What 5 academics and former diplomats told Morning Edition about the U.S. strikes on Iran and fallout with Israel.
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Breaking another presidential norm, Trump drops the f-bomb on camera
Presidents have been known to use salty language behind closed doors. But President Trump may be the first to very deliberately drop an f-bomb on camera.
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Sen. Murkowski on why she’s having more talks than ever on the state of democracy
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, sat down with All Things Considered host Juana Summers to discuss her memoir, her thoughts on Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill and the future of democracy.
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U.S. strikes 3 nuclear sites in Iran, in major regional conflict escalation
The attack marks a major escalation in the burgeoning war between Iran and Israel and came despite years of promises by President Trump to keep the U.S. from entering another Middle East conflict.
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Israel vows to intensify attacks after Iranian missile hits major hospital
Officials said they were still assessing “extensive damage” at a major hospital in southern Israel after it was struck by an Iranian missile early Thursday.
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Trump is leaving the G7 early to focus on the Middle East
Trump will leave Canada Monday night after having dinner with the G7 leaders, his press secretary Karoline Leavitt, said. He had originally been slated to leave Canada on Tuesday evening.
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Here are 5 takeaways from Trump’s first major foreign trip to the Middle East
President Trump was greeted like royalty during his four-day trip to the Middle East, his first major foreign trip of this second term, where it was all about business deals and not moral leadership.
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NYT columnist Thomas Friedman sees ‘creative possibilities’ from Trump’s Mideast trip
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says President Trump “made a very good move” in meeting with Syria’s interim president and announcing he would lift sanctions on Israel’s neighbor.
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Israel’s latest war plans: To occupy Gaza and rule Palestinians
Occupying Gaza and establishing military rule there would go beyond Israel’s stated war goals to end Hamas rule and free hostages captured in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.
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Israelis hold a mass funeral for Shiri Bibas and her two sons killed in Gaza
Crowds gathered in Israel for the funeral procession of the Bibas family, a mother and two young sons killed while being held hostage in Gaza. The story of their killing has enraged Israelis, and Israeli government representatives were not invited to the funeral.
