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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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Axios:
ISRAEL SAYS IRAN SUPREME LEADER KHAMENEI IS DEAD … - An Israeli official confirmed to Axios that Khamenei is dead, according to Israeli intelligence. … His death is a massive blow to the regime and could accelerate its collapse, which U.S. and Israeli officials have stated as a goal of their operation.
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump floats “off ramps” after attacking Iran
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Trump's case for the Iran war makes no sense
Discussion: Editorial Board
Associated Press:
Israel launches attack on Iran's capital with US help as tensions high over nuclear talks
Ruth Igielnik / New York Times:
Only 21% of Americans Support the United States Initiating an Attack on Iran
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Reporter
Paul Musgrave / Systematic Hatreds:
An Unpopular, Doomed, Bloody War
Discussion: THE FARCE and New York Times
New York Times:
Chaos and Panic Grip Tehran as Airstrikes Shake City
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Fox News:
Fetterman praises Operation Epic Fury: Trump is 'willing to do what's right'
Politico:
Mamdani blasts Trump administration's ‘catastrophic’ and ‘illegal’ strikes in Iran
Discussion: Mediaite and Blaze Media
Politico:
Congress rushes to get in the loop as critics denounce Iran strikes
NBC News:
Democrats and a few Republicans say they'll force a vote to limit Trump in Iran
Maïa de la Baume / Euronews:
Europe reacts to US and Israeli attack on Iran as military operation spills into wider region
The Atlantic:
War With Iran Has Begun. Where Does It End?
Reuters:   Trump's Iran strikes mark his biggest foreign policy gamble
Reuters:
Live: Khamenei's body has been found and he is confirmed dead, Israeli official says  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there were many signs indicating Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “is no longer”, without explicitly confirming his death.
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Alexandra Koch / Fox News:
US, Israel launch attack on Iran as Trump announces ‘major combat operations’
NBC News:
Full interview: Iranian foreign minister reacts to U.S. and Israeli strikes in Iran
Reuters:
UN Security Council to meet on Saturday on Iran conflict
Discussion: The Hill, BBC and Breitbart
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’  —  A small stable of doctors gave V.I.P. medical services to the sex offender and the women around him.  Some doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession.  —  A plastic surgeon from Mount Sinai closed …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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.
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