On Wednesday, the U.S. military bombed what appeared to be drinking water facilities in southwestern Iran, near the contested Strait of Hormuz. It is so far unclear whether the strikes, which occurred near the village of Bemani, were an intentional attempt to destroy civilian infrastructure. Such an attack would be classified as a war crime under international law.
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On Wednesday, President Donald Trump shrugged off a federal report showing that inflation in the U.S. has reached its highest levels since 2023, telling reporters in the Oval Office that he “loves[s] the inflation.” The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicated that inflation went up by 4.2 percent over the past year.
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President Donald Trump has announced that an end to the U.S. war on Iran was around the corner more than three dozen times since he launched the unprovoked war at the end of February, a new analysis finds. The analysis comes as the joint U.S.-Israeli war on Iran surpasses 100 days. The war has not been authorized by Congress, and is now more than 10 days beyond the limits meant to be followed…
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On Wednesday evening, the United States House of Representatives passed, with bipartisan support, a war powers resolution that seeks to curtail President Donald Trump’s continued war on Iran. The measure passed with 215 votes in favor versus 208 opposed. Four Republican lawmakers joined with Democrats to pass the resolution, following two weeks of GOP leadership delaying the vote.
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During an interview that aired on Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump responded to a question about the war in Iran by launching into a bigoted rant against transgender people. The New York Post’s Miranda Devine conducted the interview, asking the president for his response to people who have suggested that he was coerced or manipulated into starting the war by Israeli Prime Minister…
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On Monday night, Russia launched a large-scale attack on cities across Ukraine, reportedly killing at least 22 people in one of its largest assaults on the country in months. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russia had launched 656 drones and 73 missiles overnight, with the heaviest strikes reported in Kyiv and the city of Dnipro. Tens of thousands of residents took…
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