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11:00 PM ET, February 28, 2026

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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.
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David Gilbert / Wired:
X Is Drowning in Disinformation Following US and Israel's Attack on Iran  —  WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.  —  Minutes after Donald Trump announced that the US and Israeli governments had launched a …
NBC News:
Live updates: U.S. and Israel launch major attack on Iran  —  President Donald Trump urged Iranians to “take over your government” when the strikes are over.  Tehran responded by targeting American bases and other targets throughout the region.  —  ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE  —  What to know
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump Has No Plan for the Iranian People  —  The mere act of bombing Iran will not by itself create a stable regime.  —  The American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without even an attempt to build public support.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Trump starts a war with Iran that few Americans support  —  This is a special early version of my weekly Sunday roundup of new political data published over the last seven days.  —  The United States and Israel launched a new round of military strikes against Iran on Saturday, Feb. 28 …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump floats “off ramps” after attacking Iran  —  President Trump told Axios on Saturday that he has several “off ramps” from Operation Epic Fury, the extraordinary U.S. military campaign against Iran that he launched early Saturday morning.
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.
Washington Post:
Push from Saudis, Israel helped move Trump to attack Iran  —  U.S. intelligence assessments saw no imminent threat, but regional allies argued now was the time to strike.  —  President Donald Trump launched Saturday's wide-ranging attack on Iran after a weeks-long lobbying effort …
Discussion: Raw Story, Bloomberg and The Atlantic
Max Boot / Washington Post:
There is no reason to think this war with Iran is necessary  —  Trump criticized the Iraq War.  Now he's making the same mistakes.  —  My big takeaway from the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq — which I deeply regret having supported — is that the United States should go to war only when it has to.
The Atlantic:
‘The Worst-Case Outcome Is Complete Chaos’  —  Killing the Supreme Leader was one thing.  Ousting the regime will be another.  —  In the final hours before U.S. warplanes bombarded Iran today, President Trump wanted to go over the plan one last time.  He called the top U.S. military commander …
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 …
Tim Balk / New York Times:
Trump's Decision to Strike Iran Opens New Fissures in Midterms
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and Fargo | KFGO
Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg:
Polymarket Iran Bets Hit $529 Million as New Wallets Draw Notice
Eva Hartog / Politico:
Putin's friendship has limits — as Iran just found out
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:   Why Attack Iran?  —  Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption  —  How do understand the war with Iran?
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Reluctant MAGA demands swift results from Trump in Iran
Reuters:
Exclusive: Ahead of strikes, Trump was told Iran attack is high risk, high reward
Al Jazeera:
Israel strikes two schools in Iran, killing more than 80 people
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump's Enormous Gamble on Regime Change in Iran
NBC News:
Full interview: Iranian foreign minister reacts to U.S. and Israeli strikes in Iran
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Trump's Reckless Decision to Pursue Regime Change in Iran
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times, Axios and DNYUZ
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The incoherence at the heart of Trump's latest, biggest war
Discussion: The Hill
Najmeh Bozorgmehr / Financial Times:
Strike on Iranian primary school kills 108, authorities say
Discussion: DNYUZ, Truthout and Raw Story
Fox News:
Anti-US protesters funded by pro-China tycoon mobilize as first bombs fall on Iran
Discussion: RedState, Washington Times and HotAir
Bartosz Brzeziński / Politico:   Poland says it had advance knowledge of US-Israel strikes on Iran
Niall Ferguson / The Free Press:
Khamenei Joins Saddam in Hell, but Iran 2026 Is Not Iraq 2003
Discussion: Reason, The Moderate Voice and WFMD AM
Reuters:
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed, senior Israeli official says
Clarissa-Jan Lim / MS NOW:
Iran confirms supreme leader killed in strikes by U.S. and Israel
BBC:
Luxury Dubai hotel hit as Iran launches retaliatory strikes across region  —  A luxury hotel in Dubai was hit as Iran launched strikes across the region in retaliation for a “massive” and ongoing attack against it by the US and Israel.  —  Video verified by the BBC shows a fire raging at Fairmont The Palm Hotel.
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The Guardian:
Explosions rock Bahrain, Dubai, Jordan and Kuwait as war spreads across Middle East
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 …
TMZ.com:
4 Guys Near White House Bragging in Bar About Iran Bombing Hours Before It Started  —  IRAN BOMBING 4 GUYS NEAR WHITE HOUSE BRAGGING HOURS BEFORE STRIKE ... IT WAS COMING … A group at a Washington D.C. restaurant was talking openly in the bar area Friday afternoon about a national secret …
Discussion: Commentary Magazine
Michael Wriston / Project Salt Box:
ICE Moves Minneapolis Fleet to Williamsport Detention Warehouse  —  As ICE builds out a detention infrastructure across the mid-Atlantic, equipment from its Minneapolis operation is heading to Maryland.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement is transporting approximately 100 vehicles …
 
 
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