The Pentagon on Thursday released new details about how the US prepared for its marathon bombing mission against three Iranian nuclear sites, the crews that carried out the daring weekend raid, and how Iran tried fortifying one of the sites that held critical aspects of its nuclear program.

Pete Hegsth and Gen. Dan Caine touted the U.S. attack on a covert nuclear facility but sidestepped questions about the fate of Iran’s uranium stockpile.

Emerging from a highly anticipated classified briefing on Thursday, Democratic and Republican senators were not in agreement over exactly how much US strikes on Iran set back that country’s nuclear program.

Andrew Harnik/ The Trump administration insists the answer is an unqualified yes — the nuclear sites were “completely and totally obliterated,” according to President Donald Trump. Yet questions remain about the efficacy of the attacks after an early intelligence assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency reportedly concluded that the strikes may have only set back Iran’s nuclear program for months.

U.S. intelligence agencies had long assessed that, faced with the possibility of an attack on its nuclear facilities, Iran would try to move its stockpile.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said he was unaware of any intelligence suggesting Iran had moved any of its highly enriched uranium to shield it from U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear program over the weekend.

The 12-day war between Israel and Iran ended as abruptly as it began. President Trump proclaimed a cease-fire in a series of social-media posts, concluding a conflict that began with Israel’s [devasta

The dollar pushed higher against the yen but struggled to regain ground against other currencies on Wednesday as investors decided to take on more risk following a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran.