On Friday, the FBI executed a search of the Maryland home of Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton, who left his first administration on bitter terms, only to become one of Trump’s more prominent Republican foes. Some sources are claiming the raid is part of a “national security …
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Donald Trump threatened to force journalists to reveal sources who leaked a Pentagon intelligence assessment that concluded the U.S. air strikes on Iran only set the nation’s nuclear program back “months,” contradicting administration claims that the facilities were “obliterated.” “You tweeted the Democrats leaked an intelligence [report],” Sunday Morning Futures …
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Iranian government officials in a phone call said that the U.S. military strikes against its nuclear facilities were not as damaging or extensive as they had expected, further undermining the Trump administration’s narrative that they were “completely and totally obliterated.” The Washington Post first reported the call, citing four people …
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Donald Trump is not happy over the leaked Pentagon intelligence that found the strikes against Iran over the weekend were not as damaging as the president and his administration have been claiming. CNN and The New York Times both reported on the government’s preliminary information about the efficacy of the …
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Readers of Sunday’s New York Times were treated to an unusual full-page ad from a rival newspaper — the venerated satire periodical The Onion. Most of the available space was taken up by a mocking editorial piece with a headline that blared: “Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs …
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The fallout from President Donald Trump’s decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities continued to dog the president at this week’s NATO summit in the Netherlands. The current ceasefire between Israel and Iran doesn’t seem totally stable, and a leaked Department of Defense intelligence report indicates the strikes may have been …
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After bombing three of Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend, President Donald Trump is now demanding that everyone just simmer down. It’s hard to keep the peace when missiles are flying across borders, and Trump is learning firsthand that it takes more than simply posting online that a ceasefire is …
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Donald Trump ordered military strikes against Iran over the weekend. Now, his allies think he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. The president has long craved to be honored as a peacemaker, while complaining that the Nobel Committee honored Barack Obama as such in 2009. Trump most recently ranted about the …
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The United States bombed Iran and risked a potential destabilization of an entire region and potential all-out war, but at least we crippled their nuclear program for the foreseeable future, right? It doesn’t appear so, actually. According to reports from multiple outlets, an initial assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies indicates …
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As he embarked on his attacks on Iran, President Donald Trump was clear that his initial bombing run would be followed by unbelievable destruction, if the government in Tehran angered him too much. But then after giving war a chance, he was clear that he wanted “peace” for all nations …
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