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News junkie. Media critic. Producer/director/writer. Video storyteller. Narrative Producer. Trope Creator. “A story is the greatest delivery system ever invented for an idea.” Aaron Sorkin. X

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US, Israel pound Iran as Trump signals willingness to talk to new leadership | AP News The U.S. and Israel are pounding targets across Iran, dropping massive bombs on the country’s ballistic missile facilities and wiping out warships as part of an intensifying military campaign that accompanied the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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Trump: Military campaign against Iran could extend for four weeks | The Times of Israel * * *

Trump: Military campaign against Iran could extend for four weeks

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01.03.2026 20:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Khamenei killing shatters Iran's order, triggers high-stakes succession race The assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has plunged the Islamic Republic into its most perilous crisis since the 1979 revolution - confronting it with war on its own territor...

Khamenei killing shatters Iran's order, triggers high-stakes succession race - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

01.03.2026 20:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic Isaac Stanley-Becker is a staff writer at The Atlantic focusing on politics and national security. He can be reached on Signal at isaacstanleybecker.48.

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01.03.2026 19:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Iran live updates: New leaders open to US talks, AP source says | AP News A senior White House official says that “new potential leadership” in Iran has suggested they are open to talks with the U.S. The official said Trump says he is “eventually” willing to talk.

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Three dead, 14 injured after shooting in Austin, Texas At least three people died and 14 were injured following a mass shooting at a bar in Austin, Texas, early on Sunday, police said.

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Bar shooting in Austin leaves 3 dead, including the suspect | AP News Authorities say three people — including a suspect — were killed and 14 others wounded in a shooting at a bar in Austin, Texas.

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Just one in four Americans support US strikes on Iran, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Only one in four Americans approves of the U.S. strikes that killed Iran’s leader on Saturday, while about half — including one in four Republicans — believe President Donald Trump is too willing to u...

Just one in four Americans support US strikes on Iran, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds - www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...

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Elite Doctors Served Jeffrey Epstein While Treating His ‘Girls’ - The New York Times A small stable of doctors gave V.I.P. medical services to the sex offender and the women around him. Some doctors bent or broke the ethical rules of their profession.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

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Trump’s Enormous Gamble on Regime Change in Iran - The Atlantic A few paths to success, many to failure

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01.03.2026 16:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump: 48 Iranian 'leaders' killed in US attack on Iran, operation is 'ahead of schedule' | The Times of Israel * * *

Trump: 48 Iranian 'leaders' killed in US attack on Iran, operation is 'ahead of schedule'

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3 American soldiers killed, 5 seriously injured in war with Iran — US military | The Times of Israel * * *

3 American soldiers killed, 5 seriously injured in war with Iran — US military

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A mayor ordered no clapping at a city meeting. Applause did not follow. The Takoma Park, Maryland, mayor’s order that people not clap during a public meeting led to insults and even a poll.

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

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Trump officials move to kill system that protects US from chemical disasters EPA rolls back rules as chemical firms claim provisions in RMP protection system too expensive to implement

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Savannah Guthrie mom update – The latest on Nancy Guthrie search As the search for "Today" host Savannah Guthrie's mother Nancy Guthrie reaches the one-month mark, here's a look at lingering details from the case.

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Is Nancy Guthrie case close to being solved? These questions linger

www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

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Serious investigation or ‘clown show’? Clintons’ closed testimonies on Epstein leave room for disagreement Democrats say the depositions pave the way for slapping Trump with a subpoena. Republicans say they point to his exoneration.

www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

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The U.S. Released the Epstein Files. The Arrests Are Overseas.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/w...

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Why the Epstein Investigations Took So Long and Did So Little

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Taiwan Arms Sale Approved by Congress Is Delayed as Trump Plans Visit to Beijing

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...

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Trump’s attack on Iran risks alienating war-weary supporters Approaching midterm elections and a growing battle over the party’s post-Trump identity heighten the political stakes of military action.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Protesters rally across US after strikes on Iran that killed Khamenei Crowds gather in DC, New York and beyond to denounce Trump’s Iran strikes as an illegal act of war

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How the world has reacted to US and Israeli strikes on Iran World leaders are responding to the attacks on several Iranian cities and Tehran's retaliation.

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Exclusive: Trump crossed a ‘very dangerous red line,’ Iranian official to CNN | CNN US President Donald Trump has crossed “a very dangerous red line” by killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the Iranian deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh told CNN in an exclusive intervie...

www.cnn.com/2026/03/01/m...

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For the Iranian diaspora in US, hope for a ‘Berlin Wall moment’ Tehrangeles, the nickname for the West LA neighborhood that is a hub of Iranian-American businesses and homes, erupted in noisy celebration on Saturday.

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'SNL' takes on Iran attacks and Khamenei killing in cold open "SNL" kicked off its latest episode with a timely cold open addressing the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

'SNL' takes on Iran attacks and Khamenei killing in cold open

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Live Updates: Iran Vows to Avenge Leader’s Death as Strikes Continue

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In surprise daytime attack, U.S., Israel take out Iranian leadership - The Washington Post Waves of Tomahawk and air-launched missiles eliminate Iranian air defenses and military sites as Trump welcomes the toppling of Khamenei’s reign.

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Explosions rock Dubai, Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait as war spreads across Middle East | US-Israel war on Iran | The Guardian War launched by US and Israel on Iran has quickly escalated prompting anxiety and concern in whole region

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

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Live updates: Israel hits Tehran as Iran's counterattacks widen | AP News The U.S. and Israel killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in strikes on Saturday. President Donald Trump called on Iranians to “take back” their country.

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Push from Saudis, Israel helped move Trump to attack Iran - The Washington Post President Trump launched a wide-ranging attack on Iran after weeks-long lobbying by an unusual pair of U.S. allies in the Middle East: Israel and Saudi Arabia.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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