Pentagon officials have made detailed preparations for deploying U.S. ground forces into Iran, multiple sources briefed on the discussions told CBS News.

Senior military commanders have submitted specific requests aimed at preparing for such an option as President Trump weighs moves in the U.S.-Israel-led conflict with Iran, the sources said.

Mr. Trump has been deliberating whether to position ground forces in the region, sources said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. It was unclear under what circumstances he would authorize the use of troops on the ground.

"No, I'm not putting troops anywhere," he told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday when asked about ground troops, but quickly added: "If I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you."

Officials at U.S. Central Command referred questions from CBS News to...More

Although the Trump administration is pulling multiple levers to tame energy costs amid the widening Iran war, the average price of gasoline in the U.S. on Friday neared $4 a gallon, raising questions about whether those efforts are working.

The most effective measure for bringing down oil prices would be to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the vital Persian Gulf waterway that handles some 20% of the world's oil and natural gas supplies, according to experts. The strait remains virtually closed as violence in the region escalates, bringing shipping traffic to a near-halt.

In the meantime, the U.S. is turning to other options to counter rising oil prices, with Brent crude, the international benchmark, at about $108 a barrel, a 48% surge since the start of the war. The Trump administration's...More

The matches are in the last internatinoal window before this summer's World Cup


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As Portugal prepares for March friendlies against Mexico and the United States, manager Roberto Martínez will need to explore different attacking options due to the absence of star striker Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo has been sidelined for Saudi Pro League side Al Nassr since the end of February, and the issue is serious enough to keep him out of the squad for these matches so he can focus on his recovery.

The injury was initially expected to be brief, but the 41-year-old will now have missed a month of club soccer. He was in excellent form, scoring 22 goals and assisting four more in just 26 appearances for Al Nassr this season. As long as he is healthy, Ronaldo is expected to lead the line for Portugal at the World Cup. Despite his immense success in...More

CBS News announced Friday that CBS News Radio will be shutting down this spring after nearly 100 years of broadcasting. The company cited "challenging economic realities" and a shift in radio programming strategies as reasons behind the decision.

About 700 affiliated stations nationwide carry CBS News Radio programming, which will end on May 22. All jobs on the radio team will be eliminated, the company said.

"We understand how difficult this news is for our staff and their colleagues, who have worked side by side with us to cover some of the most significant stories of our time," CBS News President Tom Cibrowski and Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss said in a statement.

They also paid tribute to the historic role of CBS News Radio in covering major events worldwide since the dawn of the broadcasting era.

"For nearly 100 years, CBS News Radio has delivered original reporting to...More

Colombian police officers escort a man identified as Angel Esteban Aguilar, a leader of Ecuador's Los Lobos crime group, after his arrest, who is wanted in connection with the 2023 assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, at the international airport El Dorado in Bogota, Colombia, March 18, 2026. Colombian Migration/Handout via REUTERS

A man who is wanted in Colombia and Ecuador for the assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito in 2023 was arrested in Mexico and transferred to Colombia, authorities said Wednesday.

Ángel Esteban Aguilar Morales, an Ecuadorian national, arrived in Bogota on Wednesday, where he was intercepted at El Dorado Airport by Colombia's migration authorities. No details were immediately provided about his immigration status or...More

Former Iran detainee Siamak Namazi says he's worried about the handful of Americans known to be held inside Iranian prisons as the U.S. war in Iran continues.

"They are the easiest-to-grab punching bag right now in the hands of that rogue regime," he said during a panel discussion with "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."

"I think this is a dangerous time," said Namazi. He added, "For a hostage or wrongfully detained citizen abroad, their biggest fear is to be forgotten, and this is a very dangerous time for them, with all that's going on in Washington's mind."

Namazi was detained in Iran's notorious Evin prison in 2015 after almost eight years of captivity, the longest-held American prisoner to be released from Iran. The State Department determined that he had been wrongfully detained.

Emad Shargi, who was held in Iran for five years, recalled...More

Since the U.S. and Israel launched their strikes on Iran at the end of February, the Israeli military has announced the killings of a number of top Iranian officials, from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the first day of the war to the spokesman for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Friday.

Israel says the operations are carried out through intelligence-driven targeted strikes.

The intelligence that reveals targeted individuals' locations falls into two different categories, according to Glen Segell, an academic and political analyst based in Israel with a background in operations and information security.

The first category is "where you actually have an informant on the ground who's passing in information to say this is the person's current location, and the second one is going to be some...More

Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit in 2023. Lise Aserud/NTB Scanpix via AP

Norway's crown princess said she felt unsafe during a 2013 encounter with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein at his Palm Beach, Florida, mansion and that he manipulated and deceived her.

Mette-Marit, who is married to Crown Prince Haakon, sat down with Norwegian broadcaster NRK for a 20-minute interview on Thursday. It didn't contain explosive revelations but marked the first time the royal couple sat down with reporters to address the fallout over the crown princess' ties to Epstein. Their relationship raised questions over her judgment, though she is not accused of any wrongdoing.

The interview also occurred on the same day the criminal trial against Mette-Marit's son, Marious Borg Høiby, concluded. Prosecutors have sought a prison sentence of seven years and seven months for the charges against...More