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New York Times:
U.S. Deploys B-2 Bombers as Trump Plans to Meet National Security Team — President Trump announced the United States had struck Fordo, Iran's heavily fortified nuclear facilities, as well as two other sites. — Here are the latest developments. — The United States has entered Israel's war against Iran.
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Politico:
MAGA largely falls in line on Trump's Iran strikes — Meanwhile, Democrats challenged the constitutionality of the president's actions. — President Donald Trump's sudden announcement Saturday night that he bombed three Iranian nuclear sites has skeptics of U.S. military action against Iran largely falling in line.
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Robert Kagan / The Atlantic:
American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran — The United States is well down the road to dictatorship. Imagine what Trump would do with a state of war. — The current debate over bombing Iran is surreal. To begin with, bombardment is unlikely to lead to a satisfactory outcome.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Israel seeks swift action on Iran, sources say, with a split U.S. administration — Israeli officials have told the Trump administration they do not want to wait two weeks for Iran to reach a deal to dismantle key parts of its nuclear program and Israel could act alone before the deadline is up …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Some lawmakers in both parties question the legality of Trump's Iran strikes — Multiple Republicans and Democrats raised constitutional concerns about Trump acting without approval by Congress. But GOP leaders offered support for his move. — WASHINGTON — Several members of Congress …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Trump faces bipartisan blowback in Congress on Iran strikes — While most congressional Republicans and some pro-Israel Democrats are praising President Trump's strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, pockets of opposition are already emerging in both parties.
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Associated Press:
Diplomatic breakthrough elusive as Israel-Iran war stretches into second week — President Donald Trump said Saturday that the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel 's effort to decapitate the country's nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. strikes Iran's nuclear facilities — The U.S. military conducted air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan on Sunday morning local time, President Trump announced on Truth Social. — Why it matters: Trump's decision to intervene directly in support …
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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Leaders of House, Senate briefed on attacks — Julie Tsirkin and Melanie Zanona — House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., were briefed on the U.S. attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, their offices tell NBC News. — Trump says bombs dropped on 3 nuclear sites in Iran
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Fox News:
B-2 stealth bombers appear to be on the move hours before Trump expected at White House — America's unique bunker-buster bombs could target Iran's heavily fortified nuclear facility — Six B-2 stealth bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri appear to be en route to a U.S. Air Force base in Guam …
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Reuters:
B-2 bombers moving to Guam amid Middle East tensions, US officials say — The United States is moving B-2 bombers to the Pacific island of Guam, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Saturday, as President Donald Trump weighs whether the United States should take part in Israel's strikes against Iran.
Bloomberg:
Trump's ‘Two Weeks’ Pause on Iran Strikes Comes With High Stakes
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New York Times:
U.S. Military Is Pulled Back Into Middle East Wars
U.S. Military Is Pulled Back Into Middle East Wars
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Top Democrats left in dark on Iran strike plans
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
21 thoughts on Trump's war with Iran
21 thoughts on Trump's war with Iran
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Felicia Schwartz / Politico:
US bombed 3 Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says
US bombed 3 Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says
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Amalia Huot-Marchand / The Hill:
Republican lawmaker on U.S. bombs against Iran: ‘This is not constitutional’
Republican lawmaker on U.S. bombs against Iran: ‘This is not constitutional’
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's backchannel to Iran failed after supreme leader went dark
Scoop: Trump's backchannel to Iran failed after supreme leader went dark
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NBC News:
U.S. strikes Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says
U.S. strikes Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says
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Washington Post:
U.S. warplanes strike three Iranian nuclear sites in sweeping attack
U.S. warplanes strike three Iranian nuclear sites in sweeping attack
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Washington Post:
B-2 bombers head west over Pacific, U.S. official says, as Trump weighs U.S. involvement in Iran strike
B-2 bombers head west over Pacific, U.S. official says, as Trump weighs U.S. involvement in Iran strike
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Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Trump and GOP's tax bill would sell off USPS's brand-new EVs — Postal Service officials told lawmakers the proposal would cause “substantial harm” to “our customers, your constituents.” — A little-noticed provision of President Donald Trump and Republicans' massive tax and immigration legislation …
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Valerie Gonzalez / Associated Press:
New insight into Texas family detention reveals adults fighting kids for clean water — Adults fighting kids for clean water, despondent toddlers and a child with swollen feet denied a medical exam — these first-hand accounts from immigrant families at detention centers included in a motion filed …
Washington Post:
Abandoned by Trump, a farmer and a migrant search for a better future — For this story, John Woodrow Cox interviewed more than 40 farmers across the country. He and photographer Matt McClain reported from Colorado while Sarah Blaskey talked to more than two dozen employees …
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Jim Vertuno / Associated Press:
New Texas law will require Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom — Texas will require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a new law that will make the state the nation's largest to attempt to impose such a mandate.
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Michela Moscufo / The Guardian:
Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’ — When the extent of the university's involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired
Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Health care workers on alert for ICE raids in hospitals — President Trump's whittling away of protected places for immigrants has fueled fears among health care workers that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will arrest patients in or around hospitals.
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award. — The University of Florida student won an academic honor after he argued in a paper that the Constitution applies only to white people. From there, the situation spiraled.
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