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10:50 AM ET, February 28, 2026

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New York Times:
Live Updates: U.S. and Israel Conduct Strikes on Iran  —  Large explosions were reported in Tehran, according to several residents, and air-raid sirens rang across Israel.  —  Here's the latest.  —  The United States and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday, according to American and Israeli officials …
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump announces ‘major combat operations’ in Iran  —  U.S. President Donald Trump has appealed to the Iranian people to “take over your government.”  —  The United States and Israel launched an attack Saturday on Iran, with the first apparent strike happening near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
New York Times:
Why Have You Started This War, Mr. President?  —  In his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised voters that he would end wars, not start them.  Over the past year, he has instead ordered military strikes in seven nations.  His appetite for military intervention grows with the eating.
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump's Enormous Gamble on Regime Change in Iran  —  A few paths to success, many to failure  —  The United States has gone to war against Iran.  America has only one ally—Israel—in this operation (the Arab states of the Gulf, who fear the Iranian regime, are targets of Iran …
Washington Post:
Trump: ‘Freedom’ for Iran is goal of ‘major military operation’  —  The president spoke to The Washington Post early Saturday after announcing that the U.S. had begun striking Iran to bring about regime change.  —  President Donald Trump told The Washington Post early Saturday that his main concern is …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S., Israel Strike Iran: Live Updates  —  The strikes target military assets to blunt Iran's ability to respond  —  The U.S. and Israel said they launched an attack on Iran on Saturday, a joint operation that risks a wider regional conflict in one of the most economically sensitive parts of the world.
Abbie Cheeseman / Washington Post:
U.S. and Israel launch attack on Iran as Trump calls for regime change  —  The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, as President Donald Trump announced “major combat operations” on Saturday, vowing to decimate Tehran's military and fuel a change in government.
Associated Press:
Israel launches attack on Iran's capital with US help as tensions high over nuclear talks  —  Israel launched a daylight attack Saturday on Iran's capital, with a cloud of smoke rising from the city's downtown.  The first apparent strike happened near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Alexandra Koch / Fox News:
US, Israel launch attack on Iran as Trump announces ‘major combat operations’  —  The United States and Israel launched a massive coordinated military offensive targeting Iran known as “Operation Epic Fury.”  President Donald Trump had warned of possible U.S. intervention in response …
BBC:
US and Israel carry out joint attack on Iran as Tehran launches retaliatory strikes  —  Summary  — US and Israel launch an attack on Iran, as President Donald Trump confirms “major combat operations” are under way and calls for a regime change  — The Israel Defense Forces …
Reuters:
Senior IRGC, regime officials killed in Israel-US strikes on Iran, source says  —  Trump confirms US operation in Iran, tells IRGC to lay down arms  • Blasts heard in Tehran as Khamenei moved to ‘secure location’  • Netanyahu says objective to end Ayatollah's regime
Paul Musgrave / Systematic Hatreds:
An Unpopular, Doomed, Bloody War
Discussion: THE FARCE
Maïa de la Baume / Euronews:
Europe reacts to US and Israeli attack on Iran as military operation spills into wider region
Discussion: New York Sun, abc7NY and El País
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
‘Acts of war unauthorized by Congress’: Trump's congressional critics denounce Iran strikes
Fox News:
Fetterman praises Operation Epic Fury: Trump is 'willing to do what's right'
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Mediaite
New York Times:
Chaos and Panic Grip Tehran as Airstrikes Shake City
Discussion: Al Jazeera and France 24
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New York Times:
Silicon Valley Rallies Behind Anthropic in A.I. Clash With Trump
Cade Metz / New York Times:
OpenAI Reaches A.I. Agreement With Defense Dept. After Anthropic Clash
Maria Curi / Axios:
Anthropic to take Trump's Pentagon to court over AI dispute
Doug Bock Clark / ProPublica:
Trump Officials Attended a Summit of Election Deniers Who Want the President to Take Over the Midterms  —  The meeting's participants included Kurt Olsen, a White House lawyer charged with reinvestigating the 2020 election, and Heather Honey, the Department of Homeland Security official in charge of election integrity.
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Democracy Docket:
Read the draft emergency executive order for Trump to take control of elections
Discussion: The Contrarian and PBS NewsHour
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Hegseth cancels troop attendance at top-ranked schools  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the cancellation of members of the military attending some of the country's top-ranked colleges and universities on Friday, beginning academic year 2026-2027, arguing the schools are teaching the …
Wall Street Journal:
Classified Report Finds Kristi Noem Created Security Vulnerabilities at Airports  —  Noem's handling of issue related to allowing travelers to keep shoes on at checkpoints fits pattern of incidents that have alarmed some national-security officials  —  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem …
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Voting rights groups sue Georgia for refusing to release voter purge records  —  Pro-voting groups sued Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) for refusing to turn over key records related to his office's sweeping 2025 voter roll purge — a purge that canceled nearly 471,000 registrations, about 6% of the state's voters.
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Kash Patel's Girlfriend Seeks Fame and Fortune, Escorted by an F.B.I. SWAT Team  —  Former F.B.I. officials say Mr. Patel beefed up field office staffing near his girlfriend in Nashville and ordered a team to ferry her on errands and to events.  —  You may never have heard of Alexis Wilkins …
NBC News:
Trump told FBI Director Kash Patel he didn't like his Olympics hijinks  —  Trump told Patel directly that he wasn't pleased about his viral locker-room partying with the U.S. men's hockey team, as well as his use of a government jet to travel to Italy.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE
Discussion: The Hill, DNYUZ and Raw Story
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Scoop: Noem burning deportation cash on luxury jets … Soon it could have three.  — “This is the world's worst deal to buy an aircraft,” a senior administration official told Axios when granted anonymity to discuss internal matters.  — “This is an abuse,” the official said, calling it a misuse of federal money.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
KAMALA HARRIS MAKES LAST-MINUTE PITCH FOR JASMINE CROCKETT WITH ROBOCALL  —  HTML PLAIN TEXT  —  Former Vice President Kamala Harris has recorded a robocall for U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett to turn out voters for the Dallas congresswoman in Tuesday's hard-fought Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.
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