Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended President Donald Trump’s escalating threats against Iran, suggesting stronger military pressure may be necessary to force de-escalation in the widening ...

President Donald Trump's latest threat over the Iran war hit a new extreme Tuesday as he warned, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” if Iran failed to make a deal ...

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins talks to the media after taking a tour of the Hartland Wastewater Plant in Hartland on March 13. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN Our political journalists are based in the ...

The language of war has long wrapped itself in the rhetoric of courage and the honour of vengeance, drawing on moral and religious appeals to make violence appear necessary, even just. Today, that ...