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“The war powers resolution is the eighth on which Congress has voted since June. All of them have failed”: Senate Rejects Resolution to Force Trump to End Iran Strikes (Washington Post) “[A]fter he U.S. and Israel intensified their bombardment of Iran on Wednesday” … Iran Launches Missiles at Israel as Attacks in Middle East Commence…

“Donald Trump has admitted the airstrikes on Iran’s leadership have been so effective that at least two government members he had prospectively earmarked to lead Iran had been killed in airstrikes”: Chaos Signals Iran Struggling to Function as War Turns into Fight for Survival (The Guardian) The war front is expanding: Iran War: Israel Launches…

Unable (or unwilling) to restrict itself to military targets, Iran is pushing other  states into supporting the war they cautioned against: Iran’s Targeting of Airport, Ports and Hotels in Reaction to US Strikes Has Forced Gulf Nations onto Front Lines of a War They Want No Part in (The Conversation) Threat from Iran Conflict Spreads…

War casualties mount: US, Israel Pound Iran as Trump Signals Willingness to Talk to New Leadership After Khamenei’s Death (AP) 3 American Troops Killed, and Trump Says More ‘Likely,’ in War Against Iran (NPR) The net of hostility expands: Israel Strikes Hezbollah in Lebanon as Iran Conflict Spreads Across Region (Washington Post) War Widens to…

“Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed …, Iranian state media confirmed early Sunday” … Iran’s Supreme Leader Killed in Major Attack by US and Israel (AP) Iran Forms Interim Council to Oversee Transition After Khamenei’s Killing (Aljazeera) … in an assault that deliberately targeted civilian leadership: Inside Trump’s Decision to Attack Iran: ‘a…

The war is on: US and Israel Launch a Major Attack on Iran and Trump Urges Iranians to ‘Take Over Your Government’ (AP) ‘Acts of War Unauthorized by Congress’: Trump’s Congressional Critics Denounce Iran Strikes (Politico) Iran Launches Heavy Missile Barrage Across Israel in Retaliation for US-Israel Attack (Jerusalem Post) Iran Launches Counterstrike on US…

The mediator and Iran claim progress was made … U.S., Iran Complete Round of Talks as Trump Weighs Diplomacy Against Strikes (Washington Post) … but the U.S. signals are mixed: U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks Were “Positive,” Senior U.S. Official Says (Axios) U.S. Mum After Iran talks in Geneva (Diplomatic / Substack) “House Democrats are expected to…

As talks begin Iran states, yet again, that it will not develop nuclear weapons: US and Iran Begin Talks Seen as Crucial to Prevent Conflict (BBC) Iran Answers Trump’s Main Demand to Avoid War Before Last Ditch Talks (Newsweek) “Pentagon officials and Hill lawmakers are increasingly warning that prolonged Iran strikes could stress U.S. military…

Actually, “Iran has long insisted publicly that it isn’t interested in building a nuclear weapon — including earlier Tuesday, when Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X that ‘Iran will under no circumstances ever develop a nuclear weapon’”: Trump Demands that Iran Promise Never to Build a Nuclear Weapon in State of the Union…