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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei slammed US exhortations for nuclear talks as bullying.

This is the strategy Donald Trump should use against Iran

BRET STEPHENS: Nobody, perhaps even President Donald Trump himself, knows for sure whether the United States will wind up joining Israel in launching military strikes on Iran.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Is there a safest seat in a plane crash? We asked experts.

Is there a safest seat in a plane crash? We asked experts

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Suddenly, airline passengers around the world are wondering if there is something special about Seat 11A. That’s where the sole survivor of the Air India Boeing 787-8 crash was sitting.

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US President Donald Trump could authorise a bunker buster bomb to help Israel destroy an Iranian nuclear facility.

Trump’s Iran choice: Diplomacy or the ‘bunker buster’ bomb

US President Donald Trump is weighing a critical decision in the Israel-Iran war: whether to enter the fray by helping Israel destroy a deeply buried nuclear enrichment facility with a ‘bunker buster’ bomb.

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Emergency and rescue soldiers search for trapped people around heavily damaged buildings after an overnight missile strike from Iran in Bat Yam Israel.

Even as Israel blitzes Tehran, it fears Iran’s missiles

THE NEW YORK TIMES: While Israel has been pummeling Iran with its own sophisticated missiles, setting oil facilities in Tehran ablaze, it still fears Iran’s capacity for fierce retaliation.

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The US is a cauldron of anxiety and anger at a moment recalling some of the darkest periods of its history.

US a ‘cauldron of anxiety and anger’ at historic moment

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Two things distinguish this moment from other troubled times in the past. The first is the sheer number of conflagrations taking place at once — not only in the US but around the world.

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Firefighters extinguish a fire in a building that was destroyed in an Israeli attack on June 13.

Miscalculation by Iran led to Israeli strikes’ huge toll

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Iran’s senior leaders had been planning for more than a week for an Israeli attack should nuclear talks with the United States fail. But they made one enormous miscalculation.

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A key reason for Iran’s increasingly dangerous course was the past colossal misjudgments by Netanyahu and Trump in their dealings with Iran.

Will Trump show restraint in the Middle East?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Israel has bombed Iran in what may lead to yet another war in the Middle East, and the challenge for Donald Trump will be to protect US troops in the region and to stay out of this mess.

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An activist holds a sign as cars burn during protests sparked by immigration raids in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Trump is playing with fire, which is just how he likes it

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Each new day brings us fresh evidence of a deeply troubling trend — America is no longer a stable country, and it is growing less stable by the day.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: We are not being governed anymore by a traditional American administration. We are being governed by the Trump Organization Inc...

Trump is governing by unchecked gut impulses

THE NEW YORK TIMES: We are not being governed anymore by a traditional American administration. We are being governed by the Trump Organization Inc...

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Does America have what it takes to bring jobs back?

Trump wants America to make things again. Can it be done?

Trump’s tariffs have upended supply chains, walloped businesses and focused the minds of corporate leaders on one question: Does America have what it takes to bring jobs back?

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Elon Musk brought the Silicon Valley mantra ‘Move fast and break things’ to Washington. But the main thing he broke was his own reputation.

Why Donald Trump’s ‘tech bro’ Elon Musk had to go

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Elon Musk brought the Silicon Valley mantra ‘Move fast and break things’ to Washington. But the main thing he broke was his own reputation.

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President Donald Trump doesn’t like it when you ask him about “TACO” - “Trump Always Chickens Out.”

‘TACO’ is the secret to Donald Trump’s resilience

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Judging by his reaction to a reporter’s question this past week, President Donald Trump doesn’t like it when you ask him about ‘TACO’.

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Smoke billows in the distance as Palestinians in Jabalia fled on Friday, May 30, 2025, after the Israeli military issued a sweeping new evacuation order for much of northern Gaza.

‘Unacceptable’: US blasts Hamas response to ceasefire plan

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The White House denounced Hamas’ response Saturday to a new US ceasefire proposal as totally unacceptable and said it ‘only takes us backward’ after the group sought firmer guarantees.

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The techno-futuristic philosophy behind Elon Musk’s mania — from the White House to Mars, the billionaire has his sights set on the long term.

The techno-futuristic philosophy behind Elon Musk’s mania

From the White House to Mars, the tech billionaire has his sights set on the long term.

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PAUL MALEY: Americans were able to put Donald Trump’s character deficiencies aside because they were looking for someone to lead, not to be their mate.

Beware: We are entering a new phase of the Trump Era

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The United States in the last four months has felt like an unremitting series of shocks.

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