Iran retaliates after 9th night of U.S. attacks; gas returns to $4 a gallon

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Democracy Dies in Darkness

An intensifying cycle of violence has left at least three U.S. service members dead since the resumption of hostilities a week ago.

July 20, 2026 at 8:03 a.m. EDT7 minutes ago

Vehicles drive past a monument depicting the clenched fist of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strike on Feb. 28, in Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran on Sunday. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

Kuwait and Bahrain said they intercepted Iranian attacks Monday morning, in expanding cycle of violence that has left at least three U.S. service members dead since the resumption of hostilities a week ago. The attacks came hours after U.S. forces carried out a ninth night of strikes against Iran.