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‘Worst foreign policy blunder in decades’: Senate Republicans break with Trump on Iran

Some Senate Republicans are breaking with President Donald Trump over his handling of Iran, pushing back on the memorandum of understanding’s significant financial relief to the regime and Trump’s comments on Wednesday that he is willing to accept an Iranian ballistic missile program and some level of nuclear enrichment. “Reagan is rolling over in his... <a href="">Read More</a>

White House shares official text of the U.S.-Iran MOU

The Trump administration on Wednesday shared with journalists the official text of the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran to establish a ceasefire with Iran, permanently end Israel’s war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, reopen the Strait of Hormuz while ending the U.S. naval blockade and kickstart a 60-day negotiation period on the future... <a href="">Read More</a>

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle express frustration over Trump’s Clayton pause

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are expressing frustration that President Donald Trump directed Jay Clayton, his nominee to be director of national intelligence, not to appear at a scheduled confirmation hearing on Wednesday afternoon, upending plans for the Senate to quickly confirm Clayton and renew lapsed federal surveillance authorities. “It’s regrettable that the... <a href="">Read More</a>

Iranians ‘have to have some’ ballistic missiles, Trump says, retreating from previous war aim

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that the U.S. would not forbid Iran from possessing ballistic missiles, downplaying the threat despite it being a key war aim in the onset of the conflict. Speaking at the G7 summit in France, the president asserted that the majority of Iran’s missile capabilities have been destroyed and that... <a href="">Read More</a>

Senators skeptical of Iran MOU

The White House releases the U.S.-Iran MOU text, signaling a major policy shift on sanctions and nuclear development, while Trump faces domestic criticism and cancels key intelligence hearings.