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After Trump Ruled Out Striking Iran Before Election Day, the US and Israel Drafted Plans to Strike After It

President Trump has given the public three timetables for the Iran war in six weeks, and every one of them ends on the same date: November…

By Mark Masterson · 2d ago · 2 min read

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Elon Musk, Whom the WSJ Says Throttled Ukraine’s Military Satellites, Vows to “Come For” the Democrats Planning to Probe Him

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Attack on Dammam Airport Kills Two in Saudi Arabia’s Oil East, Not in Riyadh

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Russia Freed a 74-Year-Old American Teacher as Witkoff Met Putin, and Nobody Has Said What Moscow Got

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By Mark Masterson · Oct 11

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By Mark Masterson · Oct 8

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By Mark Masterson · Oct 7

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By Mark Masterson · Oct 1

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An oil refinery burns in a dense urban district, black smoke rising from one unit among tall steel distillation columns, with Soviet-era apartment blocks in the foreground and a distant high-rise skyline on the horizon.

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Surface-to-air interceptor missile rising on a bright exhaust trail over dark mountain ridges at night, a burst of debris high in the sky, and a lit city skyline glowing on the horizon

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