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Each side in the Iran war seems to have miscalculated how the other would behave, triggering an ever-expanding conflict with few clear ways out in the foreseeable future

Each side in the Iran war seems to have miscalcula...

1 week ago 7

Iran’s Women’s Soccer Team Offered Asylum by President Trump

Iran’s Women’s Soccer Team Offered Asylum by Presi...

1 week ago 8

Oil Prices and Stocks Swing Wildly as Iran and Israel Launch New Strikes

Oil Prices and Stocks Swing Wildly as Iran and Isr...

1 week ago 8

Trump administration widens probe of 2020 election as it obtains records from Arizona

Trump administration widens probe of 2020 election...

1 week ago 8

MPs reject call for under-16s social media ban, backing more flexible powers

MPs reject call for under-16s social media ban, ba...

1 week ago 8

2 Teen Mariachi Musicians Released From ICE Detention

2 Teen Mariachi Musicians Released From ICE Detent...

1 week ago 8

Who will Trump pick as MAGA heir for the ’28 election? He has lately extolled Rubio amid the focus on foreign policy, but many see Vance as a better fit.

Who will Trump pick as MAGA heir for the ’28 elect...

1 week ago 7

Lawrence Summers has lost his affiliation with America’s leading economics organization, the latest consequence for the former Treasury secretary stemming from his ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein

Lawrence Summers has lost his affiliation with Ame...

1 week ago 7

How Iran is building a religious mythology around its new supreme leader

How Iran is building a religious mythology around ...

1 week ago 8

New anti-Muslim hate definition announced by government

New anti-Muslim hate definition announced by gover...

1 week ago 8

Australia grants asylum to 5 members of Iranian women's soccer team, official says

Australia grants asylum to 5 members of Iranian wo...

1 week ago 7

Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed Watergate tapes, dies at 99

Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclose...

1 week ago 7

PM urged to rethink plans for jury trials - by fellow lawyers

PM urged to rethink plans for jury trials - by fel...

1 week ago 9

RAF jets have taken out two more drones, says Healey

RAF jets have taken out two more drones, says Heal...

1 week ago 15

Judge Halts Trump Administration Move to Restrict Immigration Appeals

Judge Halts Trump Administration Move to Restrict ...

1 week ago 12

Anthropic filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for designating the artificial-intelligence company a security threat and trying to cancel its federal contracts

Anthropic filed a lawsuit against the Trump admini...

1 week ago 13

As Kari Lake Sought to Shutter Voice of America, Parent Agency Rebuffed Auditors

As Kari Lake Sought to Shutter Voice of America, P...

1 week ago 12

PM warns of impact of Iran conflict on UK economy

PM warns of impact of Iran conflict on UK economy

1 week ago 10

Elon Musk's X grilled over 'appalling and offensive' Grok posts on Hillsborough

Elon Musk's X grilled over 'appalling and offensiv...

1 week ago 11

SEND reforms to 'strip away' children's legal protections, charity says

SEND reforms to 'strip away' children's legal prot...

1 week ago 7

G7 Countries Hold Off on Releasing Emergency Oil Supplies

G7 Countries Hold Off on Releasing Emergency Oil S...

1 week ago 7

Trump Threatens to Crowd Out Republicans’ Midterm Message

Trump Threatens to Crowd Out Republicans’ Midterm ...

1 week ago 6

New Lawsuit Challenges Rubio’s Threats Against Foreign Tech Regulators

New Lawsuit Challenges Rubio’s Threats Against For...

1 week ago 7

Call off King's US visit over Iran, urge Lib Dems

Call off King's US visit over Iran, urge Lib Dems

1 week ago 8

Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are backing Powerus, a drone company vying to meet Pentagon demand and fill a hole left by the administration’s ban on new Chinese drones in the U.S.

Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are backing Poweru...

1 week ago 7

James Talarico Challenges ‘Heretical’ Right-Wing Christianity in Texas Senate Race

James Talarico Challenges ‘Heretical’ Right-Wing C...

1 week ago 8

Energy prices soar to levels not seen in years as Iran names new supreme leader and digs in

Energy prices soar to levels not seen in years as ...

1 week ago 7

Anti-Muslim hatred definition will in 'no way' restrict free speech, says Reed

Anti-Muslim hatred definition will in 'no way' res...

1 week ago 7

Ask members of Congress if the U.S. is at war with Iran, and suddenly a reticence to use the word “war” appears. Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter:

Ask members of Congress if the U.S. is at war with...

1 week ago 6

How Markwayne Mullin Became Trump’s Homeland Security Pick

How Markwayne Mullin Became Trump’s Homeland Secur...

1 week ago 7

Oil spikes: How high is the price of war?

Oil spikes: How high is the price of war?

1 week ago 9

Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader, Iranian state media reported

Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the slain ...

1 week ago 15

White House Removes Republican Member of N.T.S.B.

White House Removes Republican Member of N.T.S.B.

1 week ago 13

When President Trump voiced hope last weekend that the air war he was unleashing against Iran would topple the country’s regime, he was making a bet against history

When President Trump voiced hope last weekend that...

1 week ago 11

The appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei, son of slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as Iran’s supreme leader defies Trump and signals that Tehran won’t back down as it fights a war with the U.S. and Israel

The appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei, son of slain ...

1 week ago 13

President Trump is under pressure to address surging gas prices, stretched-thin munitions and sustained opposition to the war

President Trump is under pressure to address surgi...

1 week ago 11

U.S. Continues Airstrikes Against a Wide Array of Targets in Iran

U.S. Continues Airstrikes Against a Wide Array of ...

1 week ago 16

Trump Wants to ‘Take Over’ Elections. These States Are Prime Targets.

Trump Wants to ‘Take Over’ Elections. These States...

1 week ago 17

Trump Executive Order Protected Weedkiller Roundup and a Munition, White Phosphorus

Trump Executive Order Protected Weedkiller Roundup...

1 week ago 17

Starmer and Trump speak for first time since president's Iran criticism

Starmer and Trump speak for first time since presi...

1 week ago 13

How Trump’s War in Iran Has Echoes of Putin and Ukraine

How Trump’s War in Iran Has Echoes of Putin and Uk...

1 week ago 12

Call for King's US state visit to be cancelled over Iran war

Call for King's US state visit to be cancelled ove...

1 week ago 12

Bitter break-up for Trump and Starmer - but polling suggests PM on side of public opinion

Bitter break-up for Trump and Starmer - but pollin...

1 week ago 12

Democrat Roy Cooper needs to defy North Carolina history to keep winning streak alive in Senate race

Democrat Roy Cooper needs to defy North Carolina h...

1 week ago 13

UK opens charter flights booking portal for Britons in Dubai

UK opens charter flights booking portal for Briton...

1 week ago 11

UK does not 'agree with Trump on every issue' - Cooper

UK does not 'agree with Trump on every issue' - Co...

1 week ago 8

In Kentucky, Trump Allies Clash With Massie Over Iran War

In Kentucky, Trump Allies Clash With Massie Over I...

1 week ago 9

Trump accuses Starmer of seeking to 'join wars after we've already won'

Trump accuses Starmer of seeking to 'join wars aft...

1 week ago 8

Smoking Jars of Metal and Fuses Thrown at Protest Near Mayor’s House

Smoking Jars of Metal and Fuses Thrown at Protest ...

1 week ago 15

Judge Voids Mass Layoffs at Voice of America

Judge Voids Mass Layoffs at Voice of America

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