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Trump: Vladimir Putin (to whom he spoke today) was "very impressed with what he saw" in terms of US military success in Iran. Putin, as ever, playing him like a 🎻

Asked whether he isn't betraying the Iranian people, Trump confirms that he is betraying the Iranian people. "I’d love to help them, but they have to be in a system that allows them to be helped. And right now they’re in a system that only allows failure".

Trump again cites Venezuela approvingly, as an example of what he foresees for Iran. Totally absent from his comments: any message to the Iranian people that he encouraged to rise up just 11 days ago.

Breath-taking act of betrayal.

Trump administration subpoenaing Arizona 2020 voting records, as Trump pushes to consolidate election power The administration has also obtained records from Fulton County, Georgia, as Trump continues to focus on the 2020 election he lost.

#jiggerypokery

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The TACO moment approaches.

Latest Trump on Iran via White House pool.

Totally false, obviously.

Trump's line that the USA has won, but "we haven't won enough" suggests the possibility of several more days of bombardment, before - at the behest of the Saudis and the Qataris - he folds his tent. Having plunged the region into crisis, incinerated his relationships in Europe and the Middle East.

He is threatening here to destroy Iranian infrastructure targets (power plants etc) if the regime continues to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz. The offramp offer to Iran appears to be: leave the Strait open, and we won't go after your power grid.

BREAKING

The Islamic Republic of Iran has announced that Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old son of Ali Khamenei, has been chosen by the Assembly of Experts as the new Supreme Leader.

This is according to Islamic Republic state media.

NTSB member who responded to D.C. midair crash abruptly departs, says he was fired by the White House National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman has abruptly departed the agency two years into what is typically a five-year term.

👀 This was the man who attended the scene of the mid-air collision that Trump falsely blamed on DEI hires among Air Traffic Controllers, even before the debris had been recovered.

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Trump is isolating the US by attacking its allies – and playing into Putin's hands Russia’s President doesn’t need to do anything, he can just sit on the sidelines and watch as his enemies become increasingly divided

Mine for @theipaper.com

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Fox had now apologized for this, claiming the use of the archival footage was “inadvertent”.

Quite a moment, even by local standards.

Trump: "We're winning the war by a lot. We've decimated their whole evil empire. It'll continue, I'm sure, for a little while."

Q: "You still think up to six weeks total?"

Trump: "I don't know…Whatever it takes."

Judge rules Kari Lake unlawfully ran U.S. media agency, voiding layoffs Sweeping layoffs at Voice of America made by Trump appointee Kari Lake were declared void by a federal judge, who said she served unlawfully.

BREAKING:

A federal judge in Washington just ruled that Kari Lake has unlawfully served as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media — which oversees Voice of America — and nullified many actions she has taken in the role, including mass layoffs of staff.

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Wow. Trump treats Doocy the way he normally treats Kaitlan Collins.

Four-byline alert: 🚨

“.. Trump has privately expressed serious interest in deploying U.S. troops on the ground inside of Iran, according to two U.S. officials, a former U.S. official and another person with knowledge of the conversations.”

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Farage talking Chagos with Trump over dinner at Mar-A-Lago last night is your latest reminder that official U.S. policy is to grease the wheels for "patriotic European parties" to take power across the continent. An astonishing moment, nonetheless.

Trump broke his promises to pursue this unwinnable war. Britain must not follow him into the abyss | Simon Jenkins The bombing of Iran is deeply unpopular. Despite the Tories’ urgings, Keir Starmer must not further embroil the UK in this disaster, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Trump broke his promises to pursue this unwinnable war. Britain must not follow him into the abyss | Simon Jenkins

For decades, Iran has spent billions preparing proxy fighters in Iraq for a moment just like this. But now, as the US and Israel wage war on Tehran, many of those fighters aren't showing up reut.rs/4syEjrI

One beer, bed, then back on duty – the British pilot who made RAF history shooting down drones F-35 pilot based in Cyprus becomes first to destroy a target in combat – and celebrates with a single beer

One beer, bed, then back on duty – the British pilot who made RAF history shooting down drones

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Apart from the obvious absurdity of his statement, this is exactly the same lie that Putin told to his population.

The U.S. labor market lost 92,000 jobs in February In February the labor market lost 92,000 jobs, and economists are monitoring for signs that the labor market could be on the rebound.

Breaking news: The U.S. labor market lost 92,000 jobs in February, a striking loss signaling a warning flag for the economy.

Oh.

“Forget about what comes next” is the new official policy.

One theocracy toppling another.

ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.