The peril to American democracy with a state of war. The Iranian insiders planning for a future without Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The true impact of the U.S. strikes.

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Donald Trump's eye in the middle of a nuclear symbol

The True Impact of Trump’s Strike on Iran

By Missy Ryan, Jonathan Lemire, Ashley Parker, Isaac Stanley-Becker, and Shane Harris

The president insists Iran’s nuclear facilities were “totally obliterated.” Not everyone is so sure.

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Khamenei, looking down, walks past a bank of seven Iranian flags with a portrait of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini above them.

‘Everybody Knows Khamenei’s Days Are Numbered’

By Arash Azizi

A well-placed group of Iranian insiders considers a future without the supreme leader.

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An image of Donald Trump sitting next to a window

American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran

By Robert Kagan

The United States is well down the road to dictatorship. Imagine what Trump would do with a state of war.

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Donald Trump flanked by aides at a press conference

Right Move, Wrong Team

By David Frum

The U.S. strikes on Iran might have been necessary, but the manner in which Trump acted should raise alarms about what lies ahead.

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Sinwar’s March of Folly

By Jeffrey Goldberg

Seldom has any action backfired so spectacularly as Hamas’s October 7 attack.

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President Donald Trump, wearing a red hat, and Vice President J. D. Vance sit in the Situation Room at the White House.

Trump’s Two-Week Window for Diplomacy Was a Smoke Screen

By Michael Scherer, Missy Ryan, Isaac Stanley-Becker, Shane Harris, and Jonathan Lemire

Even as the president suggested that he was open to negotiations, he had already made up his mind.

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