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Rescue workers and military personnel inspect the site of a direct hit from an Iranian missile strike in Ramat Gan, Israel, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Smoke rises following a missile attack from Iran, in Herzliya, Israel, June 17, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

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Live Updates June 18, 2025 – Israel-Iran conflict

President Donald Trump's hands rest on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Trump keeps everyone guessing on whether he’ll go to war in Iran — perhaps including himself

President Donald Trump meets with members of the Juventus soccer club in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Trump focused on avoiding wider conflict as he nears decision on US strikes in Iran, sources say

Israel has pushed the US to use its ‘bunker buster’ bomb on Iran. Here’s what the weapon can do

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Pro-Israel hackers take credit after $90 million stolen from Iran’s largest crypto exchange

A general view shows the reactor at the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, 1200 kilometers (746 miles) south of Tehran February 25, 2009. Iran said on Wednesday it had carried out successful tests at its Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in a step towards its launch. REUTERS/Caren Firouz (IRAN)

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Anxiety grips Gulf Arab states over threat of nuclear contamination and reprisals from Iran

TOPSHOT - Smoke billows in the distance from an oil refinery following an Israeli strike on the Iranian capital Tehran on June 17, 2025. Israel and Iran exchanged fire again, the fifth day of strikes in their most intense confrontation in history, fuelling fears of a drawn-out conflict that could engulf the Middle East. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Even if Russia loses another Mideast ally, it stands to profit from the chaos

President Donald Trump alights from Air Force One after arriving at Joint Base Andrews on June 17, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.

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Tracking Trump’s mixed messages on Iran

A projectile hits buildings as the Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept missiles over Tel Aviv, Israel, on Friday, June 13.

One number could define the Iran-Israel conflict’s outcome

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while flying aboard Air Force One en route from Calgary, Canada, to Joint Base Andrews late Monday.

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Trump increasingly warm to using US military to strike in Iran, sources say

A satellite image shows significant damage to buildings at Iran's Kermanshah Missile Facility after repeated Israeli Strikes on the site.

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Israel says Iran was racing toward a nuclear weapon. US intel says it was years away

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In this photo released by the US Air Force on May 2, 2023, airmen look at a GBU-57, known as the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri.

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Video Analysis: The one weapon that could destroy a place like Fordow 0:49

Video How the Iran war debate is playing out in the ‘MAGAverse’ 2:55

<p>Sen. Markwayne Mullin joins the Lead </p>

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Video Sen. Mullin on Iran’s nuclear capabilities: ‘They are very close’ 7:11

<p>CNN's Jake Tapper reports</p>

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Video Tapper: Trump’s big decision ‘tearing at the MAGA base’ 7:11