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US on the world stage: Americans’ views have diverged in 25 years since 9/11
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (1094+ words) Sept. 10, 2026, 4:59 p.m. ET | Washington; Hinesville, Ga.; Boston; and Santa Ana, Calif. For Joshua Kendall, who once worked as a messenger on Wall Street and often made deliveries to the World Trade Center, it was surreal in the days after Sept. 11 to…...
Why the US appears to have given up on nuclear deal with Iran
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (840+ words) Sept. 10, 2026, 2:33 p.m. ET | Washington President Donald Trump has searched over recent months for ways to end a war with Iran that has turned increasingly unpopular with the American public. But now, as the conflict initiated by the United States and Israel…...
As Israel’s ‘capital of the north’ seeks to recover from war, it’s too quiet
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (1205+ words) Sept. 08, 2026, 3:58 p.m. ET | Kiryat Shmona, Israel On a recent evening, Ilana Binyamin sits outside a shop and basks in the relief of returning to her own home in the city Israelis know as “the capital of the north.” Kiryat Shmona is…...
Trump now says he will halt Iran strikes, having reached outline to end war
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (427+ words) President Donald Trump says he'll hold off on strikes he had threatened on against Iran, claiming allies reached the outline of a deal to end the war. Aug. 02, 2026, 6:36 p.m. ET | Washington President Donald Trump says that he will order American forces…...
Fresh strikes by US and Iran risk further destabilizing the global economy
1+ week, 4+ day ago (601+ words) Damage is seen at a communications tower that Iranian media said was hit in a U.S. strike in Kuhestak, southern Iran, early Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. By Taylor Luck, Special correspondent The United States and Iran traded strikes on Tuesday and Wednesday, ending…...
Iowa farmers grow impatient with Trump on tariffs, Iran war
1+ week, 5+ day ago (748+ words) Sept. 02, 2026, 3:02 p.m. ET | Decorah, Iowa “Compared to my grandfather, I’m not a farmer.” That’s how Josh Manske, a farmer from Algona, Iowa, feels. His grandfather provided for five children by raising 800 head of livestock and farming hundreds of acres. By contrast,…...
As US steps up pressure on Iran, ordinary people say they’re paying the price
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1007+ words) Sept. 01, 2026, 5:19 p.m. ET | London For one Iranian woman in northeast Tehran, the impact of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran can no longer be measured simply in the number of destroyed military targets or the several thousand soldiers and civilians killed. The…...
As US applies ‘D-Day’ economic pressures on Iran, the battle shifts to Iraq
2+ week, 5+ day ago (958+ words) Aug. 25, 2026, 5:08 p.m. ET | Amman, Jordan As the United States ratchets up economic pressure on Iran, Tehran is widening its largest escape hatch, Iraq. Iran’s neighbor, whose political and economic spheres Tehran has dominated for two decades, is emerging as the regime’s…...
As Iran stalemate drags on, US tries to tighten the economic vise
2+ week, 6+ day ago (797+ words) Aug. 24, 2026, 5:01 p.m. ET | Washington As military costs mount in a nearly six-month stalemate with Iran, President Donald Trump is taking a new route: economic warfare. In a news conference on Monday afternoon, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Operation Economic Outcast, a…...
Why promised US breakthroughs in the Middle East failed to materialize
3+ week, 4+ day ago (901+ words) A man holds an American flag during a funeral procession for Army Sgt. Angel Sarah Rampersad, in Queens, New York, July 31, 2026. Sergeant Rampersad was killed during an Iranian attack on an air base in Jordan on July 17. By Ned Temko,…...