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Intentionally targeting the country’s energy infrastructure could constitute a war crime under international law.
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The U.S. and a group of regional mediators are discussing the possibility of holding high-level peace talks with Iran as soon as Thursday, but are still waiting for a response from Tehran, two sources with knowledge of the discussions tell Axios. Why it matters: President Trump is interested in winding down the war, but Iran's chokehold on the Gulf of Hormuz complicates any potential exit strategy. The U.S. has shared with Israel its 15-point plan to end the war and claimed Iran had agreed to many of the key points. There's been no tangible evidence of any such agreement. - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is concerned Trump might strike a deal that falls well short of Israel's objectives, includes significant concessions,…
Antoine Forest has been identified by his family as one of the two pilots killed when a regional Air Canada jet collided with a Port Authority airport vehicle at LaGuardia Airport in New York City.
Residents of the West Bank village of Kifl Haris, near Nablus, found remnants of an unexploded missile on Tuesday as the war between the U.S. and Iran continues.
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Democrats have not signed off on the potential agreement to reopen DHS, which has been partially shut down since Feb. 14.
Delta Airlines is temporarily suspending specialty services to member of Congress due to resource constraints from the ongoing shutdown of DHS.
Strikes continued across the Middle East on Tuesday amid uncertainty over the state of talks between the U.S. and Iran.
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Moscow may be challenging President Trump’s effort to choke Cuba’s economy. China also has suspected listening posts on the island.
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Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is suing Booz Allen Hamilton in federal court after his tax returns were leaked along with those of other wealthy Americans, including President Trump and Elon Musk. Why it matters: The tech and management consulting firm is already facing retribution from the Trump administration, which cancelled all of its contracts with the Treasury Department in January. - Charles Littlejohn, who performed IRS contract work through Booz Allen, pleaded guilty to unauthorized disclosure of tax information in 2023 and was sentenced to five years in prison. - His leaks were linked to a bombshell New York Times story in 2020 on Trump's tax payments, as well as a ProPublica report in 2021 about a cache of tax documents from…
The debate would have featured six candidates, all white. The inclusion of a low-polling mayor drew scrutiny in particular.
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