S. Central Command said “all Iranian attacks on American forces failed,” and insisted the ceasefire is in place.
Central Command said it launched “self defense” strikes overnight on Iran, “on Qeshm Island in response to attempted attacks by Iran across the Middle East.”
— Emma Graham
