Nasdaq Opens Higher on Cease-Fire Efforts
The Nasdaq advanced, while the Dow slipped and the S&P 500 was more or less flat as investors weighed news that the Trump administration is pushing for a potential 45-day cease-fire with Iran against the president’s escalatory rhetoric.
Read MoreThe US could still try to play the ethnic card in Iran
But past experience and current geopolitical realities show such a strategy is doomed to failure.
Read MoreTrump makes explicit threat to Iran over Strait of Hormuz
President Trump posted an explicit, threatening message to Iran on social media on Sunday over the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump is set to hold a briefing Monday afternoon on the successful search-and-rescue mission for a missing crew member after Iran downed F15-E fighter jet. Nancy Cordes has more.
Read MoreKey details on shot down fighter jet rescue mission in Iran
A missing U.S. airman was rescued early Sunday after Iran shot down an F15-E fighter jet on Friday. Charlie D’Agata has the latest.
Read MoreExpert weighs in on rescue missions for downed U.S. fighter jet, Trump’s threats against Iran
Aaron MacLean, a retired U.S. Marine and CBS News national security analyst, joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss the rescue missions for crew members after Iran downed a U.S. fighter jet on Friday and President Trump’s threats against Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.
Read MoreWatch live: Trump briefs press ahead of deadline on Iran
President Trump will brief reporters on Monday afternoon, one day after issuing an expletive-laden threat with a deadline for Tehran. “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F—-n’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell…
Read MoreLive updates: Trump to hold press conferences as deadline nears for Iran to open Strait of Hormuz
President Trump will hold a news conference Monday afternoon, hours before his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran has shown little sign of bending to U.S. terms. On Monday it rejected the U.S. 15-point proposal for peace as “excessive” and “unreasonable.” Trump is slated to hold a press conference with military…
Read MoreProposals for immediate ceasefire to halt war circulated to US and Iran
Mediators want both sides to agree to suspend hostilities but Tehran warns peace talks ‘incompatible with threats’Middle East crisis – live updatesProposals for an immediate ceasefire have been circulated to Washington and Tehran in an attempt to halt the five-week-old war and stave off an extraordinary threat issued by Donald Trump to bomb Iran’s power…
Read MoreIran rejects ceasefire proposal with US as war of words deepens
Iran rejects a new 45-day ceasefire proposal, while the US is still expected to respond, as US President Donald Trump delays a threatened military strike tied to the Strait of Hormuz. Mediators are pushing for talks, but tensions remain high on both sides.
Read MoreIran claims Trump’s ‘daring’ US airman rescue was cover to ‘steal enriched uranium’
Iran has questioned Donald Trump’s forces conducting a ‘daring’ rescue mission for an airman and claimed the operation was acting as cover to ‘steal enriched uranium’
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