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THE NEW YORK TIMES: A Justice Department memo has undercut theories about what crimes may have gone unpunished in relation to accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his supposed ‘client list’.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Before ordering strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities, US President Donald Trump did not seek permission from Congress, to which the US Constitution grants the sole power to declare war.
The US bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, bringing the US military directly into Israel’s war with Iran, a move that could kick off a more dangerous phase in the war. Here’s what you need to know.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.