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Nikki Schwab / Daily Mail:
Trump breaks silence on US troops killed in Iran war as president gives bleak warning to the Daily Mail: ‘It could happen again’  —  President Donald Trump broke his silence Sunday on the first US casualties of the Iran war in an exclusive phone interview with the Daily Mail.
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New York Times:
Trump Says War Could Last Weeks and Offers Contradictory Visions of New Regime  —  In a brief interview, he said the country's hardened military should simply surrender their weapons to the Iranian public.  —  President Trump said on Sunday that the U.S. military intends to sustain its assault on Iran for …
Michael Scherer / The Atlantic:
‘I Have Agreed to Talk’  —  Trump tells The Atlantic that Iranian leaders want to resume negotiations.  —  One day after launching strikes on Iran that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and embroiled the region in war, President Trump told me this morning that the country's new leadership wants to talk with him and that he plans to do so.
Associated Press:
Iran vows revenge after the killing of its top leader and trades strikes with Israel in widening war  —  Iran vowed revenge Sunday after the killing of its supreme leader and traded strikes with Israel as part of a widening war prompted by a surprise U.S. and Israeli bombardment a day earlier.
Reuters:
Live Updates: Iran Retaliates Against Israel and U.S. Allies  —  Three American service members were killed in action, the Pentagon said.  At least nine people were killed in a small Israeli city near Jerusalem, as the United States and Israel renewed deadly attacks on Iran.  —  Tehran
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Trump Parties With Millionaires as American Troops Die  —  AS THE WORLD BURNS  —  Millionaires, Republican Party elites and big-spending donors were at Mar-a-Lago to party while Trump's war raged across at least 10 countries.  —  President Trump hosted yet another glitzy fundraiser at Mar …
Discussion: CNN, RADAR, Fox News, The Daily Wire and Newsweek
New York Times:
Stakes Quickly Rise for U.S. in War, With 3 Service Members Killed  —  The grim toll signaled that Iran was more prepared for war than the Trump administration anticipated, U.S. military officials said.  —  Iran struck a base housing American troops in Kuwait, killing three U.S. service members …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump warns more U.S. troops will “likely” die in Iran attacks  —  President Trump presented on Sunday his case for going to war with Iran and toppling the current regime — and warned more U.S. soldiers will likely die before the operation ends. … - Trump touted the elimination of Iran's supreme leader …
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Iran's soccer president casts doubt on World Cup participation following strikes … President Donald Trump, who received the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize last year ahead of the U.S. co-hosting this summer's World Cup, said Sunday he expects fighting in Iran to continue for potentially four more weeks.
Discussion: Politico, WWL-TV and Fox News
Tim Kaine / Wall Street Journal:
An Unwise and Unconstitutional Attack on Iran
Discussion: The Hill, NewsMax.com and The Intercept
Associated Press:
Live updates: Israel hits Tehran as Iran's counterattacks widen after the supreme leader was killed
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump Stays Out of Public View After U.S. Launches Military Assault on Iran
Vivian Salama / The Atlantic:   All Eyes on Cuba  —  Trump's campaign to take out long-standing U.S. irritants looks back to the Caribbean.
NBC News:
Trump says ‘we expect casualties’ after Iran strikes but 'in the end it's going to be a great deal for the world'
Ghoncheh Habibiazad / BBC:
At least 153 dead after reported strike on school, Iran says
J.D. Simkins / Military Times:
3 US troops killed, 5 seriously wounded in actions against Iran
Associated Press:
At least 10 killed in Pakistan as protesters try to storm US Consulate over Khamenei's death
Ilya Somin / The UnPopulist:
Trump's Unauthorized Strikes on Iran Take America's Imperial Presidency to New Heights
Discussion: Reason
Washington Post:
3 U.S. service members killed in Iran operation, military says; Tehran vows to avenge Khamenei
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
NEW: Iranians Announce Khamenei's Heir Eliminated; New Leaders Want Trump Talk?
Discussion: CNN
Laura Sather / KVUE-TV:
FBI investigating ‘potential nexus to terrorism’ in 6th Street shooting that left two dead, 14 injured |  Shooter also killed  —  The Austin Police Department says 3 people are dead, including the suspect, and 14 were injured after a shooting just before 2 a.m. The FBI is also involved.
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3 dead, 14 injured in Sixth Street mass shooting; FBI investigating potential terrorism
Discussion: Breitbart and TMZ.com
New York Post:
Austin bar mass shooter possibly motivated by Iran attacks, Quran found in car as FBI eyes terrorism after 2 killed, 14 injured
Nicole Cobler / Axios:
FBI investigating Austin mass shooting as potential terrorism
Olivier Uyttebrouck / Albuquerque Journal:
Feds asked New Mexico to halt its Epstein probe  —  Former AG Balderas: Cooperation between state and federal investigators was ‘one-way’  —  Federal prosecutors in 2019 asked New Mexico officials to halt their investigation into sex trafficking activities at Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch …
Discussion: New York Times
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New York Times:
Epstein's New Mexico Ranch Gets Scrutiny at Last.  It May Be Too Late.  —  Heinous allegations have prompted state officials to restart an inquiry, which went cold in 2019, into the convicted sex offender's lesser-known property.  —  One of Jeffrey Epstein's most secretive and least scrutinized former properties is not an island.
Reuters:
Oil jumps 10% on Iran conflict and could spike to $100 a barrel, analysts say  —  Brent crude jumped 10% to about $80 a barrel over the counter on Sunday, oil traders said, while analysts predicted that prices could climb as high as $100 after U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran plunged the Middle East into a new war.
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Just one in four Americans support US strikes on Iran, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  Only one in four Americans approves of the U.S. strikes that killed Iran's leader on Saturday, while about half — including one in four Republicans — believe President Donald Trump is too willing to use military force …
Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
Judges describe threats amid Trump's attacks on judiciary  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Federal District Judge John Coughenour was unprepared for what happened after he temporarily blocked President Trump's birthright citizenship executive order last year and called it “blatantly unconstitutional.”
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Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
Federal judges who've ruled against Trump administration denounce threats against themselves, their families
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
How Talks Between Anthropic and the Defense Dept. Fell Apart  —  The Pentagon and Anthropic were close to agreeing on the use of artificial intelligence.  But strong personalities, mutual dislike and a rival company unraveled a deal.  —  Minutes before a 5:01 p.m. deadline on Friday …
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Kash Patel Is Testing FBI Norms  —  Olympic partying is latest break from generations of reserved bureau directors  —  WASHINGTON—Since J. Edgar Hoover took the reins a century ago, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has sought to present itself as the Ivy League of law enforcement …
Discussion: RADAR
 
 
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