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21 Hours in Pakistan: How Vance Tried and Failed to End a War He Opposed
5+ hour, 54+ min ago (1360+ words) After more than 16 straight hours of closed-door meetings that stretched into early Sunday morning, Vice President JD Vance ambled into an ornate ballroom in Pakistan and let out a sigh. When he arrived at the lectern to speak to the…...
Vance, who wasn't keen on Iran war, now tasked with trying to end it
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1246+ words) Six weeks after President Donald Trump started a war in Iran that has proved difficult to end, he has turned to a new approach in negotiations: Putting front and center his vice president, JD Vance, whose reputation happens to be…...
Trump quietly offloading Iran failure on Vance "sensing the war's unpopularity': analysis
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (288+ words) A war launched by President Donald Trump to weaken Iran may instead reshape his own political legacy " and hand a high-stakes dilemma to Vice President JD Vance, according to a new analysis in The Atlantic. "Although Trump had hoped to…...
Tako? Takou? TACO-ru? Decoding the Trump TACO meme around the world.
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (820+ words) SEOUL " I arrived at my health checkup on Wednesday morning with a list of questions. It turned out my doctor, who knows I'm an American journalist, had a question too: "What is the Korean translation for "chicken out' " as in…...
Americans deserve answers about civilian casualties in Iran
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (415+ words) We've seen this pattern before. A U. S. missile strike. An initial statement emphasizing precision. Then, later, reports that civilians " including many children " were among the dead. In Afghanistan, through the early and mid-2000s, these reports came so often they formed a grim…...
Memes and Mixed Messages in the Iran War
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1163+ words) Re "An Unjust War Without Plan or Purpose," by Phil Klay (Opinion guest essay, March 22): My ancestors fought in the American Revolution, the Civil War, the two world wars and in Vietnam. Every American citizen should read Mr. Klay's thoughtful…...
Trump justifies Iran attack as Congress raises doubts
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1120+ words) According to President Trump, the United States attacked Iran because the Iranian regime posed "imminent threats" to the U. S. and its allies, including through its use of terrorist proxies and continued pursuit of nuclear weapons. "Its menacing activities directly endanger the…...
Trump Hosts Big-Money Party as Missiles Are Fired at Americans
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (371+ words) President Trump hosted yet another glitzy fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago Saturday night as the Middle East was lit up by Iranian missiles targeting the U. S. and its allies in the region. Trump admitted in a 2 a. m. Truth Social post in the early hours…...
Iran's Supreme Leader Killed in U. S. -Israeli Attacks
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (392+ words) Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed on Saturday in the opening salvo of a major military campaign launched by the United States and Israel. President Donald Trump announced his death in a post on Truth Social, writing: "Khamenei,…...
This staggering move just made Trump a global supervillain
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (894+ words) Last week, President Donald Trump cemented his standing as the greatest environmental criminal among world leaders, a mantle of which he couldn't be prouder. Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officially became the Environmental Pollution Agency. The EPA was established in…...