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Twenty-five years after hijacked airliners killed nearly 3,000 people, President Donald Trump stood at the Pentagon and tried to fold a new war into an old one. He…
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The war with Iran, now in its seventh month, delivered the kind of overnight damage report Pentagon briefers would rather skip. Iranian ballistic missiles struck…
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The U.S. military said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards tried twice in two days to hit a Navy warship with…
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The United States and Iran spent Tuesday proving that a six-month war can still invent new invoices. U.S. Central Command said American forces destroyed five…
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The United States and Iran spent the holiday weekend treating oil tankers as bargaining chips, which is a poor look for a strait that still carries a large share of…
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U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankers on Saturday after ballistic missiles targeted Navy warships, including an aircraft carrier and a destroyer, with…
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Calling a six-month shooting match “small potatoes” is a bold branding exercise when the potatoes are oil tankers. U.S. forces struck three Iranian crude carriers…
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Vice President JD Vance spent Thursday trying to talk America out of a noun. Asked whether the six-month fight with Iran might wrap up before November’s midterms,…
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The six-month war with Iran did not stay in its box. After a monthlong lull, American forces struck Iranian military sites along the Strait of Hormuz, and Iranian…
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The month-long lull in the U.S.-Iran war ended the way most lulls in this conflict have ended: with missiles, drones, and a scramble to explain civilian deaths.…
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The month-long lull in the U.S.–Iran war ended with explosions and a presidential cliffhanger. U.S. Central Command said American forces struck Iranian targets…
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A month of relative quiet in the six-month war with Iran ended the usual way in the Strait of Hormuz: with explosions and a reminder that “open” is a political…
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