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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 07.04.2026.
It displays 200 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
07.04.2026 ⇢ The Day Trump Threatened Iranian Civilization
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Morning coverage focused on the final hours before President Trump's 8 pm deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with multiple outlets detailing his threats to destroy Iranian power plants and bridges and the debate over whether such actions constitute war crimes. Early afternoon reporting tracked escalating rhetoric as Trump warned that 'a whole civilization will die tonight' if no deal was reached, with progressive sources framing the threat as deranged while conservative outlets presented it as strategic leverage. Evening coverage reported U.S. strikes on Iran's Kharg Island oil hub and Iran's threat of 'immediate and proportionate' response, while noting calls from some Democrats for Trump's removal via the 25th Amendment. Late night reporting announced a last-minute diplomatic breakthrough, with Trump agreeing to a two-week ceasefire tied to Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz, suspending the threatened attacks just 90 minutes before the deadline.
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TMZ received yet another purported ransom note Monday claiming to know where Nancy Guthrie’s body is — and who is responsible for her kidnapping, the founder of the gossip site revealed.
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Associated Press
President Donald Trump has expanded his threat against Iran to include all power plants and bridges as his Tuesday ultimatum approaches.
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President Trump's deadline for Iran to reach a deal to end the war or face punishing strikes on its bridges and power plants is less than 24 hours away.
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Associated Press
In his news conference Monday, President Donald Trump threatened to blow up every bridge and power plant in Iran, action that would be so far-reaching that some experts in military law said it could constitute a war crime.
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The Daily Beast
The DHS version of events continues to unravel.
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The U.S. president said the April 7 deadline would be final for the Iranian regime to make a deal.
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The Daily Wire
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Amoco, now part of BP, never cleaned up after its failed oil prospecting mission. Rural Kenyans are suing for a right to a clean environment.
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The four astronauts are headed back to Earth after they became the first humans to see the far side of the moon.
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"They say war crimes — it's not," Trump said during an Iran briefing, which aired live on Newsmax and the free Newsmax2 streaming platform. The president contended that infrastructure such as power facilities can be viewed as legitimate targets in modern warfare.
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President Trump has told Iran it must open the Strait of Hormuz by 8 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday or face the consequences, although he has delayed previous deadlines.
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The Washington Post
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The Michigan Wolverines are the 2026 national champions after beating UConn 69-63 to win their first title since 1989.
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01:56⇢The Ultimatum's Final Countdown
⌨The newspapers report on the final hours before President Trump's deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with multiple outlets detailing his threats to destroy Iranian power plants and bridges and the debate over whether such actions constitute war crimes (CBS, apnews, NYTimes, NPR, Epoch Times, newsmax, MSNBC, FoxNews, washingtontimes). Some sources note Iran's response urging human chains around power plants (FoxNews).
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe compared finding the stranded officer in Iran to "hunting for a single grain of sand in the middle of the desert."
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The Daily Beast
The silence lasted for approximately one full minute.
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The four astronauts are headed back to Earth after they became the first humans to see the far side of the moon.
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Iran's regime has called on youth to form human shields around power plants as Trump's deadline nears, with his threat to destroy civilian infrastructure.
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Airstrikes are pounding Tehran, and Iranian officials are urging young people to form human chains to protect power plants.
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The Atlantic
The administration’s plan is working but democracy remains elusive.
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The Daily Beast
The vice president is in Europe to show support for a far-right leader.
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Stocks wobble and haven demand builds as traders weigh Trump’s ‘Power Plant Day’ threat and an 8pm ET deadline on Iran.
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Washington Free Beacon
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Hours away from President Trump's 8 pm ET Tuesday deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, attacks continued in the Persian Gulf with no agreement in sight. Trump has threatened to bomb Iranian bridges and power plants if a deal is not reached.
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“Mojtaba Khamenei is being treated in Qom in a severe condition, unable to be involved in any decision making by the regime,” the memo reportedly stated.
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Los Angeles Times
Sam Adams
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The Washington Post
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Airstrikes are pounding Tehran, and Iranian officials are urging young people to form human chains to protect power plants.
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Iran has allowed some ships through the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks, but traffic is down by more than 90 percent.
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Associated Press
Airstrikes are pounding Tehran, and Iranian officials are urging young people to form human chains to protect power plants.
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Trump wants industrial-size immigration jails, and money is no obstacle.
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07:57⇢The Ultimatum's Final Countdown
⌨The newspapers report on the final hours before President Trump's deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with multiple outlets detailing his threats to destroy Iranian power plants and bridges and the debate over whether such actions constitute war crimes (CBS, apnews, NYTimes, NPR, Epoch Times, newsmax, MSNBC, FoxNews, washingtontimes). Some sources note Iran's response urging human chains around power plants (FoxNews).
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Fatih Birol said he was ’very pessemistic' about the situation facing the global economy due to the continued blockage of the Strait of Hormuz.
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The four astronauts are headed back to Earth after they became the first humans to see the far side of the moon.
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Offset, the 34-year-old Migos founder, is "being closely monitored" after he was shot in Florida, according to his spokesperson.
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“Mojtaba Khamenei is being treated in Qom in a severe condition, unable to be involved in any decision making by the regime,” the memo reportedly stated.
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Why SCOTUS Ruled 8–1 Against Colorado's 'Conversion Therapy' Ban
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The U.S. and Iran are using memes and pop culture on social media to influence public perception of the Middle East conflict.
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The Washington Post
Kharg Island, the hub for most of Iran’s oil exports, came under attack Tuesday, state-affiliated media reported, signaling an escalation in the war as President Trump’s 8 p.m. deadline for reopening the Strait of Hormuz approaches.
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Breitbart News
President Donald Trump warned Iran “the entire country can be taken out in one night” as his Tuesday 8 p.m. Eastern Time deadline loomed, threatening a four-hour blitz he said could leave every bridge “decimated” and every power plant “burning, exploding and never to be used again” if Tehran fails to make a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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The Daily Beast
Trump fired off a bloodthirsty threat as his deadline looked destined to pass without a deal being struck.
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The president has issued Iran a deadline of 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran shows no signs of complying.
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The Epoch Times
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that millions of citizens are ready to ’sacrifice their lives’ for the regime.
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The New York Times
President Trump warned that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran does not make a deal by 8 p.m. Eastern to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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President Trump ominously declared that “a whole civilization will die tonight” as his 8 pm ET deadline for Iran to cut a deal or else face an onslaught of attacks against its bridges and power plants.
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08:40⇢The Civilization Ultimatum
⌨The newspapers report on the final minutes before President Trump's 8 pm ET deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with multiple outlets detailing his escalating threat that 'a whole civilization will die tonight' if no deal is reached (FoxNews, NYPost, apnews, NYTimes, usatoday, ABC News, Breitbart, washingtontimes, dailywire). Some progressive sources frame the threat as deranged or insane (dailybeast, huffpost), while others note Iran's defiant response calling for human shields around power plants (Epoch Times, CBS).
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The strikes were carried out on military targets on the Islamic Republic’s oil-critical stronghold, Axios reported, citing an unidentified senior US official.
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New York Post
The strikes were carried out on military targets on the Islamic Republic’s oil-critical stronghold, Axios reported, citing an unidentified senior US official.
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The Washington Post
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The Washington Post
President Trump on Tuesday intensified his threats against the Islamic regime in Iran as his evening deadline approached for it to either cooperate with U.S. demands or have the airstrikes rain down hellfire on the country’s infrastructure.
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Iran's regime calls on youth to form human shields around power plants as Trump's deadline nears and he warns "a whole civilization will die tonight."
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The crew spent about seven hours circling the moon, taking photographs and making observations of never-before-seen features.
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Iran's regime calls on youth to form human shields around power plants as Trump's deadline nears and he warns "a whole civilization will die tonight."
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Panicked, Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Iran’s energy infrastructure by 8 p.m. today unless concessions are made. But Iran’s position is stronger than the president is willing to admit.
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Iran's regime calls on youth to form human shields around power plants as Trump's deadline nears and he warns "a whole civilization will die tonight."
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The U.S. military carried out strikes Tuesday on targets on Iran's Kharg Island. The strikes included two bridges and a train station. The latest action comes ahead of President Donald Trump’s 8 p.m. ET deadline for Tehran to allow full traffic to resume through the Strait of Hormuz. "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will,” he wrote in a Truth Social post. “We will find out tonight.”
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The Washington Post
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Los Angeles Times
Sam Adams
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The Daily Caller
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Trump signaled readiness for decisive action if negotiations falter as last-ditch diplomatic efforts continue.
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President Trump used his Truth Social account to warn Iran that its “whole civilization will die tonight” unless “something revolutionarily wonderful” happens.
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The Daily Beast
The jet setting vice president was caught off guard as he stood on the world stage alongside Hungary’s right-wing president Victor Orban.
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Paying for doulas to help birthing moms in maternity care deserts was a priority for Montana. But it halted the plan amid a budget shortfall and fears over coming federal Medicaid cuts.
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10:11⇢Civilization's Final Hour
⌨The newspapers report on the final minutes before President Trump's 8 pm ET deadline for Iran, with multiple outlets detailing his escalating threat that 'a whole civilization will die tonight' if no deal is reached (FoxNews, NYPost, CBS, apnews, Epoch Times, newsmax, washingtonexaminer, Common Dreams, washingtontimes, Breitbart, jacobin, dailywire, NYTimes, usatoday, ABC News, huffpost). Some sources note U.S. strikes have already targeted Iran's Kharg Island (NYPost, newsmax), while others report Iran's call for human shields around power plants (CBS, Epoch Times).
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President Trump issued grave threats hours before his deadline for Iran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face a wave of strikes on critical infrastructure.
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The Blaze
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Iran's regime calls on youth to form human shields around power plants as Trump's deadline nears and he warns "a whole civilization will die tonight."
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The Daily Beast
The jet setting vice president was caught off guard as he stood on the world stage alongside Hungary’s right-wing president Victor Orban.
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Mother Jones
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The paramilitary group issued the threat in response to a deadline imposed by the Trump administration.
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The U.S. military carried out strikes Tuesday on targets on Iran's Kharg Island. The strikes included two bridges and a train station. The latest action comes ahead of President Donald Trump’s 8 p.m. ET deadline for Tehran to allow full traffic to resume through the Strait of Hormuz. "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will,” he wrote in a Truth Social post. “We will find out tonight.”
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The New York Times
The U.S. and Israel stepped up their attacks on Iran ahead of President Trump’s 8 p.m. Eastern deadline to make a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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The U.S. carried out more than 50 strikes against military targets on Iran's Kharg Island on Tuesday, hours ahead of President Donald Trump’s 8 p.m. ET deadline for Tehran to allow full traffic to resume through the Strait of Hormuz. "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will,” he wrote in a Truth Social post. “We will find out tonight.”
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It's not just oil and gas that are affected by the Iran war. All sorts of shortages and price spikes are starting to pop up that stand to affect people's daily lives.
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The Daily Beast
Not even those in the White House know if the 79-year-old will follow through with his war threats.
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With the clock ticking, President Trump radically expanded his threat to the entire Iranian nation if its leaders fail to do a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday night.
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11:35⇢Civilization's Final Warning
⌨The newspapers report on the final minutes before President Trump's 8 pm ET deadline for Iran, with multiple outlets detailing his escalating threat that 'a whole civilization will die tonight' if no deal is reached (CBS, apnews, dailybeast, Epoch Times, newsmax, NYTimes, Common Dreams, NPR, dailycaller, motherjones, FoxNews, NYPost, usatoday, washingtonexaminer, ABC News, washingtontimes, Breitbart, huffpost, jacobin). Some sources note U.S. strikes have already targeted Iran's Kharg Island (NYPost, newsmax, NYTimes), while others report Iran's call for human shields around power plants (CBS, Epoch Times) and its threat to cut off oil for years (Epoch Times).
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Multiple news outlets reported on Tuesday morning Washington time that locals spotted explosions at Kharg Island, a Persian Gulf site that Iran uses for the vast majority of its oil exports — a significant percentage of which go to China.
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The Atlantic
Trump’s position is that if he wants to wipe out a country, then that is his decision to make.
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The Daily Beast
The president said he would wipe out “a whole civilization.”
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The U.S. and Israel stepped up attacks on Iran before President Trump’s deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran is said to withdraw from negotiations.
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New York Post
Kristi Noem’s cross-dressing husband, Bryon, allegedly bankrolled a Barbie doll fetish model’s lavish lifestyle and paid for an even bigger boob job in a quest to make her his “bimbo bride.”
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The Atlantic
Trump’s position is that if he wants to wipe out a country, then that is his decision to make.
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The Daily Wire
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The Washington Post
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The U.S. carried out more than 50 strikes against military targets on Iran's Kharg Island on Tuesday, hours ahead of President Donald Trump’s 8 p.m. ET deadline for Tehran to allow full traffic to resume through the Strait of Hormuz. "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will,” he wrote. “We will find out tonight.”
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13:33⇢Civilization's Final Breath
⌨The newspapers report on the final minutes before President Trump's 8 pm ET deadline for Iran, with multiple outlets detailing his escalating threat that 'a whole civilization will die tonight' if no deal is reached (FoxNews, NYPost, dailybeast, dailywire, MSNBC, newsmax, NYTimes, washingtonexaminer, ABC News, theatlantic, Breitbart, CBS, apnews, Epoch Times, usatoday, Common Dreams, NPR, washingtontimes, huffpost, jacobin, dailycaller, motherjones). Some sources note U.S. strikes have already targeted Iran's Kharg Island (newsmax, NYTimes, Breitbart), while others report Iran's withdrawal from negotiations (NYTimes) and Republican calls for impeachment over the threat (dailybeast, MSNBC, washingtonexaminer).
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Los Angeles Times
Lindsey Hall
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“I do not want to see us start blowing up civilian infrastructure. I do not want to see that," said Wisconsin GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, a Trump ally.
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New York Wants a Cut of <i>Counter-Strike</i>'s Loot Boxes
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“It’s like hearing a voice in a stadium, except the stadium is a thousand square miles of desert,” a source briefed on the program told The Post. “In the right conditions, if your heart is beating, we will find you.”
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The Epoch Times
The vote came hours before President Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to make peace and stop targeting the Strait of Hormuz, or face crippling new U.S. attacks.
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Everyone reported the exact same story at the exact same time — and they all relied on the same liars who got us into this mess.
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“I do not want to see us start blowing up civilian infrastructure. I do not want to see that," said Wisconsin GOP Sen. Ron Johnson, a Trump ally.
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The Washington Post
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Breitbart News
The Islamist Iranian regime’s military threatened to expand their strikes against in Persian Gulf energy infrastructure and U.S. interests.
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The Islamist Iranian regime’s military threatened to expand their strikes against in Persian Gulf energy infrastructure and U.S. interests.
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U.S. forces pummeled a critical offshore hub of Iran’s oil-export industry as the world waited to see if President Trump would follow through on his threat to bomb the country into the Stone Age unless his ceasefire demands are met.
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Breitbart News
The Islamist Iranian regime’s military threatened to expand their strikes against in Persian Gulf energy infrastructure and U.S. interests.
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Donald Trump has given Iran until 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Follow Newsweek’s live updates
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Hours ahead of the deadline, Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said his government was prepared "for all scenarios. ... No threat is beyond our preparedness and intelligence."
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16:05⇢Civilization's Final Minutes
⌨The newspapers report on the final minutes before President Trump's 8 pm ET deadline for Iran, with multiple outlets detailing his escalating threat that 'a whole civilization will die tonight' if no deal is reached (FoxNews, Boston Globe, Epoch Times, newsmax, usatoday, washingtonexaminer, Common Dreams, washingtontimes, Breitbart, huffpost, motherjones, Newsweek, CBS, apnews, dailybeast, dailywire, MSNBC, NYTimes, ABC News, theatlantic, NPR, jacobin, dailycaller). Some sources note U.S. strikes have already targeted Iran's Kharg Island (newsmax, washingtontimes, Breitbart, Newsweek), while others report Iran's threat of 'immediate and proportionate' response (FoxNews, Boston Globe) and calls for Trump's removal via the 25th Amendment (washingtonexaminer, Common Dreams).
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Breitbart News
The Islamist Iranian regime’s military threatened to expand their strikes against in Persian Gulf energy infrastructure and U.S. interests.
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The Washington Post
The president said Iran must open the Strait of Hormuz by 8 p.m. Eastern time or face destruction. The White House said the administration would not use nuclear weapons.
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Breitbart News
The Islamist Iranian regime’s military threatened to expand their strikes against in Persian Gulf energy infrastructure and U.S. interests.
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The Daily Beast
Pete Hegseth is feeding Donald Trump’s belief that the U.S. is on the verge of a decisive victory in Iran, according to a report.
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Netanyahu and Trump have invoked the Woman, Life, Freedom movement to justify war. Politicians like Rep. Yassamin Ansari rejected the idea.
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Donald Trump has given Iran until 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Follow Newsweek’s live updates
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The New York Times
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Los Angeles Times
Christina Cauterucci
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President Trump announced that the U.S. and Iran had agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the war that was contingent on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Breitbart News
President Donald Trump and the Islamic Republic of Iran both announced on Tuesday evening just before the U.S. president’s deadline for a deal that they have agreed to a two-week ceasefire while negotiators finalize a deal between the warring nations.
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Breitbart News
President Donald Trump and the Islamic Republic of Iran both announced on Tuesday evening just before the U.S. president’s deadline for a deal that they have agreed to a two-week ceasefire while negotiators finalize a deal between the warring nations.
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After the U.S. and Iran arrived at a ceasefire agreement, President Trump suspended his threat of wide-scale destruction of Iran's civilian and military infrastructure.
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New York Post
Iran agreed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday as Tehran and the US reached a two-week ceasefire deal — a breakthrough in the nearly 40-day war that has disrupted shipping and spiked gas prices.
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If such an order comes to pass, the military can and must refuse.
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Associated Press
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21:26⇢The Ceasefire's Fragile Dawn
⌨The newspapers report on the announcement of a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, contingent on Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz, marking a de-escalation from President Trump's earlier threat of wide-scale destruction (NYPost, CBS, apnews, ABC News, NPR, Breitbart, FoxNews). Some outlets frame this as Trump backing down from his threat (NPR, apnews), while others highlight the threat's severity and domestic political reactions (NYTimes, WashingtonPost, Common Dreams, MSNBC, washingtonexaminer).
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After Iran ceded to President Trump's demand to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Trump backed down from his threat of wide-scale destruction of Iran's civilian and military infrastructure.
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President Trump announced that the U.S. and Iran had agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the war that was contingent on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
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The New York Times
Under the deal, Iran would open the Strait of Hormuz and the cease-fire would apply to “Lebanon and elsewhere.” Israel said it supported the cease-fire.
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The Daily Caller
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The Washington Post
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The Washington Post
President Trump agreed to hold off on his apocalyptic promise to order the death of “a whole civilization” on Tuesday after Iran agreed to open up the Strait of Hormuz as part of a Pakistan-brokered temporary ceasefire of the ongoing conflict between Washington and Tehran.
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