President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he ordered U.S. forces to join Israel's attack on Iran because he believed Iran was about to strike first, contradicting the rationale offered a day earlier by his secretary of state for how the war began. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on...
What’s Next for Iran? Darius Assemi Shares His Hopes and Concerns
Darius Assemi is not only the president and CEO of Granville Homes and the publisher of GV Wire, but he also is among the most prominent Iranian Americans in Fresno. Assemi sat down with GV Wire's David Taub to share his views on the U.S-Israeli bombing of Iran and the...
Fresno Attorney Presses Wilson on Her Racial Discrimination Claim
Attorneys for La-Kebbia "Kiki" Wilson, who is suing the city of Fresno for racial discrimination, attempted to downplay a confrontational meeting with supervisors during testimony Tuesday in federal court. However, the city's defense team introduced other reasons that La-Kebbia "Kiki" Wilson may have had emotional distress or did not receive...
Facebook Down for Thousands of Users in the US, Downdetector Shows
Meta Platforms' Facebook was down for thousands of users in the U.S. on Tuesday, according to Downdetector.com. There were more than 10,600 reports of issues with the social media platform as of 02:37 p.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources....
US Debuts Suicide Drone in Iran After Fast-Tracked Pentagon Procurement
The U.S. successfully debuted a low‑cost suicide drone in combat in Iran just eight months after its Pentagon unveiling, as the U.S. pushes to accelerate weapons programs. The Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drone, manufactured by Arizona's SpektreWorks, was showcased in July 2025 when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth walked...
Leaked Interior Department Database Reveals US Plans to Revise Historical Information
The U.S. Interior Department said a database revealing how President Donald Trump's administration planned to revise information on key phases of American history at national park sites was deliberative and the employees who released it "will be held accountable." An internal government database first reported by the Washington Post and...
What to Know About Widening Fallout From Bombing of Iran
LONDON — Fighting rippled across the Middle East on Tuesday in a spiraling conflict that started with the U.S.-Israeli bombing of Iran. Hundreds of people have been killed, military bases and embassies have been damaged and travel, energy and shipping severely disrupted. Iran expanded retaliatory strikes against U.S. targets in...
Target to Spend Billions to Refresh Stores, Hire Staff and Raise Pay
Target plans to spend $2 billion to revamp stores to attract more shoppers as part of a turnaround plan under a new CEO who’s trying to pull the retailer out of a lengthy sales slump. As part of these efforts, the retailer is set to spend hundreds of millions of...
US Says It Is Facilitating Mideast Charter Flights for Americans Amid Criticism Over Iran
The United States said on Tuesday it has started facilitating charter flights from a number of countries in the Middle East for U.S. citizens stranded in the region as Washington's joint military strikes with Israel on Iran have severely disrupted global air travel. The move came four days after the U.S.-Israeli...
Trump’s National Security Team Comes to Convince Congress to Back Iran War
President Donald Trump's top national security advisers were to spend much of the day on Tuesday making the case to members of Congress for the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, as Democrats and some of his fellow Republicans clamored for more information. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete...