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U.S. AND ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN

President Donald Trump announces "major combat operations" in Iran
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U.S. launches ‘major combat operations’ in Iran, Trump says

Erum Salam & David Rohde

Trump acknowledged that “Operation Epic Fury,” the U.S.-Israel military offensive in Iran, could lead to American casualties, but said the mission was necessary to protect America and its allies in the future.

People wave Iranian flags and carry portraits of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

How Trump’s attack on Iran could help define his presidency

Daniel R. DePetris

Smoke billows from an explosion in Iran

Trump warns of ‘war’ casualties without Congress declaring war

Kevin Frey & Nora McKee

Bill Clinton during the Clinton Global Initiative 2025 Annual Meeting.

Bill Clinton denies knowledge of Epstein’s crimes during deposition

Clarissa-Jan Lim, Ali Vitali & Syedah Asghar

Audience members, most of them Black, wear MAGA hats and hold up their phones to take photos.

Trump’s gains among Black voters erode as economic promises fade

Nnamdi Egwuonwu & Akayla Gardner

Hillary Clinton is seen from the side as she speaks to the press in this closeup shot.

Hillary Clinton flipped the script on Republicans’ Epstein theater

Paul Waldman

Donald Trump speaks into a microphone while wearing a USS Gerald R. Ford jacket and hat.

Trump didn’t even pretend to try to make the case for war with Iran

Michael A. Cohen

Pete Hegseth is seen looking serious and upset.

Anthropic was right not to trust Pete Hegseth

Hayes Brown

Bill Clinton during the Clinton Global Initiative 2025 Annual Meeting.

Bill Clinton denies knowledge of Epstein’s crimes during deposition

Clarissa-Jan Lim, Ali Vitali & Syedah Asghar

A CNN logo stands outside the CNN Center on.

Ari Melber reacts as MAGA ally poised to buy CNN: ‘What Donald Trump wanted’

Allison Detzel

Out of focus in the foreground is the American flag, occupying the left and bottom of the frame. JD Vance, left, and Marco Rubio are in focus in the background, seen walking out of a building.

Mediator says Iran has made major nuclear program concessions to Trump

David Rohde, Julia Jester & Ian Sherwood

Nancy Mace is standing among other politicians outside.

Mace says she’ll press to subpoena Lutnick over Epstein files

Ali Vitali & Syedah Asghar

President Donald Trump waves from his official vehicle as he departs from Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Trump says more people are turning to religion because of Charlie Kirk. Let’s check the data.

Philip Bump

A man is seen from behind as he surfs in front of an oil tanker in the distance.

Why Trump’s oil dreams for Venezuela are a bust

Retired Amb. James Story

A stylized collage of Donald Trump, Russell Vought, a sample ID Card, and a voting booth.

Trump moves to rewrite election rules unilaterally

Jake Traylor

Construction workers take down material where the East Wing used to connect to the White House.

Judge allows construction of Trump’s White House ballroom

Sydney Carruth

A close up of JD Vance.

Trump administration pauses $259 million in Medicaid funding to Minnesota

Julianne McShane

Kash Patel, from the shoulders up.

FBI fires agents who scrutinized Patel in Trump documents case

Ken Dilanian

Photoillustration of Brendan Carr popping his head out of an American flag.

Brendan Carr makes a disturbing push for more patriotic programming

Anthony L. Fisher

Donald Trump holds two cover pages of Daily News one of which reads "Trump To City: Let's Build" about building affordable housing. This cover page is made up and given to Trump by Mamdani as a gift.

The one unique skill helping Mamdani break through to Trump

Zeeshan Aleem

Jesse Jackson speaking at the Democratic National Convention on July 19 1988 in Atlanta.

Every eulogy of Jesse Jackson should mention his rare gift

Michele Norris

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi; Russ Vought.

Congressman wants answers on Russell Vought using USAID funds for his security

Ja'han Jones

Photoillustration of a cursor clicking a repost button with barbed wire overlaid.

The 30-year-old law protecting Americans from MAGA censorship

Sen. Ron Wyden

SCOTUS justices applaud as they stand.

The Supreme Court takes on guns and drugs in its latest Second Amendment hearing

Jordan Rubin

Pete Hegseth during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House.

Democrats decry ‘incompetence’ after another reported drone debacle

Ja'han Jones

Three people cary Epstein binders, one of them is holdinhg it up.

Influencers who got last year’s Epstein binders still aren’t satisfied

Adam Hudacek

Clinton: If I had known of Epstein’s crimes, ‘I would have turned him in myself’

House Dems call for Trump and Lutnick to testify over Epstein ties

Kash Patel’s girlfriend claims he was ‘providing security’ at Olympics

Epstein files photo appears to show Secretary Lutnick with Jeffrey Epstein

‘He’s a felon!’: Morgan Freeman excoriates Trump, discusses new Civil War series ‘The Gray House’

DOJ files motion on superseding indictment in Don Lemon case

Norm Eisen: We’ll be in court within the blink of an eye if Trump declares emergency over elections

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  1. President Donald Trump leaves the House Chamber after concluding his State of the Union address at the US Capitol.

    Republicans in Congress are left waiting for instructions from Trump

    Hayes Brown

  2. Pete Hegseth; Mark Kelly.

    Pete Hegseth can’t let Mark Kelly go. There’s a reason for that.

    Zeeshan Aleem

  3. Students walk under the arch of University of Florida entrance on a sunny day.

    Florida’s new sociology syllabus goes against every tenet of sociology

    Robyn Autry

  4. Donald Trump, center, lifts a gavel while surrounded by world leaders.

    After its first meeting, one thing is clear about Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’

    Hussein Ibish

  5. RFK Jr. raises his eyebrows with his glasses in his hands.

    The very real consequences of RFK Jr. and Kid Rock’s online fitness stunt

    Natalia Mehlman Petrzela

  6. Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett speaks with reporters at the White House.

    Kevin Hassett’s absurd attempt to bury the truth about tariffs is already backfiring

    Hayes Brown

  7. A gun shot perforation in a window pane in front of a makeshift memorial for Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

    I study violence. There’s a term for this kind of ICE withdrawal playing out in Minnesota.

    Nicole Bedera

  8. A photo illustration of Brendan Carr, left, and Stephen Colbert.

    What Stephen Colbert protects by standing up to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr

    Adam Bonin

  9. Tricia McLaughlin gestures with her hand as he speaks during a presser.

    The most shameful part of Tricia McLaughlin’s DHS resignation

    Hayes Brown

  10. Rev. Jesse Jackson poses for a portrait, sitting down with his hands clasped up by his face.

    Jesse Jackson was an unapologetically Black American hero

    Charles F. Coleman Jr.

  11. Hakeem Jeffries, left, Chuck Schumer walk out of a presser.

    The counterintuitive reason Schumer and Jeffries may have time on their side

    Hayes Brown

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