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President Donald Trump says “someone from within” the Iranian regime might be the best choice to take power once the U.S.-Israel military campaign is completed.
Weapons supplies may be stretched in a prolonged Iran conflict.
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Some of the sharpest criticism that President Donald Trump has faced in the early days of the Iran war has come from once-loyal media figures more accustomed to singing his
President Donald Trump has made a starting admission: that his war on Iran could ultimately make things worse for the people he promised to help. Days after urging Iranians to “rise up” and reclaim th...
Some of the sharpest criticism that President Donald Trump has faced in the early days of the Iran war has come from once-loyal media figures more accustomed to singing his praises.
The recent military actions in Iran by Israel and the United States has reignited a simmering constitutional debate: the ability of the president to use military force without prior congressional approval.
The Trump administration and its allies in Congress suggested Israel was determined to act on its own in attacking Iran.
The US State Department urged US citizens leave the Middle East immediately
The US State Department urged US citizens leave the Middle East immediately
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has ruled out talking, sending a clear message that the remaining leadership in Iran is prepared to fight, rather than take instructions from Washington.