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July 15, 2026
U.S. War Against Iran Enters a New Phase
As President Trump resumes his war, the focus is now on the Strait of Hormuz. But it remains unclear how far the U.S. military will go to exert control.
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July 14, 2026
Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Take Over’ Strait of Hormuz, and How Russia Made Japan a Den of Spies
Plus, scientists find sugar in outer space.
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July 10, 2026
Strait of Hormuz Will Soon Be Declared Open to All Traffic, U.S. Officials Say
The officials said that Iranian negotiators blamed the recent ship attacks on rogue military units.
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July 10, 2026
Bombing Iran, Then a Tentative Accord Didn’t Work. Does Trump Have a Plan C?
The administration appears to be reverting to an all-stick, no-carrot approach. But it has yet to answer why it believes economic warfare and bombing will yield a different result this time.
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July 8, 2026
As U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire Frays, Trump Faces a Muddled War and Unpalatable Options
The president appears to be confronting the consequences of a cease-fire deal cobbled together in haste, with little movement toward resolving the key issues driving the conflict.
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July 6, 2026
Trump Expected to Tell Turkey He Is Ready to Restore Access to F-35 Jets
The president, who is headed to a NATO summit in Ankara this week, had imposed the ban himself amid concerns that giving Turkey the jets could allow Russia to learn about their stealth technology.
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July 3, 2026
Once the Centerpiece of Celebration, a Faded Declaration Recedes
Sunlight and abuse have taken a toll on the document, encased in bulletproof glass. But the Trump administration “hasn’t put much emphasis on it,” a former archivist notes.
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June 25, 2026
NATO’s Leader Makes His Case to Trump for Preserving the Alliance
Using charts, Secretary General Mark Rutte appeared to defuse the president’s anger by showing that European countries were “equalizing” defense spending with the U.S.
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June 23, 2026
Trump Is Making Big Claims About the Iran Talks. Iran Keeps Contradicting Him.
President Trump appears to be describing his preferences as fully negotiated deals, in hopes of locking the Iranians in. The question is whether a succession of such disputes will sink the whole ve...
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June 18, 2026
Before Making a Deal, Trump Demanded Iran’s Surrender. He Got a Surprise.
While the Iranians suffered substantial losses in the war, they emerged from a confrontation with the world’s most powerful military having proved they can use economic chaos as a weapon.
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June 16, 2026
Obama’s Nuclear Deal Looms Over Trump’s Iran Negotiations
President Trump is under pressure to significantly improve upon the Obama-era deal in order to justify the huge human and economic cost of taking the United States to war.
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June 15, 2026
Inside the U.S.-Iran Deal, and Trump Hosts U.F.C. Fights
Plus, crafting the perfect grass for the World Cup.
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June 14, 2026
Trump Claims Strait Will be ‘Permanently Toll Free’ Under Agreement With Iran
In a call to The New York Times, President Trump praised Russia and China’s leaders and described Israel’s prime minister as “a very difficult guy.”
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June 9, 2026
U.S. and Iran Zero In on Four Nuclear Issues in Talks
With the cease-fire proving tenuous, negotiations between the two nations are in flux, but have advanced to outline potential paths forward on difficult questions about Iran’s nuclear program.
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June 3, 2026
Trump’s Controversial Pick to Oversee U.S. Intelligence, and a Surge in Preventable Diseases
Plus, how Marcia Lucas was “the heart” behind “Star Wars.”
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June 2, 2026
Why the U.S.-Iran Negotiations Are Taking So Long
As negotiations to end the war in Iran drag on, our reporter David E. Sanger describes the factors that are complicating any agreement.
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June 1, 2026
Trump Finds High-Wire Iran Negotiations ‘Very Boring’
President Trump told CNBC that he “couldn’t care less” if the negotiations with Iran break down.
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May 31, 2026
Trump Hits the Stalemate Phase of His Interventions in Gaza, Ukraine and Now Iran
In Ukraine, Gaza and now Iran, President Trump’s early declarations of easy wins have given way to harsh reality.
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May 24, 2026
To Get the Strait Open, Trump Had to Leave the Hardest Issues for Later
President Trump is hailing is agreement with Iran as groundbreaking, even as he admits is “isn’t even fully negotiated.” But the nuclear stockpile, enrichment and missiles have not been discussed.
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May 24, 2026
Many Questions, Few Details in Latest Iran Peace Proposal
It is too early to tell what exactly Trump and Iran have agreed to, or if they have agreed to much at all.
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May 23, 2026
As Trump Weighs Return to Conflict in Iran, Here’s What Could Be Targeted Next
There is no shortage of targets should President Trump, in coordination with Israel, decide to resume the assault on Iran.
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May 15, 2026
Trump’s ‘Learning Curve’ on China Ends With Conciliation at Summit
The president has shifted the foundations of American policy toward China, throwing aside the adversarial approach of recent years.
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May 14, 2026
Trump Was Flattering, Xi Was Resolute. The Difference Spoke Volumes.
In contrast to his rhetoric about China at home, President Trump spoke in conciliatory terms with Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader.
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May 14, 2026
Spies, Sanctions, Cyberattacks: China and the U.S. Clash Behind the Scenes
After months of avoiding confrontation, the Trump administration has taken recent steps to call out China on Iran, artificial intelligence and spying.
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May 12, 2026
Trump and Xi Enter China Summit Distracted by Iran War
The war in Iran has cast a shadow of uncertainty on both superpowers, dimming early hopes that they could begin to address the larger issues that have frayed their relationship.
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May 6, 2026
Trump and Rubio Insist Iran War Is Over, Even as Missiles Fly During Cease-Fire
The White House is turning to rhetorical leaps as President Trump tries to put the biggest political crisis of his presidency behind him.
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May 3, 2026
Trump Says U.S. Will Help Stranded Ships Leave Strait of Hormuz
President Trump offered few details on how the new program, which he called Project Freedom, would work, but said interference would be dealt with “forcefully.”
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April 30, 2026
How Trump’s Iran Blockade Is Complicating a High-Stakes Trip to China
If President Trump flies to China as planned in May, the primary topic will clearly be the rippling economic effects of a war that Beijing has made clear it viewed as unnecessary.
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April 30, 2026
Trump Threatens to Pull Troops From Germany as He Lashes Out at Merz
The comments came after the German chancellor said that Iran has “humiliated” the United States.
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April 28, 2026
British Embassy Hosts Royal Couple, and a Few Hundred More, at Garden Party
King Charles III and Queen Camilla gathered with Washington’s famous and not so famous for an off-the-record evening.
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