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IDF chief of staff says Israel will respond to Iran missile attack | Israel

Israel’s top commander says the country will respond to Iranian missile and drone attacks, but it remains unclear what form that response will take and what could lead to a worsening spiral of violence into a full-blown regional war. It remains unclear how powerful it will be. U.S. officials said Monday that some kind of […]

UN chief urges Iran and Israel to ‘step back from the brink’

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pleaded with Security Council members to avoid a “full-scale conflict” in the Middle East as tensions rise between Israel and Iran. Guterres’s comments came after Israel called an emergency meeting with members Sunday in the wake of Iran’s drone and missile barrage against Israel. Most of the hundreds of drones […]

Ex-RNC chief: Trump polling lead ahead of hush money trial an ‘abomination’

Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said Thursday that it is “abhorrent” that former President Donald Trump is leading in the polls despite facing felony charges. National polls show the former president leading President Biden by 0.6 percentage points, according to The Hill/Decision Desk Headquarters poll tally. “That says a lot about us, doesn’t […]

Ex-Trump intel chief makes case for more Ukraine aid: ‘Not the time for political games’

Dan Coats, the Trump administration’s former director of national intelligence, said now is “not the time for political games” and urged the U.S. to approve additional aid to Ukraine. Lawmakers who oppose additional aid to Ukraine without first addressing U.S. needs are making “the wrong choice,” Coates wrote in a guest essay. new york timespublished […]