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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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The Atlantic:
Trump's Two-Week Window for Diplomacy Was a Smoke Screen  —  Well, he did it.  He actually did it.  —  President Donald Trump had insisted for months that he wanted the ultimate deal with Iran, one that would put a definitive end to the country's ability to produce a nuclear weapon.
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The United States Bombed Iran.  What Comes Next?  —  President Donald Trump has done what he swore he would not do: involve the United States in a war in the Middle East.  His supporters will tie themselves in knots (as Vice President J. D. Vance did last week) trying to jam the square peg …
Discussion: ABC News, New York Times and Breitbart
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Dispatch
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 …
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.
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.
New York Times:
U.S. Military Is Pulled Back Into Middle East Wars  —  The strikes on Iran ushered in a period of high alert as the Pentagon braced for almost-certain retaliation against American forces in the region.  —  The U.S. strikes on nuclear sites in Iran are an extraordinary turn for a military …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Daily Mail
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 …
Associated Press:
US intervenes in war between Israel and Iran, striking 3 Iranian nuclear sites  —  Israel's Airport Authority announced Sunday it was closing the country's airspace to both inbound and outbound flights in the wake of the U.S. attacks on Iranian nuclear sites.
Felicia Schwartz / Politico:
US bombed 3 Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Leaders of House, Senate briefed on attacks
Catherine Lucey / Bloomberg:
Trump Makes Dramatic About-Face With Plunge Into Middle East War
NBC News:
U.S. strikes Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
21 thoughts on Trump's war with Iran
Discussion: Breitbart and Informed Comment
David E. Sanger / New York Times:   With Military Strike His Predecessors Avoided, Trump Takes a Huge Gamble
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Top Democrats left in dark on Iran strike plans
Rolling Stone:
Trump Announces U.S. Dropped ‘Payload of Bombs’ on Iran via Truth Social
Reuters:
B-2 bombers moving to Guam amid Middle East tensions, US officials say
Washington Post:
U.S. warplanes strike three Iranian nuclear sites in sweeping attack
Bloomberg:
Trump's ‘Two Weeks’ Pause on Iran Strikes Comes With High Stakes
Discussion: New York Times
Associated Press:
Transcript of Trump's speech on US strikes on Iran
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's backchannel to Iran failed after supreme leader went dark
ABC News:
MAGA star Steve Bannon plays outsized role in Trump's Iran decision: Sources
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
GOP's food stamp plan is found to violate Senate rules.  It's the latest setback for Trump's big bill  —  In another blow to the Republicans' tax and spending cut bill, the Senate parliamentarian has advised that a proposal to shift some food stamps costs from the federal government to states …
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Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Trump and GOP's tax bill would sell off USPS's brand-new EVs
Discussion: RedState and NewsMax.com
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 …
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘They quit after a few hours’: Farmers admit they can't find American workers  —  In interviews with the Washington Post, multiple farmers expressed their dismay with the loss of farm workers under Donald Trump's harsh immigration policies and his administration's waffling on subsidies.
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Washington Post:   Abandoned by Trump, a farmer and a migrant search for a better future
Washington Post:
After Virginia elections, governor's race begins a new phase  —  The newly formed Democratic ticket for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general kicked off a joint bus tour while Republicans stump separately.  —  RICHMOND — Virginia's election season kicked into high gear Saturday …
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
 
 
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