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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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Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump warns a ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ but says Iran could still capitulate — EDITED BY BRIDGET BROWN, LORIAN BELANGER AND BRIAN P. D. HANNON — President Trump warns a ‘whole civilization’ could die but adds Iran still has time to capitulate
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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.”
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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 …
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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.
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 …
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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.
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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.
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Politico, Raw Story, New York Times, Foreign Policy and NPR
Lara Seligman / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Strikes More Than 50 Military Targets on Kharg Island — The U.S. conducted strikes on military targets on Kharg Island early Tuesday, according to two U.S. officials, ahead of President Trump's deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. — The U.S. struck more than 50 targets …
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump says ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ ahead of deadline for Iran
Trump says ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ ahead of deadline for Iran
New York Times:
Trump Says Iran Proposal Isn't Enough to Stop Attacks on Bridges and Power Plants
Trump Says Iran Proposal Isn't Enough to Stop Attacks on Bridges and Power Plants
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Wall Street Journal:
Hopes Fade for Deal With Iran Ahead of Tuesday-Night Deadline
Hopes Fade for Deal With Iran Ahead of Tuesday-Night Deadline
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New York Times:
Iran's 10-Point Proposal Demands an End to Attacks and Sanctions
Iran's 10-Point Proposal Demands an End to Attacks and Sanctions
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Reuters:
Iran War Live Updates: Trump Issues Grave Threats as Hormuz Deadline Draws Closer
Iran War Live Updates: Trump Issues Grave Threats as Hormuz Deadline Draws Closer
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump threatens ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ ahead of Iran deadline
Trump threatens ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ ahead of Iran deadline
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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.
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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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Domi Suskova / CNBC:
JD Vance heads to Hungary to support Viktor Orbán ahead of high-stakes election
JD Vance heads to Hungary to support Viktor Orbán ahead of high-stakes election
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
Katrina Miller / New York Times:
Artemis II Astronauts Name Moon Crater After Carroll, Reid Wiseman's Late Wife — The crew shared an emotional moment with mission control and the family of Reid Wiseman, whose wife, Carroll, died in 2020, on the ground in Houston. — As the astronauts of Artemis II traveled farther …
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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 …
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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 …
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The Times of Israel and The Forward
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 …
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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 …
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 …
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?
Jack Brook / Associated Press:
US soldier trying to halt wife's deportation after she was detained on Louisiana military base — A U.S. Army staff sergeant is trying to halt his wife's deportation after she was detained inside a Louisiana military base where the couple was planning to live together just days after their wedding.
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Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Texas Considers Required Reading List for Schools, Which Includes the Bible — Education officials are planning an overhaul to English and social studies in the nation's largest Republican led state. — Texas education officials are considering sweeping changes to English …
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The Hill, The Independent and The Texas Tribune
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 …
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.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
April 6, 2026 (Monday) — “It's really difficult to cover him in a way that conveys how unhinged he is,” journalist Aaron Rupar of Public Notice told George Grylls of The Times about President Donald J. Trump. Rupar explained that political journalists are trained to think, “'OK, what did he say that was newsworthy?'
Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
How the media should cover this deranged president — Three suggestions—with illustrations—to counter the rampant ‘sane-washing’ — The moment I saw Trump's crazy and dangerous Truth Social post on the morning of Easter Sunday, I could imagine the freakout in newsrooms across the country.
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