Opinion | Pete Hegseth Blunders Into His Forever War
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Opinion | Pete Hegseth Blunders Into His Forever War

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump came into office promising to disentangle the U.S. military from its costly forever wars in the Middle East. Three months in, he is embroiled in the same sort of open-ended military campaign that plagued his predecessors, and one that holds the…

Trump Gives Conflicting Signals and Mixed Messages on Iran Nuclear Talks
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Trump Gives Conflicting Signals and Mixed Messages on Iran Nuclear Talks

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Just a few weeks ago, President Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Waltz, a longtime hawk on Iran, cast the administration’s goal in negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program in crystal clear terms. “Full dismantlement,” he said. He went on to list what that meant:…

What to Know About U.S. Talks With Iran Over Its Nuclear Program
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What to Know About U.S. Talks With Iran Over Its Nuclear Program

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A brief handshake may be the most likely outcome from preliminary diplomatic talks set for Saturday between American and Iranian officials. It would probably be enough to keep the discussions going, and potentially lead to the first official face-to-face negotiations between the two…

Why Iran’s Supreme Leader Came Around to Nuclear Talks With Trump
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Why Iran’s Supreme Leader Came Around to Nuclear Talks With Trump

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It was a closely held, urgent meeting. Iran was pondering a response to President Trump’s letter seeking nuclear negotiations. So the country’s president, as well as the heads of the judiciary and Parliament huddled with Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, last month,…

Trump Wants an Iran Nuclear Deal, but It Must Be Better Than Obama’s
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Trump Wants an Iran Nuclear Deal, but It Must Be Better Than Obama’s

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In 2016, running for president and pressed for details on how he would handle some of the world’s knottiest security issues, then-candidate Donald J. Trump had a simple formula for defanging the Iranian nuclear program. Barack Obama’s negotiating team, he said, should have…

Some Israelis Favor Attacking Iran, Expressing Skepticism About Talks
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Some Israelis Favor Attacking Iran, Expressing Skepticism About Talks

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has in the past listed the three main threats facing Israel as “Iran, Iran and Iran.” He has largely staked his career on being Israel’s protector against Iranian nuclear ambitions, has openly confronted Tehran in recent months and is…