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2:00 PM 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.
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.
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 …
France 24:
US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says  —  At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday.  Washington has not commented on the reported strike.
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 …
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.
Al Jazeera:
Israel strikes two schools in Iran, killing more than 80 people  —  State media says Israeli attack on girls' school in the city of Minab in the south of the country kills dozens.  —  An Israeli strike has hit an elementary girls' school in Minab, a city in the Hormozgan province of southern Iran …
Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story and GV Wire
Associated Press:
Read President Trump's statement on Iran in full  —  U.S. President Donald Trump said in an 8-minute video posted on his Truth Social platform that the U.S. has begun “major combat operations in Iran.”  He claimed Iran has continued to develop its nuclear program and plans to develop missiles …
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 …
Erin Banco / Reuters:
Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say  —  In the run-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Saturday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Ahead of strikes, Trump was told Iran attack is high risk, high reward  —  Ahead of the U.S. attack on Iran, President Donald Trump received briefings that not only delivered blunt assessments about the risk of major U.S. casualties but also touted the prospect of a generational shift …
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 …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Trump's case for the Iran war makes no sense  —  Early Saturday, the United States launched an open-ended war on Iran.  And nobody really knows why.  —  For the past several weeks, the United States has been amassing forces in the area — with an estimated 40 to 50 percent of its entire deployable air fleet in the region.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S., Israel Strike Iran: Live Updates
Associated Press:
Israel launches attack on Iran's capital with US help as tensions high over nuclear talks
Reuters:
Senior IRGC, regime officials killed in Israel-US strikes on Iran, source says
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
‘Acts of war unauthorized by Congress’: Trump's congressional critics denounce Iran strikes
Paul Musgrave / Systematic Hatreds:
An Unpopular, Doomed, Bloody War
New York Times:
Chaos and Panic Grip Tehran as Airstrikes Shake City
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Reuters:   Trump's Iran strikes mark his biggest foreign policy gamble
The Atlantic:
War With Iran Has Begun. Where Does It End?
Middle East Eye:
US and Israeli attack on Iran: At least 85 girls killed in strike on school
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Bloomberg:
China Calls For Immediate Ceasefire After US, Israel Bomb Iran
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.
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Prerogative Powers and Presidential Self Care  —  Another observation on Trump's attack on Iran.  Each of these regime attacks clearly emboldens him.  To him, the Venezuelan adventure went great.  Where was the blowback — in terms he recognizes?  So why not do it again?
 
 
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