LSU has long held the belt as “Wide Receiver U,” but Ohio State has been making a push in recent years to take it away from them. The Buckeyes have produced several high-profile wideouts, including Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who just helped lead the Seattle Seahawks to a Super Bowl LX title after leading the NFL in receiving yards during the regular season. Ohio State has also ushered in the likes of Garrett Wilson, Chris Olave, Terry McLaurin, Marvin Harrison Jr. and Emeka Egbuka into the NFL over the last few years.
Could Carnell Tate be the latest OSU pass catcher to take the NFL by storm?
At 21 years old, he is earmarked to be a first-round pick at the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh later this spring, and could very well be the first wideout to come off the board. While CBS Sports’ Mike Renner has Arizona State’s Jordyn Tyson as his top receiver entering the NFL Scouting Combine, Tate was a close second and even has him as the first receiver selected in his latest mock draft due to Tyson’s injury history. CBS Sports Senior NFL Draft analyst Ryan Wilson has Tate as WR1 in his most recent mock as well.
Tate is an enticing prospect who could prove to be a stellar downfield threat at the NFL level, and his route-running ability could have him ascend quickly into stardom. He possesses good size, standing 6-foot-3 and weighing in at 195 pounds. For the Buckeyes last season, Tate averaged 17.2 yards per reception, hauling in 51 balls for 875 yards and nine touchdowns.
The question surrounding Tate is where he’ll end up. While the 2026 NFL Draft is still months away, let’s dive into a handful of landing spots that could make sense for the Ohio State pass catcher.
New York Giants (No. 5)
The Giants are stepping into a new era in 2026. After landing Jaxson Dart as its QB of the future last year, the team has since hired John Harbaugh as its head coach, and the future is looking bright. That said, the offense could stand to add more weapons around Dart, especially with fellow wideout Malik Nabers recovering from a torn ACL he suffered in Week 4 and running back Cam Skattebo suffering a season-ending ankle injury in Week 8. It remains to be seen if those two young weapons will be ready to go to begin the 2026 campaign, so an addition like Tate makes sense to provide some immediate artillery for Dart as he begins his sophomore season. Once Nabers and Skattebo return to full strength, New York would suddenly have a dynamic young core at the skill positions with Tate in the fold.
Cleveland Browns (No. 6)
The Browns still have major questions at quarterback, but there is no viable option for them to take at No. 6 overall. Instead, they should continue building around QB and ride the momentum they struck at the 2025 draft. There, they brought in the likes of running backs Quinshon Judkins and Dylan Sampson, along with tight end Harold Fannin Jr., who led the team with 731 yards receiving last season. This go-around, adding a playmaker like Tate would give Cleveland a much-needed boost at receiver. Currently, the room is made up of Jerry Jeudy, Cedric Tillman, and Isaiah Bond. Jeudy was second on the team with 602 yards receiving, and Bond was third with 338 yards. Whether it’s Shedeur Sanders or someone else, bringing in a playmaker like Tate will help Todd Monken’s offense get off the ground in 2026.
Washington Commanders (No. 7)
The 2026 season was a disaster for Washington. After reaching the NFC Championship in Jayden Daniels‘ rookie season, his second year in the league saw him limited to seven games due to injury, and the defense regressed to one of the league’s worst units. While there’s an argument to be made to add to the defensive side of the ball after surrendering a league-worst 384.0 yards per game, Washington also needs more weapons around Daniels. Deebo Samuel is unlikely to return as he hits unrestricted free agency, leaving Terry McLaurin as still the top option, along with Luke McCaffrey. Even veteran tight end Zach Ertz, 35, is a free agent, so there is a need to get younger and more dynamic at pass catcher for the Commanders. Selecting Tate inside the top 10 accomplishes both.
Kansas City Chiefs (No. 9)
It doesn’t seem this offseason, but Travis Kelce is going to retire at some point, which means the Chiefs need to begin transitioning the offense around Patrick Mahomes into the next era. Through the first half of Mahomes’ career, Kelce has been the linchpin of the offense and his go-to target. The team has brought in the likes of Xavier Worthy and Rashee Rice in recent seasons, but they haven’t hit as big as the team has hoped both on and off the field. Neither of them feels like a dependable option to lean on in a post-Kelce world, and Rice is entering the final year of his rookie deal in 2026. So, K.C. would be best served to keep hunting for Mahomes’ next top-tier weapons, and that could very well be Tate.
Los Angeles Rams (No. 13)
You might look at the Rams and think that wide receiver is one of the last positions they’d look to with this first-round pick, but don’t be fooled, this is a sneaky need for the organization. While Puka Nacua is arguably the best wide receiver that the NFL has to offer, Davante Adams is entering his age-33 season and the final year of his contract. Tate could be a solid addition to an already lethal L.A. offense for 2026 and then ascend to a bigger role in 2027 if/when Adams and the team part ways. Because the Rams have two first-rounders in 2026 — No. 13 and No. 29 overall — they can add a luxury piece with one of them, which could be Tate. I view this in a somewhat similar light to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — who had Mike Evans and Chris Godwin Jr. — drafting Emeka Egbuka last offseason.
A supermarket chain’s artificial intelligence assistant has had its digital wings clipped, after leaving some customers deeply uncomfortable by claiming to be human and responding to requests with personal anecdotes.
The chatbot, known as Olive, provides a 24-hour service answering phone calls from customers of Woolworths in Australia, helping them with everything from tracking down orders to finding their favorite products.
While some have previously praised the “incredibly friendly” AI, users have recently voiced concern on social media over its tendency to break into routine customer interactions with fictional details about its life and family.
“It asked me for my date of birth and when I gave it, it started rambling about how its mother was born in the same year,” one user wrote on Reddit.
Another user described an experience that saw Olive claiming to be a real person as it began to talk about memories of its mother.
“AI Olive answered and kept claiming to be a real person and started talking about its memories of its mother and her angry voice,” the person said on X.
Another user said that the tool went as far as making “fake typing noises” to simulate a human, adding that “it gets scary when you can’t tell if it’s a human or a robot.”
In a statement, Woolworths said Olive’s responses about birthdays were not AI-driven and were instead human-scripted.
“A number of responses about birthdays were written for Olive by a team member several years ago as a more personal way for Olive to connect with customers,” a Woolworths spokesperson told NBC News in an email response.
“As a result of customer feedback, we recently removed this particular scripting,” the spokesperson added.
Meta is introducing a new feature on Instagram that will alert parents if their children repeatedly search for terms linked to suicide or self-harm. The company says it’s part of other efforts to provide critical information quickly when a teen may be in trouble.Starting next week, parents enrolled in Instagram’s “Supervision” feature will receive notifications via text, email, and in-app alerts if their teen searches for harmful topics.These searches are typically blocked, and teens are directed to resources and helplines. Tapping the alert will open a full-screen message with guidance on how to support the teen.Instagram clarified that this rollout is not related to the ongoing lawsuit from the state of New Mexico, which accuses Meta’s platforms of being a “breeding ground” for child sexual exploitation. The company stated, “Launching a feature like this takes time — from consulting with experts both internally and externally, to the technical development — and we’ve been working on it for months.”The “Supervision” feature is designed for users aged 13 to 17, allowing parents to monitor screen time, set time limits, and limit followers. “We understand how sensitive these issues are and how distressing it could be for a parent to receive an alert like this. The vast majority of teens do not try to search for suicide and self-harm content on Instagram, and when they do, our policy is to block these searches, instead directing them to resources and helplines that can offer support. These alerts are designed to make sure parents are aware if their teen is repeatedly trying to search for this content, and to give them the resources they need to support their teen,” a Meta spokesperson wrote to KOAT. Meta did not disclose the specific number of searches required to trigger a notification, as they do not want teens to circumvent the system. Additionally, teens will not be notified when their parents receive an alert.Meta has not provided public numbers on how many parents are currently enrolled in Instagram’s parental supervision features. Aside from the lawsuit in New Mexico, Meta is also facing trial in California over claims that its platforms deliberately make children addicted to them.
Meta is introducing a new feature on Instagram that will alert parents if their children repeatedly search for terms linked to suicide or self-harm. The company says it’s part of other efforts to provide critical information quickly when a teen may be in trouble.
Starting next week, parents enrolled in Instagram’s “Supervision” feature will receive notifications via text, email, and in-app alerts if their teen searches for harmful topics.
These searches are typically blocked, and teens are directed to resources and helplines. Tapping the alert will open a full-screen message with guidance on how to support the teen.
Instagram clarified that this rollout is not related to the ongoing lawsuit from the state of New Mexico, which accuses Meta’s platforms of being a “breeding ground” for child sexual exploitation. The company stated, “Launching a feature like this takes time — from consulting with experts both internally and externally, to the technical development — and we’ve been working on it for months.”
The “Supervision” feature is designed for users aged 13 to 17, allowing parents to monitor screen time, set time limits, and limit followers.
“We understand how sensitive these issues are and how distressing it could be for a parent to receive an alert like this. The vast majority of teens do not try to search for suicide and self-harm content on Instagram, and when they do, our policy is to block these searches, instead directing them to resources and helplines that can offer support. These alerts are designed to make sure parents are aware if their teen is repeatedly trying to search for this content, and to give them the resources they need to support their teen,” a Meta spokesperson wrote to KOAT.
Meta did not disclose the specific number of searches required to trigger a notification, as they do not want teens to circumvent the system. Additionally, teens will not be notified when their parents receive an alert.
Meta has not provided public numbers on how many parents are currently enrolled in Instagram’s parental supervision features. Aside from the lawsuit in New Mexico, Meta is also facing trial in California over claims that its platforms deliberately make children addicted to them.
After our look at the forgotten everyday items of the 1970s — remember the rabbit ears, the pull tabs, and other “You did what with what?” things that would confuse the heck out of Gen Zers today — it only felt right that would keep the time machine grooving and Jazzercize ourselves into the 1980s.
Classic Football From Mattel
Some Classic Football from Mattel, anyone? (Mick Haupt/Unsplash)
The 1980s: Still Analog, Suddenly Flashy
If the ’70s were the era of brown-and-amber practical stuff, the ’80s were the decade that decided everyday should be louder and preferably with a really good beat. Things generally were still analog enough that you rewound tapes and lived by the landline (can you imagine?), but really shiny enough to feel like the future had officially arrived.
In our “Everyday Life in the 1980s” gallery, we zoomed out to the real-life scenes — malls, arcades, parking lots full of sedans, and breaking away from the stereo with the Walkman. Now we’re zooming in on all the stuff: the objects that sat on kitchen counters, hung on the wall, lived in backpacks, and cluttered up living rooms in the coziest, most nostalgic way.
HF60 SONY CASSETTE
Was there a better cassette for a mix tape? No. (Bruno Guerrero/Unsplash)
While the ’80s might be most defined by the music and movies, they were also very much a “things” decade. More plastic. More gadgets. Way more buttons. There was more to collect, clip, stack, swap, and show off. And while all of it seemed totally normal at the time, today it all feels like a perfectly preserved time capsule from a louder, brighter, button-filled decade.
LOOK: 25 Everyday Objects From the 1980s You Totally Forgot About
From kitchen gadgets to clunky electronics and classroom staples, the 1980s were packed with unforgettable everyday objects. Scroll through and see how many of these totally normal ’80s staples you remember.
Tim Bontemps is a senior NBA writer for ESPN.com who covers the league and what’s impacting it on and off the court, including trade deadline intel, expansion and his MVP Straw Polls. You can find Tim alongside Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon on The Hoop Collective podcast.
The San Antonio Spurs, one of the surprise teams, are on Oklahoma City’s heels in the standings. Led by third-year phenom Victor Wembanyama and second-year breakout star Stephon Castle, they have defeated the Thunder four times in five meetings this season. The Denver Nuggets, led by three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and first-time All-Star Jamal Murray, have a championship résumé that gives them a legitimate chance at another deep playoff run.
All this has overshadowed what’s going on in the Eastern Conference, where things are wide open in a way we rarely see in the NBA.
“I think there’s probably six to seven of us who believe all we need is good health at the right time and we can go on a run,” one Eastern Conference general manager, whose team is currently in the playoff picture, told ESPN. “All of the teams in the playoffs are going to be flawed and all of them are going to have upside.”
That much parity leads to lots of opportunity and lots of questions. The reality is when you speak with coaches, scouts and executives, there isn’t a clear favorite. This may frustrate the Detroit Pistons, who have firmly held the No. 1 seed since November, but that’s the prevailing sentiment.
It also means that there isn’t an obvious excuse for teams with expectations if they are unable to make a deep postseason run. And when that is the case, it means change could be coming.
“There’s two to three teams that are going to have some real fallout if they don’t make the conference finals,” a team president said. “That’s the case every year, I know, but there’s not a lot of honeymoons going on in the East.”
With roughly 25% of the season remaining, the four teams atop the East — the Pistons, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers — and one potential spoiler, could all make noise come playoff time if things break the right way.
It’s been a second straight remarkable season for Detroit. Two seasons ago, the Pistons lost 28 consecutive games en route to a 14-win season. Last year, they added 30 wins to that total. Now, Friday’s showdown at Little Caesars Arena against the Cavaliers (7 p.m. ET, ESPN) will give the Pistons a chance to match last year’s 44-win total before February ends.
Cade Cunningham has become a full-fledged MVP candidate. Jalen Duren bet on himself in extension negotiations in the fall and deservedly became an All-Star. J.B. Bickerstaff is firmly in the Coach of the Year conversation for a second consecutive season. And the Pistons are one of two East teams, along with Boston, that reside inside the top 10 in offensive and defensive rating, one of the typical markers to determine true championship contenders.
“I think they’re really good,” a West executive said of the Pistons. “I think they’re ahead of schedule and trying to react to that.”
With that sort of résumé, it doesn’t sound like the East is wide open. The Pistons check several boxes that come with being a true threat. So why aren’t they seen that way? There are a few reasons, beginning with their lack of playoff experience and success. The franchise hasn’t won a playoff series since 2008, and teams typically don’t go from zero to 100 in the playoffs without experiencing setbacks along the way.
“Some teams are a certain team in the regular season and then have another gear in the playoffs,” the executive said. “I don’t know if they have another gear to get to. When everyone plays hard in the playoffs, does that get mitigated some?
“I think they’re the favorites, but the gap is close.”
Monday’s game against the Spurs highlighted issues that could keep Detroit from going deep into the postseason. Cunningham had arguably his worst game of the season, going 5-for-26, and Detroit’s offense ground to a halt against smothering defense from Wembanyama and his teammates.
The games against San Antonio and Oklahoma City this week also highlighted another challenge, which is 3-point shooting. The Spurs and Thunder combined for 20 more 3s than Detroit in those two games. Losing the 3-point differential is a concern; the Pistons are 28th in the league in 3s per game.
“I don’t trust them at all,” a West assistant coach said. “They have no one besides Cade to attack. You can make any of their other guys try to beat you, and they will have a hard time.”
From the start of training camp, Boston and coach Joe Mazzulla rejected the idea that this would be a gap year. Despite lowered expectations after losing Jayson Tatum to a torn Achilles, trading Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday and losing Al Horford in free agency, the Celtics are 38-20 and join the Thunder as the only teams inside the top seven in offensive and defensive rating (second and seventh, respectively).
“They play hard every minute of every game,” a West scout said. “Because if they don’t play hard every minute, Joe [Mazzulla] calls time out and tells them about it. But playing hard will only get you so far. They have a talent disadvantage compared to the other top teams, at least until Tatum returns. The more talented teams usually win in the playoffs.”
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Stephen A.’s advice for Tatum: You’re 27, what’s the rush to return?
Stephen A. Smith says Jayson Tatum should protect his long-term future by not rushing his return for the Boston Celtics.
Tatum’s potential return dominates every conversation about the Celtics, but the fact that Boston has had this sort of season without their superstar forward has earned universal praise. Jaylen Brown is averaging career highs in points (29.1), rebounds (7.1) and assists (4.8) and is being endorsed for MVP by LeBron James. Mazzulla has coaxed developmental success stories throughout the roster, from starting center Neemias Queta to wings Baylor Scheierman, Jordan Walsh and rookie guard Hugo Gonzalez.
“They know exactly who they are,” the assistant coach said. “They have great mental toughness. They are decisive and there’s no second-guessing.”
But do they have enough to go far in the postseason, potentially returning to the Finals for the third time in six seasons without Tatum? That question is why every conversation about the Celtics eventually circles back to what they can be and how much Tatum will be a part of it.
“They’re already awesome without Jayson,” the assistant coach said, “and you add him for 20 minutes a game, or more? They’re the clear pick to me.”
Lofty expectations were set last spring, when the Knicks fired coach Tom Thibodeau after reaching the conference finals for the first time in 25 years. They were then doubled down upon by owner James Dolan last month, when he stated his expectations in a rare interview with WFAN radio.
“I’d say we want to get to the Finals and we should win the Finals,” Dolan said. “This is sports; anything can happen. Getting to the Finals, we absolutely have to do. Winning the Finals, we should do.”
The Knicks entered the season as co-favorites to win the East with Cleveland for a reason. This is a roster with plenty of talent, with All-Stars Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns, versatile wings OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges and Josh Hart, the league’s best offensive rebounder in Mitchell Robinson and solid depth off the bench.
“The Knicks have the best team,” a rival East head coach said. “I don’t know if they’ll play their best when it matters, but they have the best roster in my opinion.”
The Knicks are on pace to win at least 50 games for a third straight season, something that hasn’t happened since Pat Riley coached New York in the 1990s. However, things have never felt settled around the Knicks all season. Towns has been openly frustrated with his offensive role since training camp. They’ve been plagued by inconsistency. And for criticisms of Thibodeau’s intransigence, they have looked like a team lacking a clear identity for stretches in its first campaign under Mike Brown.
“The situation with Towns has got to be driving them crazy,” an advance scout said. “But I’ll tell you what, everyone bears some blame. It’s on KAT, it’s on Mike [Brown], it’s on Brunson. And they all need to work together to get more consistency because that’s a huge key for them.”
Things completely changed a few weeks ago when the Cavaliers made the stunning decision to break up their “Core Four,” trading Darius Garland to the LA Clippers for James Harden, a 36-year-old former MVP and future first ballot Hall of Famer.
That move, coupled with sending De’Andre Hunter to the Sacramento Kings for Dennis Schroder and Keon Ellis a few days earlier, has given Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson more depth and versatility to work with on the roster and has suddenly turned Cleveland into the threat it was expected to be before the season. Now the team that was 17-16 and in eighth in the East in late December is two games back of Boston for second.
“Adjusting to James Harden midyear is a tough thing to ask your team to do, especially when their offense has been pretty good the last few years,” an East executive said. “The way Harden plays can benefit everyone on the floor, but it’s an adjustment for everyone on the floor. They seem really bought in and that’s a big part of the challenge.”
Harden quickly identified center Jarrett Allen and guard Sam Merrill as two players who can play off him effectively. Harden started throwing lobs to Allen almost instantly, and Merrill, who is used to working off the ball to generate space, has benefited from the gravity Harden creates, including scoring a career-high 32 points in Harden’s home debut earlier this month.
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Shams: Harden avoids surgery, plans to play through thumb fracture
Shams Charania joins “NBA Today” to report on James Harden’s right thumb fracture.
Harden has also connected with forward Dean Wade, praising his ability to guard every position at 6-foot-9. Wade has had success this season guarding smaller players, including several good performances against Brunson. Atkinson has moved Wade in and out of the starting lineup all season but is leaning toward making him work in a big starting lineup as at small forward. Atkinson is also considering lineups when Wade plays center with Allen and Evan Mobley on the bench.
And for all the changes the Cavaliers have made, they still must decide whether they’ll get enough stops with Harden, Donovan Mitchell and their current crop of wings against the best competition in the playoffs.
“I’m more encouraged by this version of the Cavs than a month ago,” the West executive said, “but they still have a glaring weakness on the perimeter defensively. If you’re banking on Max Strus and Dean Wade to be your defenders, you’re still dealing with the same problem: two guards, two bigs and defensive issues. But Harden is a big upgrade for this stretch run.”
If any team is capable of crashing the party at the top of the conference, many league insiders pointed to the 76ers, who are currently clinging to the sixth spot in the East, a half-game ahead of the Orlando Magic.
Between the combination of All-NBA guard Tyrese Maxey and former MVP center Joel Embiid, the 76ers have the top-end talent to be a significant threat in a playoff series. However, that relies heavily on their health, and there is no bigger if in the NBA than Embiid. Meanwhile, with Paul George suspended until late March, the 76ers’ roster is generally lacking in size outside of Embiid’s presence.
“They are the wild card to me,” the assistant coach said. “They could easily lose 4-0 in Round 1, but if they are healthy, Embiid and Maxey are hard matchups for any of these teams.”
The 76ers have beaten the Celtics and Knicks twice this season but are a combined 0-5 against the Cavaliers and Pistons.
“With the firepower they have, they deserve a mention,” the West executive said. “Maxey is awesome and I could see in a series he gets hot and Embiid has it going and it presents a big time mismatch. That’s a different element than anyone else has, and while they are a distant fifth, it’s why I also can’t totally rule them out.”
After the latest round of indirect talks brokered by Oman, held Thursday in Geneva, Iran’s top diplomat said there was some progress toward a new agreement on his country’s nuclear enrichment program, calling it “one of the most serious and longest rounds of talks” to date.
President Trump has threatened to attack Iran if no deal to rein in its nuclear program can be reached, and several outside experts told CBS News Thursday that the negotiations appear unlikely to yield an agreement both sides can live with, making an American attack likely, possibly soon.
The State Department did not mention Iran in its latest travel guidance on Friday, but said it was authorizing the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel and family members from Israel due to safety risks, noting that, “in response to security incidents and without advance notice, the U.S. Embassy may further restrict or prohibit U.S. government employees and their family members from traveling to certain areas of Israel, the Old City of Jerusalem, and the West Bank.”
“Persons may wish to consider leaving Israel while commercial flights are available,” the State Department said. Flights to and from Israeli and other regional airports are often halted when the risk of military action increases.
The entrance to an underground shelter at a bus station is seen in Tel Aviv, Israel, on June 21, 2025, amid fear of Iranian missile strikes during a 12-day war fought by the two countries.
Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance/Getty
U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, have led the negotiations with Iran on behalf of the Trump administration, and there was no readout from them or the White House on the discussions Thursday in Geneva.
While few outside analysts see much reason for optimism, Iran — and the Omanis, who are brokering the talks aimed at averting U.S. strikes that many believe could snowball into a wider regional conflict — tried to paint Thursday’s meetings as productive.
“Regarding some issues, there is now an understanding, and on others, it’s natural that we have differences,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who led his country’s delegation in Geneva. “However, there was perhaps more seriousness on both sides than before, with the aim of reaching a negotiated solution.”
“It was agreed that technical teams will start their work in Vienna on Monday to conduct technical reviews at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with the help of its experts, in order to develop a framework for addressing some technical issues,” Araghchi said, adding that following consultations by both negotiating teams back in their respective capitals, “we will have the fourth round of negotiations next week.”
A photo shared by the Omani Foreign Ministry shows Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi (left) meeting with U.S. special envoys Steve Witkoff, center, and Jared Kushner for Omani-brokered talks on Iran’s nuclear program, in Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 26, 2026.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Oman/Handout
Mr. Trump has said, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reiterated, that the president would prefer a negotiated solution to the standoff over Iran’s crippled nuclear program, which Rubio has accused Tehran of trying to rebuild in the wake of U.S. strikes in June last year that seriously damaged the country’s three primary enrichment facilities.
President Trump has not made clear whether he would accept a new agreement that curbs Iran’s nuclear program without addressing other U.S. grievances, most notably Iran’s stockpile of conventional ballistic missiles and its support for armed “proxy groups” in the region.
Vice President JD Vance told The Washington Post on Thursday that Mr. Trump was still considering military strikes “to ensure Iran isn’t going to get a nuclear weapon,” but that he also remained open to solving “the problem diplomatically.”
Vance downplayed warnings from many nations in the region, including some of America’s close partners in the Mideast, that any U.S. strike could lead to a war that draws in other nations – and one that cannot be quickly ended.
“The idea that we’re going to be in a Middle Eastern war for years with no end in sight — there is no chance that will happen,” Vance was quoted as saying by The Post.
When Mr. Trump ordered the strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities in June, joining Israel in attacking the country, Tehran responded by launching missiles at the biggest U.S. military base in the Middle East. Mr. Trump indicated that the retaliation had been telegraphed to the U.S. in advance, and the missiles were intercepted.
Iran had, 10 days earlier, fired a barrage of missiles at Israel in response to its attacks, including one that slipped through Israel’s sophisticated air defenses and landed in the heart of its capital, Tel Aviv.
While Israel inflicted serious damage on Iran’s ballistic missile capacity during the 12-day war in June, some outside observers believe Iran has restocked its arsenal and has hundreds of rockets capable of targeting Israel and American military assets in the region.
Ballistic missiles, air defense systems and unmanned aerial vehicles are displayed at Baharestan Square in Tehran as part of Iran’s “Sacred Defense Week,” in a Sept. 27, 2025 file photo.
Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu/Getty
On Thursday, retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, a CBS News contributor who served as national security adviser in the first Trump administration, predicted that the Trump administration would not find enough common ground with Iran’s hardline Islamic rulers to avert a new military clash.
“The ideology of the theocratic dictatorship and its permanent hostility to the United States and Israel will result in intransigence and an inability to make concessions on enrichment, the missile program, and support for terrorist organizations,” he said.
McMaster, who commanded U.S. forces in the Middle East during his career in the Army, said rather than another limited strike like June’s “Operation Midnight Hammer,” which just hit Iranian nuclear facilities, “I think that the opening campaign will be extensive, not a ‘signaling’ exercise. Iran will have very limited options to retaliate and expand the conflict due to U.S. extensive air defense, offensive counter-air, and long-range strike capabilities.”
Friday’s U.S. travel advisory update on Israel came as a long list of other countries issued similar warnings for their citizens to leave the country, and Iran.
Australia told dependents of its diplomats in Israel and neighboring Lebanon to leave those countries on Wednesday, with voluntary departures offered to dependents in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Jordan, as well, citing the “deteriorating security situation in the region.”
India, Brazil, Singapore and at least six European nations have, since mid-January, warned their citizens against travel to Iran and urged those in the country to leave, and China’s state-run media said Friday that Chinese nationals in Iran should also evacuate.
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Distant have revealed a handful of U.S. and Canadian tour routing for May 2026. The trek kicks off with a headlining show in Georgia before hitting Welcome To Rockville, and then it’s shows with either In Flames and Thrown or only Tracheotomy for the rest. Get those dates below and get your tickets here.
5/9 Savannah, GA Coastal Empire Beer Co 5/10 Daytona Beach, FL Welcome To Rockville 5/12 Milwaukee, WI The Rave 5/13 East Moline, IL The Rust Belt (w/ In Flames & Thrown) 5/14 Indianapolis, IN The Egyptian Room (w/ In Flames & Thrown) 5/15 London, ON London Music Hall (w/ In Flames & Thrown) 5/16 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom (w/ In Flames & Thrown) 5/17 Albany, NY Empire Underground (w/ Tracheotomy) 5/18 Richmond, VA Canal Club (w/ Tracheotomy) 5/19 Harrisburg, PA Capital City Hall (w/ Tracheotomy) 5/20 Chapel Hill, NC Local 506 (w/ Tracheotomy)
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