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U.S. Deploys B-2 Bombers as Trump Plans to Meet National Security Team — President Trump announced the United States had struck Fordo, Iran's heavily fortified nuclear facilities, as well as two other sites. — Here are the latest developments. — The United States has entered Israel's war against Iran.
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American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran — The United States is well down the road to dictatorship. Imagine what Trump would do with a state of war. — The current debate over bombing Iran is surreal. To begin with, bombardment is unlikely to lead to a satisfactory outcome.

Exclusive: Israel seeks swift action on Iran, sources say, with a split U.S. administration — Israeli officials have told the Trump administration they do not want to wait two weeks for Iran to reach a deal to dismantle key parts of its nuclear program and Israel could act alone before the deadline is up …
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MAGA largely falls in line on Trump's Iran strikes — Meanwhile, Democrats challenged the constitutionality of the president's actions. — President Donald Trump's sudden announcement Saturday night that he bombed three Iranian nuclear sites has skeptics of U.S. military action against Iran largely falling in line.
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Diplomatic breakthrough elusive as Israel-Iran war stretches into second week — President Donald Trump said Saturday that the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel 's effort to decapitate the country's nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken …
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B-2 bombers moving to Guam amid Middle East tensions, US officials say — The United States is moving B-2 bombers to the Pacific island of Guam, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Saturday, as President Donald Trump weighs whether the United States should take part in Israel's strikes against Iran.

B-2 stealth bombers appear to be on the move hours before Trump expected at White House — America's unique bunker-buster bombs could target Iran's heavily fortified nuclear facility — Six B-2 stealth bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri appear to be en route to a U.S. Air Force base in Guam …
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US bombed 3 Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says — “We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran.” — President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States bombed three Iranian nuclear sites, bringing the U.S. directly into Israel's war with Tehran.
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U.S. strikes Iran's nuclear facilities — The U.S. military conducted air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan on Sunday morning local time, President Trump announced on Truth Social. — Why it matters: Trump's decision to intervene directly in support …
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Trump's ‘Two Weeks’ Pause on Iran Strikes Comes With High Stakes — President Donald Trump often suggests that something will happen in “two weeks” when he's looking to buy himself some time. But his latest two-weeks declaration — on possible US military strikes in Iran — comes with unusually high stakes.
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Truth Social Crashes as Trump Live-Posts Iran Bombing
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21 thoughts on Trump's war with Iran
21 thoughts on Trump's war with Iran
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Trump Announces U.S. Dropped ‘Payload of Bombs’ on Iran via Truth Social
Trump Announces U.S. Dropped ‘Payload of Bombs’ on Iran via Truth Social
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Amalia Huot-Marchand / The Hill:
Republican lawmaker on U.S. bombs against Iran: ‘This is not constitutional’
Republican lawmaker on U.S. bombs against Iran: ‘This is not constitutional’
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's backchannel to Iran failed after supreme leader went dark
Scoop: Trump's backchannel to Iran failed after supreme leader went dark
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U.S. strikes Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says
U.S. strikes Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says
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U.S. warplanes strike three Iranian nuclear sites in sweeping attack
U.S. warplanes strike three Iranian nuclear sites in sweeping attack
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B-2 bombers head west over Pacific, U.S. official says, as Trump weighs U.S. involvement in Iran strike
B-2 bombers head west over Pacific, U.S. official says, as Trump weighs U.S. involvement in Iran strike
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MAGA star Steve Bannon plays outsized role in Trump's Iran decision: Sources
MAGA star Steve Bannon plays outsized role in Trump's Iran decision: Sources
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U.S. Deploys B-2 Bombers as Trump Plans to Meet National Security Team
U.S. Deploys B-2 Bombers as Trump Plans to Meet National Security Team
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Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Planning for His Possible Assassination, Picks Successors
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Planning for His Possible Assassination, Picks Successors
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Kai Greet / The Aviationist:
B-2 Stealth Bombers Depart Whiteman AFB for Andersen AFB, Guam, Amid Iran Conflict
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Americans agree with Trump that Iran poses threat to United States: poll
Americans agree with Trump that Iran poses threat to United States: poll
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Trump and GOP's tax bill would sell off USPS's brand-new EVs — Postal Service officials told lawmakers the proposal would cause “substantial harm” to “our customers, your constituents.” — A little-noticed provision of President Donald Trump and Republicans' massive tax and immigration legislation …
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GOP's food stamp plan is found to violate Senate rules. It's the latest setback for Trump's big bill — In another blow to the Republicans' tax and spending cut bill, the Senate parliamentarian has advised that a proposal to shift some food stamps costs from the federal government to states …
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Abandoned by Trump, a farmer and a migrant search for a better future — For this story, John Woodrow Cox interviewed more than 40 farmers across the country. He and photographer Matt McClain reported from Colorado while Sarah Blaskey talked to more than two dozen employees …
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New insight into Texas family detention reveals adults fighting kids for clean water — Adults fighting kids for clean water, despondent toddlers and a child with swollen feet denied a medical exam — these first-hand accounts from immigrant families at detention centers included in a motion filed …

A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award. — The University of Florida student won an academic honor after he argued in a paper that the Constitution applies only to white people. From there, the situation spiraled.
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New Texas law will require Ten Commandments to be posted in every public school classroom — Texas will require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a new law that will make the state the nation's largest to attempt to impose such a mandate.
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Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’ — When the extent of the university's involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired

Health care workers on alert for ICE raids in hospitals — President Trump's whittling away of protected places for immigrants has fueled fears among health care workers that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will arrest patients in or around hospitals.
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