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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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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:
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Le Monde and TheJournal.ie
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 …
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
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 and GV Wire
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.
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 …
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 …
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Hegseth Cuts Ties With Yale, Georgetown and Other Top Universities  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he was banning attendance at Yale, Princeton, Brown and other elite colleges and think tanks, accusing them of indoctrinating service members with liberal ideologies.
Discussion: Task & Purpose, DNYUZ and CBS News
Associated Press:
Israel launches attack on Iran's capital with US help as tensions high over nuclear talks
Wall Street Journal:
U.S., Israel Strike Iran: Live Updates
Paul Musgrave / Systematic Hatreds:
An Unpopular, Doomed, Bloody War
Politico:
Mamdani blasts Trump administration's ‘catastrophic’ and ‘illegal’ strikes in Iran
Discussion: Mediaite and Blaze Media
Stars & Stripes:
Counterstrikes continue at US Navy base in Bahrain; residential buildings off base attacked
New York Times:
Chaos and Panic Grip Tehran as Airstrikes Shake City
Discussion: Al Jazeera
NBC News:
Democrats and a few Republicans say they'll force a vote to limit Trump in Iran
The Atlantic:
War With Iran Has Begun. Where Does It End?
Reuters:
UN Security Council to meet on Saturday on Iran conflict
Discussion: The Daily Beast, BBC and Breitbart
Reuters:   Trump's Iran strikes mark his biggest foreign policy gamble
Jonathan Wolfe / New York Times:
Here's What World Leaders Are Saying About the U.S.-Led Attack on Iran
Middle East Eye:
US and Israeli attack on Iran: At least 85 girls killed in strike on school
Discussion: The Guardian and The Daily Caller
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 …
Discussion: DNYUZ
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.
Discussion: Straight Arrow News
 
 
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