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US strikes Iran again after 'clear violation of the ceasefire'

The U.S. military announced Tuesday it had launched a series of strikes on Iran following attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. Central Command said Iran had violated the terms of the current ceasefire and announced the following in a post on X.

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'Wow': Tearful Iran war widow left speechless by Trump admin response

The widow of a service member recently killed amid the Iran war was speechless when asked about the Trump administration's response.

During an interview with CNN anchor Erin Burnett, Mia Gonzalez-Swinton spoke about her husband, late Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, who was one of four U.S. service members killed last weekend in the ongoing conflict with Iran. Swinton was killed in Iraq, and his name vanished from the Department of Defense casualty list, Burnett noted.

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US strikes Iran in retaliation for downed Apache helicopter: report

The U.S. military struck Iran in response to an attack against an Apache helicopter, according to breaking news reports.

Trump vowed to retaliate for the attack against the helicopter, saying that the U.S. "must, of necessity, respond," Axios reported. He said the attack against the helicopter "wasn't a big deal" in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, however.

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Trump's team makes rare admission his Iran gamble is unraveling: report

The Trump administration admitted it's worried that a nuclear deal with Iran is increasingly unlikely, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Senior U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal on Friday that a nuclear deal with Iran is "growing increasingly unlikely" in a "rare acknowledgment."

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'Broken for good': New Iran strikes spark concerns about fragile economy for analyst

The U.S. military announced Tuesday it had launched "powerful strikes" against Iran — something an analyst signaled could be a sign of what repercussions are to come.

CNN White House reporter Adam Cancryn told CNN anchor Jake Tapper and senior White House correspondent Kristen Holmes during a live report that a military official said these attacks were meant as "punishment" after Iran attacked three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Cancryn warned that the retaliation could have a direct impact on Americans.

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4 GOP Senators break ranks to check Trump Iran war powers: report

Trump saw his power to continue waging war in Iran checked by a Senate vote on Tuesday, per reporting by the New York Times.

The Senate resolution tells Trump to end the war in Iran or seek congressional authorization to resume it, according to the Times, which described the 50-48 Senate vote as "the most significant bipartisan rebuke yet of the conflict."

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Expert flags one detail in Trump's Iran deal that makes her 'very afraid'

A former State Department official said on Tuesday that one detail of the deal President Donald Trump struck with the Iranian regime over the weekend makes her "very afraid."

Former Biden deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman said during an appearance on CNN that she's worried that Trump is so focused on getting oil flowing into the market again that he'll move on from the Iran War without striking a nuclear deal.

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GOP lawmaker's Iran math on Fox News draws mockery: 'Not how anything works'

A Republican lawmaker's comments about the Iran agreement during an interview with Fox News on Monday drew laughs online.

Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), an Army veteran and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, defended the Trump administration's reported move to give Iran billions of dollars, saying it was good and that the taxpayer-funded expense made sense because "we destroyed so much."

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