79 m. ago White House official claims Trump's nuclear strikes in Iran were 'pointless' and ordered by the 'deep state'

Andrew Kloster is a general counsel for the Office of Personnel Management which manages the civil service for the administration.

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1 hour ago Trump goes on ALL CAPS tirade to bash 'failing' New York Times and CNN over 'fake' Iran bombing coverage

LIVE UPDATES: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the US military strike on Iran 's nuclear facilities' after a leaked report claimed Donald Trump 's attack did little damage.

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3 h. ago Pete Hegseth says Iran's nuke program is 'buried under a mountain of rubble' as Trump defends attack amid leaks: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the US military strike on Iran 's nuclear facilities' after a leaked report claimed Donald Trump 's attack did little damage.

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3 h. ago US strikes 'did not destroy Iran's nuclear programme': White House rages after 'top secret' doc is leaked as Israel AND Iran claim victory

The 'top secret' report suggested that Tehran's stockpile of enriched uranium remained intact after the bombing - with the damage mainly confined to aboveground structures.

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5 h. ago US strikes only delayed Iran’s nuclear progress, says intelligence report

Leaked assessment casts doubt on Trump’s claims to have ‘obliterated’ facilities

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7 h. ago Leaked report downplays Donald Trump's Iran nuclear site 'obliteration' claims

According to an early intelligence report - which has been refuted by the White House - Iran's nuclear facilities were not completely destroyed by US strikes, as Trump claimed

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7 h. ago US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites only set back program by months, Pentagon report says

Findings by Defense Intelligence Agency suggest Trump’s declaration that sites were ‘obliterated’ may be overstatedAn initial classified US assessment of Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend says they did not destroy two of the sites and likely only set back the nuclear program by a few months, according to two people familiar with the report.The report produced by the Defense Intelligence Agency – the intelligence arm of the Pentagon – concluded key components of the nuclear program, including centrifuges, were capable of being restarted within months. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago White House furious at top secret leak on Iran nuclear site bombing as Trump faces impeachment calls: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Donald Trump warned the warring sides to 'please not violate' the ceasefire last night, declaring that it marked a new chapter of 'world peace'.

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8 h. ago Trump strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, intel assessment suggests: report

Early intelligence assessment from Pentagon suggests Iran nuclear program only set back by ‘a few months’

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8 h. ago Trump’s shaky ceasefire deal is not the legacy he had in mind

Editorial: The current conflict could have been avoided if the US president had not abandoned the Iran nuclear deal in his first term. If history is to judge him a peacemaker, he will need to resolve the Israel-Palestine issue

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9 h. ago Why dreams of regime change in Iran will end in a rude awakening | Rajan Menon

It would be naive to believe that the US could take a wrecking ball to the Iranian state and walk away unaffectedDuring his three presidential campaigns, Donald Trump lambasted “forever wars” and “regime change” interventions. More than any candidate, he sensed the war-weariness of Americans after the fiascos in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, and especially the dismay of military veterans, 60% of whom voted for him over Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Trump’s maverick, anti-interventionist “America First” narrative also resonated strongly with those in the Maga movement who have never served in the military, particularly blue-collar workers.Now, Trump, once an unsparing critic of military misadventures, has bombed the nuclear enrichment installations of Iran, a country that hadn’t attacked the US, wasn’t preparing to and didn’t even threaten war. Since the bombing, Trump has gone further: he has ruminated about regime change in Iran. His transformation has startled many ...

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9 h. ago Iran may turn to North Korea to help build nuke at 'secret facility' warns expert

Nuclear sites in Iran have been hit by US missiles but with Western countries seeking to ensure it doesn't have the capacity to make weapons there is a fear it may try to continue in secret

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10 h. ago ‘Another big success’: Nato leader flatters Trump before The Hague summit

Mark Rutte is keen to ensure US president’s support and secure agreement among members on defence spendingIn The Hague, the Nato summit waits for Donald Trump – and no one more so than the alliance’s secretary general, Mark Rutte. “You are flying into another big success,” Rutte wrote in a text on Tuesday, one of several released shortly afterwards by a hyperactive Trump as he travelled across the Atlantic in Air Force One.The sycophantic messages from the Dutchman had compared Nato’s plan to dramatically increase defence spending to the US bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites over the weekend: “Congratulations and thank you for your decisive action in Iran, that was truly extraordinary, and something no one else dared to do.” Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Shock poll reveals how Americans really feel about Donald Trump's Iran attack

A poll taken in the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump 's decision to unleash 'bunker buster' bombs on Iran 's nuclear facilities reveals how Americans feel about the attack.

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10 h. ago The Guardian view on Trump’s vacillating approach to Iran: a ceasefire is welcome, but the danger isn’t over | Editorial

Better diplomacy than war, but the US president’s inconsistency and Benjamin Netanyahu’s political needs increase the dangers in this Middle East crisisDonald Trump declared a ceasefire that would last “for ever”. Or perhaps not. Within hours, he had attacked both Israel and Iran for breaking the deal he took credit for, though there seemed to be a precarious peace. But the volatility of events owes much to the unpredictability of Mr Trump’s own rhetoric and actions. The Middle East crisis will continue to overshadow the Nato summit in The Hague, intended to shore up support for Ukraine.It is just over two weeks since Mr Trump told Israel’s prime minister not to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities, hoping for a deal with Tehran. Benjamin Netanyahu ignored him – and within hours, as Fox News celebrated the Israeli offensive, the president sought to associate himself with it. He demanded Iran’s unconditional surrender and threatened its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...

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11 h. ago Trump says 'last thing' on Iran's mind is nuclear weapons as he gives Netanyahu order

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "significantly scaled back" his planned retaliation against Iran's ceasefire violation after pressure from Donald Trump, it has been claimed

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13 h. ago Iran may develop nuclear bomb at ‘secret facility’ in 'cooperation' with North Korea

Tehran's ambition to build the bomb hasn't gone away, an expert has warned. Instead, the latest round of Israeli attacks may just push the Iran to build a bomb 'in secret' with North Korea.

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13 h. ago Now Starmer hails Trump's Iran bombing for 'alleviating threat' of regime getting nuclear weapon... after ministers spent days refusing to say it was the right thing to do

After days of ministers desperately dodging on whether they supported the action, Keir Starmer sounded a much more positive tone as he arrived at the Nato summit in The Hague.

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14 h. ago Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s Iran bombing raid on nuclear sites: poll

CNN/SSRS poll also found 58 percent think the airstrikes will make Iran more of a threat to the United States.

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14 h. ago Starmer says US action ‘helped alleviate threat of nuclear capability’ in Iran

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the US had helped in ‘alleviating’ the threat of nuclear capability for Tehran.

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