Ex-US government official arrested after $40 million in gold bars found in home
Agents also found about $2 million in cash and 35 luxury watches in the home of David Rush, who court filings say had top secret clearance.

The US military said it targeted a military site in Bandar Abbas - a strategic port city - and shot down four Iranian attack drones.
Agents also found about $2 million in cash and 35 luxury watches in the home of David Rush, who court filings say had top secret clearance.
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The U.S. military carried out another round of strikes on Iran, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday, another challenge to a shaky ceasefire between the two countries.
American forces carried out airstrikes on an Iranian military site, underscoring the elusiveness of any resolution to the war despite recent optimism.
US president sends contradictory messages about ending war at cabinet meeting with call to bolster Abraham accordsDonald Trump has accused Iran of trying to stall on making a peace agreement by running down the clock before November’s US midterm elections in the hope of getting better terms.“They thought they were going to outwait me, you know, ‘we’ll outwait him, he’s got the midterms’,” the US president told a meeting of his cabinet at the White House on Wednesday. Continue reading...
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The United States military on Wednesday conducted new strikes on an Iranian military site that officials said posed a threat to American forces and commercial maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reports. The reports of new strikes come as the U.S. and Iran inch forward with a peace deal that seeks to end […]