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Protesters hold posters of Ayatollah Khomeini outside the US Embassy, ​​which has been occupied by students following the line of Imam Khomeini, in Tehran, Iran, on November 16, 1979. Kaveh Kazemi | Halton Archive | getty imagesPresident Donald Trump is adopting a triumphalist tone as he plans to address the nation about the Iran war on Wednesday night. But there is reason to worry that the conflict and its economic consequences for Americans may get worse before they get better. If so, Trump will struggle to rid himself of the war’s damaging political legacy.In this he will join a long…

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Young Iranian women walk past a state building covered with a huge anti-American billboard depicting the symbolic image of the destroyed USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in downtown Tehran, Iran, on the final day of Iran-US talks in Geneva on February 26, 2026.Morteza Nicoubzal | Nurfoto | getty imagesWartime propaganda has evolved for the social media age, and Iran is now competing with the US to become the world’s greatest keyboard warrior.As real-world bombings continue in the Middle East and casualties mount, both sides in the months-old war are also creating ironic, pop-culture-tinged memes on the online battlefield. Iran’s new…

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WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 2: D. John Sawyer, Special Assistant to the Louisiana Attorney General, listens during a hearing with the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on Capitol Hill on July 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. Committee members held hearings to discuss examples of alleged censorship of citizens, political figures, and journalists by the US government. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Anna Moneymaker Getty Images News | getty imagesDuring arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, a Trump administration lawyer pressed his claim that so-called birth tourism is strong evidence that the US policy of automatically…

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US Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), along with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), speak to members of the media after the Republican Senate Policy Luncheon at the US Capitol on October 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | getty imagesSenate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday endorsed a two-track plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security, paving the way to fund the Transportation Security Administration in the near term, while fueling debate over the agency’s more controversial immigration enforcement functions. The announcement is a reversal of…

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