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March 27, 2026 - Does even Trump know if he's escalating or de-escalating in Iran?

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March 26, 2026 - Trump says he is not sure that U.S. is "willing" to strike peace deal with Iran

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March 26, 2026 - Trump claims Iran is "afraid to say" they want to make a deal, as his approval ratings crater

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March 25, 2026 - Iranians reject US peace plan, as Trump takes steps for possible ground war

105

March 25, 2026 - AS TWO STORIES BROKE: Iran rejects US peace plan, and tech giants lose a landmark case in California

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March 25, 2026 - US conveys 15-point peace plan to Iran that raises even more questions about Trump's credibility

107

March 24, 2026 - US sends 15-point peace proposal to Iran via Pakistani mediators

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March 23, 2026 - What ever happened to the idea of an Iranian popular uprising?

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March 23, 2026 - Iran denies any talks with US, amid reports that indirect contacts with Trump have occurred

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March 23, 2026 - Trump reveals surprise talks with Iran, but can they end the war?

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March 23, 2026 - Are talks really underway between the US and Iran?

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March 23, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Speaker of Iranian Parliament "invited to meet Witkoff, Kushner"

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March 23, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Trump postpones bombing of Iran's power plants, citing "talks" with Iranian officials

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March 22, 2026 - Trump and Starmer have "constructive" call on Iran

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March 20, 2026 - "American Week": Trump finds no offramp in Iran, as one of his senior advisors quits over the war

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March 19, 2026 - Trump claims US knew nothing of Israel's decision to attack Iranian gas field

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March 17, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Israel claims it assassinated two top security officials in Iran

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March 14, 2026 - U.S. Embassy in Baghdad hit by Iranian explosive after Trump claims to have "obliterated" Iran's Kharg Island

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March 13, 2026 - "American Week": Trump vows to end war on Iran, but has no exit strategy

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March 12, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Suspect killed after attack on Michigan synagogue, as Iran threatens Strait of Hormuz

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March 12, 2026 - Iran's Supreme Leader issues defiant first message, raising big new challenges for Trump

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March 11, 2026 - Trump says war on Iran will end "soon", but dodges key question about its outcome

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March 11, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: South African government carpets new US Ambassador, accusing him of undiplomatic conduct

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March 10, 2026 - Democrats say they believe Trump is going to deploy "mission creep" ground troops in Iran

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March 10, 2026 - Trump still cannot identify exactly what "winning" looks like in Iran

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March 10, 2026 - Iranian people an afterthought, as Trump promises end to war

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March 10, 2026 - Amid oil price turmoil, is the end of Trump's strategy-free war on Iran in sight?

128

March 10, 2026 - Trump offers array of shameless denials and specious claims during press conference on Iran

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March 9, 2026 - Trump under pressure over Iran as US fatalities and gas prices climb

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March 9, 2026 - Second full week of war on Iran, and Trump still has no plan for its outcome

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March 7, 2026 - As Iran war rages, more questions pile up about Trump's relationship with Epstein

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March 7, 2026 - One week on from war's beginning, Trump has no idea how it will end

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March 7, 2026 - Trump flirts with ground troops for Iran, and Nigel Farage dines with him in Florida

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March 6, 2026 - White House: Trump didn't mean Iran's "unconditional surrender" when he said "unconditional surrender"

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March 6, 2026 - "American Week": Trump & Netanyahu plunge the Middle East into war, with no plan for how it ends

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March 6, 2026 - US facing growing accusations of culpability for missile attack on Iranian girls' school that killed 168

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March 5, 2026 - Trump says he "must" be involved in choosing Iran's next leader

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March 5, 2026 - Republicans on Capitol Hill back Trump's war with Iran, amid no clarity on how it ends

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March 4, 2026: Explosions in Erbil as Washington reportedly grooms Kurds as a possible invasion force

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March 4, 2026 - Rubio says he never said what he said, as Trump re-ups regime change as his goal

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March 3, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Trump flays Starmer, deriding him as "no Winston Churchill"

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March 3, 2026 - "Wars can be fought 'forever' and very successfully", argues Trump as Iran criticism grows

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March 2, 2026 - As Middle East conflict widens, Trump U-turns, says regime change is not a U.S. objective

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March 2, 2026 - Trump finally delineates objectives of his war on Iran, but not the endgame

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March 2, 2026 - Trump says "the big wave" of US/Israeli attacks on Iran is to come

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March 2, 2026 - Trump, with no plan, tells Americans that US fatalities in Iran are "the way it is"

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March 2, 2026 - Trump warns American to brace for a month of military action in Iran

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March 1, 2026 - Trump says Iran attacks could last a month, and more American fatalities are likely

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March 1, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: 3 US Troops killed, 5 others seriously injured in Iran conflict

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March 1, 2026 - Trump administration officials absent from airwaves, amid grim polling on Iran strike

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March 1, 2026 - Trump says he's willing to talk to the Iranian regime, as first US deaths occur in conflict

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February 28, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Iranian State TV confirms Supreme Leader Khamenei is dead

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February 28, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Trump confirms Iran's Supreme Leader is dead

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February 28, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Amid reports of Supreme Leader's death, Trump says he's open to finding an "off ramp" in Iran

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February 28, 2028 - White House says "days" of military action against Iran lie ahead, as Trump plays geopolitical 52-card pickup

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February 26, 2026 - Trump seeks to topple Iran's regime without any strategy for the country's future

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February 28, 2026 - US and Israel launch war to overthrow Iranian government

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February 27, 2026 - Bill Clinton tells House Committee he was unaware of Epstein's crimes

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February 27, 2026 - "American Week": Trump delivers longest-ever State of the Union, as Tommy Robinson is welcomed to town

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February 27, 2026 - U.S. Roundup: Fury after nearly blind refugee is dead after being 'abandoned' by Border Patrol in Buffalo

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February 26, 2026 - Hillary Clinton tells House Oversight Committee she never met Epstein

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February 26, 2026 - Hillary Clinton tells Epstein probe to depose President Trump instead

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February 26, 2026 - Clintons preparing to give testimony about Epstein to House Oversight Committee

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February 25, 2026 - Trump, in unusually focused performance, blames out-of-power Democrats for everything wrong in America

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February 24, 2026 - Democrats pressure Trump on Iran ahead of State of the Union speech

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February 24, 2026 - Trump prepares for State of the Union facing worst polls of his presidencies

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February 23, 2026 - Longevity guru Dr. Peter Attia loses perch at CBS News over Epstein ties

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February 23, 2026 - Trump warns trading partners not to try and take advantage of Supreme Court ruling on tariffs

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February 23, 2026 - Trump prepares for crucial State of the Union Address after tariffs ruled unlawful

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February 20, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Trump blasts Supreme Court decision on tariffs, says he is "ashamed" of 3 Republican-appointed justices

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February 20, 2026 - "American Week": The Supreme Court strikes down Trump's tariffs

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February 20, 2026 - AS IT BROKE: Supreme Court strikes down Trump's tariffs

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February 19, 2026 - UK teaches US lesson in accountability with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrest

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February 17, 2026 - Jesse Jackson remembered by Obamas as "a true giant"

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February 17, 2026 - Reverend Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dead at 84

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February 17, 2026 - Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff fuels presidential rumours, and the search continues for Nancy Guthrie

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February 15, 2026 - US Roundup: Trump in search of a distraction after week of reverses and defeats

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February 14, 2026 - Mandelson summoned to appear before House Oversight Committee on Epstein

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February 14, 2026 - Rubio makes more measured, but still threatening speech to European leaders in Munich

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February 13, 2026 - "American Week": Trump posts racist meme about Obamas, while Bondi demonstrates contempt for democracy

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February 13, 2026 - Trump's U-turn in Minneapolis comes after a week of reverses for him

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February 12, 2026 - In major win for big oil, Trump blocks U.S. legal recognition of scientific finding on impacts of climate change

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February 12, 2026 - BBC told Trump defamation lawsuit will go ahead in February 2027

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February 12, 2026 - Trump's border czar announces end to "Operation Metro Surge" in Minneapolis

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February 11, 2026 - Attorney General Bondi shows unprecedented disdain for the Constitution, Congress and Epstein victims in testimony on Capitol Hill

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February 11, 2026 - Person of interest released as Nancy Guthrie hunt enters Day 11

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February 11, 2026 - Attorney General Pam Bondi stonewalls at travesty of Congressional hearing over Epstein

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February 11, 2026 - Bondi testifies on Capitol Hill while Netanyahu visits Trump in the White House

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February 11, 2026 - US Roundup: Questions still abound for Trump over Epstein

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February 10, 2026 - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick questioned after concealing visit to Epstein Island

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February 10, 2026 - Demanding clemency and pleading the Fifth, Maxwell reveals Congressional probe's weakness

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February 9, 2026 - Why haven't the Epstein files yet caught Trump in their gyre?

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February 9, 2026 - Ghislaine Maxwell pleads 5th Amendment in appearance before House Oversight Committee

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February 8. 2026 - US Roundup: Republicans continue to demand Trump apology over racist social media post

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February 7, 2026 - No apology from Trump over racist re-posting of meme depicting Obamas as primates

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February 7, 2026 - Trump, in third telling of racist social media post, claims he never saw meme of Obamas

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February 6, 2026 - After furious reaction, Trump belatedly removes racist video of Obamas from his social media account

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February 6, 2026 - "American Week": Trump indicates he plans to rig the midterm elections, or reject their outcome

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February 4, 2026 - US Roundup: Trump calls NBC anchor whose 84-year old mother appears to have been abducted

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February 4, 2026 - As Mandelson crisis deepens in UK, Trump urges Americans to move on from Epstein