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April 8, 2026
Trump Backs Down on Iran, and an A.I. ‘Reckoning’
Plus, the great pistachio gamble.
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April 8, 2026
Trump Backs Down, but Questions Remain Over Iran and the Strait of Hormuz
President Trump’s short-term intimidation may have worked, but the fundamental divides with Iran are as sharp as they were in February.
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April 7, 2026
Trump Backs Down, but Questions Remain About Iran’s Concessions and the Strait
President Trump had been under increasing pressure to find a way out after he threatened to wipe out Iran’s civilization on Tuesday night unless Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz.
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April 5, 2026
Trump’s Lesson From Risky Rescue: Threaten to Go Harder at Iran
In an expletive-laced social media post, the president said Iran should open the Strait of Hormuz or he would bomb bridges and power plants.
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April 5, 2026
In New Threats, Trumps Seems Emboldened by a Successful Rescue
In an expletive-filled social media post, Mr. Trump said Iran should open the Strait of Hormuz or he will bomb bridges and power plants.
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April 2, 2026
How Trump Boxed Himself In on Iran
President Trump faces the possibility that at the end of his own two-to-three week window for wrapping up the war in Iran, nothing much will have changed.
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April 1, 2026
Trump Says He Halted Nuclear Threat From Iran, Despite Evidence to the Contrary
For the second time in recent days, President Trump declared that one of the key objectives of the war had been accomplished.
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March 31, 2026
Trump Faces a Decision on Whether to Start a Ground War in Iran
The president wants a negotiation, but the Iranians say they are refusing until a cease-fire is declared. And while Marines and the 82nd Airborne Division offer new leverage, the risks escalate qui...
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March 31, 2026
Trump Faces a Decision on Whether to Start a Ground War in Iran
The president wants a negotiation, but the Iranians say they are refusing until a cease-fire is declared. And while Marines and the 82nd Airborne Division offer new leverage, the risks escalate qui...
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March 30, 2026
Trump Says Iran Agreed to Allow 20 More Ships of Oil Through Strait of Hormuz
The president, speaking to reporters on Air Force One, cast the permission as a “sign of respect.” He also asserted that the United States had already achieved “regime change” in Iran.
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March 25, 2026
U.S. Circulates Iran Peace Plan While Sending Troops to the Middle East
The 2,000 paratroopers heading to the region may give President Trump more leverage in negotiations, but they also leave him with the option of doubling down on military force.
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March 24, 2026
Why President Trump Has a Big Oil Problem
Our national security correspondent David E. Sanger looks at President Trump’s trouble handling retaliatory attacks by Iran that have largely choked off the Strait of Hormuz.
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March 24, 2026
Trump Delays Threat to Iran, but War Negotiations Are in Early Stage
President Trump postponed his threat to strike power plants in Iran, citing “productive conversations” with the Iranians. But officials said the talks were in an early stage and not substantive.
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March 21, 2026
Trump Is Finally Eyeing an Exit From Iran. But Will He Take It?
President Trump says he is considering “winding down” operations in Iran. But many of his original war goals remain unaccomplished.
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March 19, 2026
Trump’s Complaint About Israeli Strike on Gas Field Exposes Divergent Strategies
President Trump said he told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel he disapproved of the attack, which sent energy markets reeling. But Israeli officials said the Americans were informed befo...
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March 19, 2026
Trump Says He Won’t Send Troops to Iran But Leaves Wiggle Room
The president was cagey about his plans for Iran. He confirmed the Pentagon was seeking $200 billion to support a protracted war effort while also claiming it would be over soon.
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March 18, 2026
What’s a Threat? Gabbard Says It’s Up to Trump, on Iran and Elsewhere.
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, was left to square the president’s comments about an imminent nuclear threat from Iran with a letter from one of her trusted aides.
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March 18, 2026
Trump’s Next Decision in War: Whether to Retrieve Iran’s Nuclear Fuel
A mission to seize or destroy Iran’s nuclear material would be one of the riskiest military operations in modern American history.
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March 15, 2026
Entering War’s Third Week, Trump Faces Stark Choices
As the conflict with Iran expands and intensifies, President Trump’s options — to fight on, or to move toward declaring victory and pulling back — both carry deeply problematic consequences.
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March 6, 2026
Trump Demands ‘Unconditional Surrender’ by Iran
President Trump’s comments on Friday reflected yet another shift in the goals of U.S. military actions.
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March 5, 2026
Trump Follows His Gut. His National Security Advisers Try to Keep Up.
Decisions come fast, even if contradictions and inconsistencies abound. But without much of a process, there is little preparation for how things can go wrong.
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March 2, 2026
As Maduro and Khamenei Learned, It’s Harder Than Ever for Leaders to Hide
A surge in sensors and cameras, combined with artificial intelligence, has transformed U.S. intelligence’s ability to locate foreign heads of state. Add to that an American president willing to cap...
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March 2, 2026
Trump Says Iran War Could Last Weeks and Gives Competing Visions of New Regime
In a brief interview, he said the country’s hardened military should simply surrender their weapons to the Iranian public.
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February 28, 2026
For Trump, the Iran Attack Is the Ultimate War of Choice
There was no immediate threat from Iran. But the president saw a chance to push a weakened government over the edge, and is betting he can spark a popular uprising.
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February 27, 2026
Mapping the Risks of Attacking Iran
Our national security correspondent David E. Sanger maps Iran’s options for retaliation if the United States or Israel strikes.
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February 27, 2026
Fact-check: In Trump’s Case for an Attack on Iran, False or Unproven Claims
Key elements of the Trump administration’s arguments this week for another military campaign against Iran do not hold up.
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February 27, 2026
U.S. and Iranian Officials Wrap Up Latest Round of Talks
Representatives of the countries were in Geneva this week to discuss the fate of Iran’s nuclear program.
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February 22, 2026
Trump Considers Targeted Strike Against Iran, Followed by Larger Attack
The top negotiators plan to meet in Geneva on Thursday for last-ditch talks, debating a new proposal that could create an off-ramp as two carrier groups massed within striking distance of Iran.
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February 20, 2026
As Trump Weighs Iran Strikes, He Declines to Make Clear Case for Why
Rarely in modern times has the United States prepared to conduct a major act of war with so little explanation or public debate.
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February 17, 2026
With Witkoff and Kushner, Trump Bets on Diplomacy Without Diplomats
President Trump’s most trusted envoys are at the center of the Iran and Ukraine negotiations, an approach that has sidelined the State Department and the National Security Council.
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