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Lawmakers demand answers on Trump administration’s Iran war strategy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tensions flared as questions mounted at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday over the Trump administration’s shifting rationale for war with Iran as lawmakers demand answers over the strategy, exit plan and costs to Americans in lives and dollars for what is quickly becoming a widening Middle East conflict. Trump officials made their case at the Capitol during…
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California Democratic leader urges weak gubernatorial hopefuls to bow out
Fearing the prospect of a Republican winning California’s gubernatorial race, state Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks on Tuesday urged his party’s candidates who lack a viable path to victory to drop out. “It is imperative that every candidate honestly assess the viability of their candidacy and campaign,” Hicks wrote in an open letter to the politicians vying to replace termed-out…
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Trump has cornered himself with his war in Iran | Sidney Blumenthal
Donald Trump has trapped himself in his war with Iran by announcing that his intention is regime change. That uncertain objective is linked to his most urgent objective at home. While pursuing regime change in Iran, he is desperately attempting to stop regime change through the midterm elections. He needs a swift victory in Iran to avoid a quagmire, but…
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Why is the U.S. attacking Iran? Here’s what the Trump administration has said motivated the strikes.
Before the U.S. launched its military offensive against Iran on Saturday, President Trump had expressed frustration with the progress of talks about Iran’s nuclear program and deployed an “armada” to the Middle East. But said he had not said much about the reasons why the U.S. would conduct a bombing campaign against the regime. Mr. Trump on Monday articulated the reasons…
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74 Times President Trump Has Made Clear That Iran Cannot Have a Nuclear Weapon – The White House
President Donald J. Trump has been unequivocal and consistent for decades: Iran will never be permitted to obtain a nuclear weapon. This position — rooted in longstanding, bipartisan American policy — guides his actions to ensure the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism cannot threaten the world with nuclear devastation. “After Midnight Hammer, they were warned to make no future attempts…
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Middle East crisis live: Israel launches fresh attacks on Tehran and Beirut | US-Israel war on Iran
US orders ‘non-emergency’ staff to leave Bahrain, Jordan and Iraq The US state department said on Tuesday it had ordered non-emergency personnel and their families to leave Bahrain and Jordan, as well as announcing it had ordered staff in Iraq to leave a day earlier, as Iran retaliates to US-Israeli strikes. The department said in a post on X that…
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Israel expands strikes on Hezbollah, Iran as Trump vows to hold forward
3 hours ago Pinned Johnson says preemptive strike stopped ‘staggering’ US casualties House Speaker Mike Johnson said the U.S. strike on Iran was a defensive operation designed to prevent “staggering losses” to American troops and assets, arguing that waiting for Iran to strike first would have resulted in devastating casualties. Johnson spoke to reporters at the Capitol on Monday, where…
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Florida mother ‘masterminded’ speedboat mission to topple Cuban regime
A Cuban former political prisoner once honoured by the US State Department for her opposition to Fidel Castro’s communist regime was the “mastermind” behind the failed plot to topple his successors, authorities in Havana alleged. Maritza Lugo Fernández, a mother of two who was detained or imprisoned in Cuba 30 times before fleeing to Florida in 2002, was said to…
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Trump’s Way of War | Foreign Affairs
When bombs began falling on Iran this weekend, most Americans were as surprised as the rest of the world. The U.S. force posture in the Middle East had been building in the preceding weeks, but negotiations between Washington and Tehran were still underway. Even as the U.S. military readied for an attack, the Trump administration obscured the exact objective. There…
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Inside El Mencho’s last hideout: Blood, bullets and cartel luxury
TAPALPA, Mexico — The most wanted man in Mexico was hiding out next to a country club. When Mexican special forces soldiers attacked the hideout of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes — the cartel boss known as “El Mencho” — they descended on his luxurious compound in the mountains outside Guadalajara. A cluster of upscale cabins situated on a steep hillside dotted with…
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