U.S. defense officials said a bomb 15 years in the making was used to target Iran’s underground Fordo nuclear facility. While the Pentagon claims the strikes caused “severe damage,” citing classified CIA assessments, it has provided no evidence of specific damage. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei made his first public comments since a ceasefire was reached with Israel after 12 days of war. The number of Americans age 65 and older grew more than 3% last year, according to new U.S. Census data.