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10:50 AM ET, April 7, 2026

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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Warns Iran ‘Whole Civilization Will Die’  —  President Trump has given a deadline of 8 p.m. ET for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.  The U.S. conducted more than 50 strikes on military targets on Iran's Kharg Island.  —  President Trump threatened to wipe out the entirety …
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NBC News:
Live updates: U.S. strikes Kharg Island, official says; Trump warns ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ if Iran doesn't make a deal  —  The president has threatened massive U.S. attacks on civilian infrastructure and brushed off concerns about possible war crimes ahead of his 8 p.m. ET deadline.
Politico:
Pentagon's new plans in Iran give Trump a way out of war crime accusations … Trump on Monday threatened a situation “where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12:00 tomorrow night, where every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding and never to be used again.”
Wall Street Journal:
Some Republicans Set Their Own Deadline on Iran War.  It's Getting Close.  —  Lawmakers point to law requiring approval by Congress after 60 days of fighting, as Trump mulls major escalation  —  WASHINGTON—As President Trump threatens a major escalation in Iran by a Tuesday night deadline …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jeffrey Lord / The American Spectator:
Trump: A Real Commander-in-Chief  —  Two pilots rescued from Iran.  —  hey are not going to have a nuclear weapon ... We're never going to let Iran have a nuclear weapon.  So spoke President Donald Trump at a Monday presser after it was revealed that the United States military had rescued two downed American soldiers.
Discussion: Middle East Monitor
Axios:
Trump's tipping point: Destroy Iran's infrastructure or give talks a chance  —  President Trump faces a momentous decision on a tight timeline: carry out his threat to obliterate Iran's infrastructure beginning at 8pm ET, or push his own deadline again to give negotiations a chance.
Washington Post:
U.S. strikes Iran's Kharg Island as Trump warns ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’  —  The president had issued a deadline of 8 p.m. Eastern time for Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz, pledging destruction by midnight if leaders don't comply.  —  Twelve hours before his deadline …
Discussion: NBC News, Bloomberg, NewsMax.com and UPI
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump says ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ ahead of deadline for Iran
The Bulwark:   The Other Thing Trump's Dying to Break
Associated Press:
Iran calls for human chains to protect power plants as Trump's deadline nears
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump threatens ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ ahead of Iran deadline
Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:   How the media should cover this deranged president
Bloomberg:
Traders Brace for Trump's Iran Deadline as Frustration Grows
Discussion: Reuters
Jakub Krupa / The Guardian:
Vance accuses EU of ‘foreign interference’ in upcoming Hungarian election while endorsing Orbán - Europe live  —  US vice-president claims ‘the bureaucrats in Brussels have tried to destroy the economy of Hungary’  —  JD Vance criticises alleged EU interference in Hungarian elections …
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George Grylls / The Times:
The man who watches Trump all day, every day  —  Aaron Rupar spends up to 80 hours a week following the US president, from meandering speeches to impromptu press conferences.  He says it's ‘pretty bleak’  —  The psychological demands of Aaron Rupar's work are immense.
Discussion: twitchy.com
BBC:
Wireless Festival cancelled after Kanye West blocked from coming to UK  —  Wireless Festival has been cancelled after headliner Kanye West was blocked from coming to the UK.  —  The government refused permission for West to travel to the UK after a backlash to his planned set at the London festival this summer.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
What to Watch in the Election to Succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia  —  Clay Fuller, a Republican allied with President Trump, will face Shawn Harris, a Democrat, in the election to fill the remainder of Ms. Greene's term after her resignation from Congress.
Victor Nava / New York Post:
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin plans to ‘take a hard look’ at international airports in sanctuary cities  —  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin suggested Monday that the Trump administration could take action against international airports in sanctuary cities that refuse …
AFP / Al Jazeera:
Synagogue in Tehran ‘completely destroyed’ in US-Israeli attack  —  Synagogue hit after attack on adjacent residential building, Mehr news agency reports.  —  Add Al Jazeera on Google  —  United States-Israeli strikes have “completely destroyed” a synagogue in Tehran, according to Iranian media …
Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
Wisconsin town revolts against a Trump-backed data center project … The vote comes as companies descend on Middle America to build the data centers, which are major priorities for the White House and the U.S. tech sector but the object of scorn for roughly 3 in 10 U.S. voters who …
Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
The $97 Million Utah Warehouse ICE Bought for $145 Million  —  Trump wants industrial-size immigration jails, and money is no obstacle.  —  The empty warehouse on the outskirts of Salt Lake City had a lot of potential but no buyers.  Built in 2022, it was one of the largest warehouses in the area …
Paul Krugman:
Our Darkest Hour  —  The civilization we destroy may be our own  —  This is America's darkest hour.  —  Hi, Paul Krugman with an update Tuesday morning.  Earlier today, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, … Not going to be a problem if we ever do get the war crimes trial that all of this deserves.
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Allies Fear They Are Tied to an Erratic U.S. and Now Have Nowhere to Turn  —  Friendly countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East are frustrated with President Trump but also reliant on the U.S. for their security  —  Crowning a year of disputes with the Trump administration over trade tariffs …
Discussion: Politico and Semafor
Lloyd J. Austin III / New York Times:
Now We Know What a Modern War Looks Like  —  Throughout my 41 years in the United States Army and my four years as the secretary of defense, I routinely held after-action reviews.  Our military never stops learning and never stops asking: What worked, what didn't, and how do we get better?
David Bauder / Associated Press:
AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history  —  The Associated Press, one of the world's oldest and most influential news organizations, said Monday it is offering buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away …
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
The Left Is Baffled—but Still Repulsed—by the White Working Class … After failing to win Congress and the presidency in 2024, the Democrats conducted an internal postmortem of what went wrong.  While they predictably did not divulge the full results, everyone knew what they had found.
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
The Internet Is Bigger Than Hasan Piker  —  Never miss an article!  —  If the year ends in a number from zero to nine, then Democrats are going to fight among themselves about what shows it's OK to go on.  —  In 2019, the Democratic National Committee refused to let Fox News host …
Samuel Benson / Politico:
Utah Republicans are furious about their new congressional map.  They blame one of their own. … “To a lot of the Republicans who have served for a long time and have been in leadership, like me, Prop 4 is a slap in the face,” said Don Guymon, chair of the Davis County GOP in Moore's new district.
 
 
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