Understanding President Trump’s shifting position on an intensifying conflict.

President Trump’s contradictory comments left Israelis and Iranians trying to understand whether and how the U.S. would intervene.

Evidence continued to grow that the United States was considering joining Israel’s bombing campaign. President Trump threatened Iran’s supreme leader in a social media message.

Evidence continued to grow that the United States was considering joining Israel’s bombing campaign. President Trump threatened Iran’s supreme leader in a social media message.

President Donald Trump was mulling whether to join Israel’s air campaign against Iran as he met his National Security Council on Tuesday. The meeting...

Why the president is disappointing noninterventionists.

Evidence continued to grow that the United States was considering joining Israel’s bombing campaign. Israel’s latest attacks followed two rounds of Iranian missiles fired into…

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected President Trump’s call for an “unconditional surrender” and vowed to “stand firm,” as signs grew that the United States was considering joining…

Understanding President Trump’s shifting position on an intensifying conflict.

The columnist on what’s at stake in the conflict between Israel and Iran.

President Trump said “nobody knows” if he will order U.S. forces to attack Iran’s nuclear sites. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rejected his call for…

President Trump considers joining Israeli strikes on Iran, Tehran seeks negotiations, Trump's patience runs out, diplomatic route favored.

The possibility of a U.S. strike on Iran has revealed fractures within President Donald Trump's support base, as key allies who helped propel him to...

European officials, who have been effectively sidelined in the war between Israel and Iran, will try to exert limited leverage in a meeting with Iranian officials on Friday in…

European officials, who have been effectively sidelined in the war between Israel and Iran, will try to exert limited leverage in a meeting with Iranian officials on Friday in…

Iran’s foreign minister is to meet his European counterparts Friday. Trump said he would give diplomacy a chance, dashing Israeli hopes of immediate U.S. involvement.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he will decide within two weeks whether to commit U.S. military forces to the escalating conflict between Israel and...

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, President Donald Trump has said he’ll decide whether to join the war within two weeks. How entangled might the country…

The Times’s Jerusalem bureau chief explains what President Trump’s delay in deciding whether to intervene in the Israel-Iran war means for the people of both countries.

President Trump said there was little he could do to stop the Israeli attacks. A European diplomatic effort to rein in the hostilities ended without a breakthrough on Friday.

The fight between two well-armed regional powers has their neighbors worried about the conflict spreading, a concern worsened by the prospect of U.S. involvement.