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Poll Finds No Rally Effect After Iran Strikes
Morning Consult: “Trump approval (44% to 53%) and his foreign policy approval (43% to 52%) are unchanged from pre-strike baselines. The strikes have not moved his numbers immediately.” The country…
U.S. Races to Finish Mission Before Munitions Run Out
“When the U.S. military’s top general laid out the risks to President Trump of launching a major and extended attack on Iran, one of the issues he flagged was America’s…
The Worst-Case Outcome Is Complete Chaos
The Atlantic: “Killing the supreme leader was one thing. Ousting the regime will be another.” Save to Favorites
‘Bored of Peace’
Saturday Night Live opened with Donald Trump’s character, who touted himself as peacemaker, now addressing the country exulting in war with Iran. Said Trump: “I launched this attack after me…
China Condemns ‘Unacceptable’ Strikes on Iran
“China criticized the US and Israeli military action against Iran, warning that it risks plunging the Middle East into deeper instability and undermining international law,” Bloomberg reports. Save to Favorites
Democrats Already Plotting Probes If They Retake House
“House Democrats, who hope to regain the majority in the November midterms, are already charting an aggressive strategy of investigating the Trump administration next year, including using subpoena power to…
U.S. Moves Pregnant Immigrant Girls to Texas
“All unaccompanied immigrant children who are pregnant, many by rape, are being moved to a single facility in Texas in order to avoid providing abortion services in a significant human…
Iranian Security Chief Warns of Retaliation
“Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said on social media that Iran would hit the U.S. and Israel on Sunday with unprecedented force,” the Wall Street Journal…
The Midterm Primary Season Kicks Off
Texas is about to kick off the 2026 midterm cycle. Tuesday’s primaries aren’t just another date on the political calendar. They’re the first real stress test of the cycle —…
Top Clerics Order Muslims to Avenge Khamenei’s Killing
“A leading Iranian Shiite cleric has issued an order for Muslims to wage jihad against the United States and Israel to avenge the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,”…
Putin Condemns Khamenei Killing
“Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday sent his condolences to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian for the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,” the Wall Street Journal reports. Putin…
CIA Helped Pinpoint a Gathering of Iranian Leaders
“Shortly before the United States and Israel were poised to launch an attack on Iran, the CIA zeroed in on the location of perhaps the most important target: Ayatollah Ali…
No Obvious Successor in Iran
“Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death could be the most existential threat to Iran’s Islamist regime in its nearly 50 years. But it doesn’t necessarily mean a quick end…
Iran Gives Democrats New Opening on Energy Prices
“Democrats on Saturday seized on President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran as a new front in their energy affordability campaign,” Politico reports. “Crude prices had already begun climbing on…
Iran Confirms Khamenei Is Dead
Iranian state media announced early on Sunday that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed, the New York Times reports. From the statement: “To Allah we belong and to…
Trump’s Decision to Strike Iran Opens New Fissures
“President Trump’s decision to attack Iran pushed a new, unpredictable issue to the forefront of American politics just as the midterms were getting underway, leaving both major parties navigating a…
Trump Has No Plan for the Iranian People
Anne Applebaum: “The American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without even an attempt to build public support. Above all, it has been launched without a…
The War Powers Test Trump Didn’t Take
Democrats are pushing for a fast vote to rein in President Trump’s war powers on Iran — casting the move as a fight over the Constitution and the president’s relentless…
The Death of Khamenei
Karim Sadjadpour: “In the end, he was felled by Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, an American president and an Israeli prime minister whom he loathed. He lived by ‘Death to…
Top MAGA Voices Furious Over Iran Attack
The surprise overnight bombing attack in Iran was blasted Saturday by both sides of the political spectrum, including MAGA stalwarts Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and Marjorie Taylor Greene, with the…
