Iran War

It looks like the White House is treating the war with Iran like a video game ... at least based on how they're presenting military footage on social media.

Check out this X post from the official White House account ... it's a mashup of Wii sports and Iran bombings.

We've seen some of this same footage before, with no games being played ... but now the White House look like they're ready to poke fun at war.

Other White House social media posts on the war have drawn ire from actors and singers, like Ben Stiller and Kesha, for using snippets of movies and music.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is blasting a report from ABC News claiming Iran wants to attack California as retaliation for the new war in the Middle East ... she says no such threat exists.

Leavitt went scorched-earth on ABC News in a blistering post Thursday on X ... quote-tweeting the ABC News report and writing, "This post and story should be immediately retracted by ABC News for providing false information to intentionally alarm the American people."

She ripped ABC News for what she sees as some shoddy journalism, adding ... "They wrote this based on one email that was sent to local law enforcement in California about a single, unverified tip. The email even states the tip was based on *unverified* intelligence. Yet ABC News left out this critical fact in their story! WHY?"

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President Donald Trump says Iran’s national soccer team can come to the 2026 World Cup in the United States -- but he’s warning them it's probably not a smart move for their "own life and safety."

The president took to Truth Social on Thursday with a mixed message for the Iranian squad ... saying the team would be welcome at the tournament while also suggesting it could be dangerous for them to attend.

“The Iran National Soccer Team is welcome to The World Cup,” Trump wrote. “But I really don’t believe it is appropriate that they be there, for their own life and safety.”

An attack on two Iraqi oil tankers prompted the country's authorities to suspend all oil terminal operations ... as the oil market is experiencing a historic level of disruption across the globe.

According to The New York Times, Iran claimed responsibility for attacking one of the vessels, which is owned by an American company. The outlet reports the other tanker is also believed to have been hit by Iran.

These attacks come after the International Energy Agency announced the world is in the middle of the "largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market." Adding to the crisis ... Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the new Supreme Leader of Iran, announced the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed as a "tool of pressure."

Lindsay Lohan is finally back in the United States after nearly two weeks of having to hunker down in Dubai while Iran bombed the city.

Photogs captured Lindsay leaving an airport in NYC on Wednesday ... pushing a stroller as she made her way to a waiting vehicle.

The blonde bombshell -- who was accompanied by her husband, Bader Shammas -- smiled for the cameras but didn't stop to chat ... not exactly surprising given how exhausting this month has already been for the star.

President Donald Trump initially blamed Iran for last month's attack on an Iranian elementary school, but now that a preliminary inquiry reportedly determined the U.S. to be at fault ... he says he doesn't know anything about the strike.

While meeting with the press Wednesday outside the White House, Trump was asked about the ongoing military investigation, which is reportedly holding the U.S. responsible for the Tomahawk missile strike.

When asked if he personally took responsibility, Trump answered, "For what?"

The United States military says it has struck more than 5,500 targets inside Iran since Operation Epic Fury began ... and we've got a new look at some of those strikes.

U.S. Central Command, which is responsible for American military activities in the Middle East, released new video Wednesday showing Iranian targets being blown to smithereens.

The footage shows the U.S. carrying out strikes on moving vehicles, underground bunkers, ballistic missile launchers, and more.

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Iran says it’s not coming to the World Cup -- and the country’s sports minister is pointing the finger at the United States.

Ahmad Donyamali, Iran’s Minister of Sport and Youth, announced Wednesday that the nation cannot participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup after their Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, was killed during the initial U.S./Israeli strikes during the opening moments of the war.

“Considering that this corrupt regime has assassinated our leader, under no circumstances can we participate in the World Cup,” Donyamali said on state television.

While the regime may be mourning, Khamenei was long called repressive and brutal by many Western countries and human rights organizations.

The sports minister doubled down on the stance … saying the war has made it impossible for the team to compete.

While Donald Trump initially blamed Iran for an attack on an Iranian elementary school last month, evidence appears to be mounting that the school may have been inadvertently hit by a U.S. missile during a strike targeting an adjacent naval base.

The New York Times reports that Iranian state media claims to have found remnants of an American Tomahawk cruise missile near the ruins of the February 28 strike, which reportedly killed 175 people who were mostly children.

The NYT says they analyzed photos of the recovered missile's parts and determined it to bear the markings of an American missile.