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- Matt K. Lewis

Once you've entered a war without a coherent justification, clearly defined goals or a credible exit strategy, you're lucky to get out at all.

- Michael Wilner

Khamenei's deep alliance with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has raised concern that Iran's new leader will depart from his father's long-standing position against building a bomb.

- Gavin J. Quinton

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei provided a statement for the first time since U.S.-Israeli strikes killed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

- Jackie Calmes

He gutted counterterrorism in the U.S. government and then started a war with Iran, a notorious state sponsor of terrorism.

- Ana Ceballos

Cuba's top diplomat in Washington says Havana is prepared to hold talks with the U.S., reiterating willingness to engage despite escalating tensions with Trump.

- Nabih Bulos

As war comes to Lebanon's south once again, Christians and other minorities — most of them no fans of Hezbollah — increasingly find themselves in the crossfire.

- Kevin Rector

Attacks on multiple commercial ships around Iran on Wednesday increased global energy concerns and pushed nations to unleash strategic oil reserves.

- Juan Arredondo

Last year was the deadliest on record for the press. We must fight to ensure truth does not become a casualty too.

- Andrea Castillo

Mara de Jesus Estrada Juarez, a DACA recipient who was living in California, is seeking to return to the U.S. after her deportation last month.

- Gavin J. Quinton

War with Iran drives oil prices higher, boosting Russian energy revenues and shifting global attention from Ukraine as Moscow gains economic leverage.

- Seema Mehta, Nicole Nixon

Anxious about a Republican winning the governor's race, the California Democratic Party plans to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars polling voters in an effort to shrink the sprawling field of candidates running to replace termed-out Gov. Gavin Newsom.

- Ana Ceballos

Iran has fired more drones and missiles at Israel and gulf Arab countries as it keeps up pressure on the Middle East.

- Seema Mehta
Poison-pill effort to cancel proposed billionaire tax hits voters' mailboxes

Opponents of a proposed 5% billionaire tax are flooding mailboxes with a rival ballot measure designed to block it. The effort is funded by Silicon Valley billionaires.

- Richard Winton

Federal authorities warn that Iran could launch retaliatory strikes on American soil using sleeper cells, lone wolf sympathizers or cyberattacks.

- Kevin Rector, Gavin J. Quinton

In less than two weeks, the Trump administration has instigated a truly global conflict, and with no clear path to resolution.

- Kate Linthicum, Patrick J. McDonnell

After President Trump announced a military coalition to fight cartels and mocked Mexico's refusal to allow operations there, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the U.S. should address drug demand and stop illegal arms trafficking.

- Gustavo Arellano

Here's a reminder that no matter how high and mighty you get in Trump's White House, a Latino is still an exotic 'other.'

- Ramin Mostaghim, Nabih Bulos

The elevation of Mujtaba Khamenei to the post of supreme leader puts Iran on a relentlessly defiant path.

- Steve Henson

In the aftermath of not singing the Iranian national anthem before a soccer match in Australia, five members of Iran's women's national team were granted asylum.

- Nicole Nixon

California's rejiggered congressional districts will force voters to educate themselves on the shifting field of candidates in the June primary. One GOP congressman decided to retire, and another is running as an independent.

- Ana Ceballos, Kevin Rector

Trump said last week that Mojtaba Khamenei — the son of the 86-year-old former leader — would be an 'unacceptable' choice to replace his father.

- Steve Lopez
Lopez: Horrified by the state of the union, he's an angry protester. But he's also optimistic

Veteran protester Bert Voorhees, 70, says democracy is on the line and it's time to march.

- Michael Wilner

The quieter side of the U.S. campaign suggests a political strategy that goes beyond simply containing the Iranian government, and may instead aim to lay the groundwork for its overthrow.

- Michael Wilner

The burst of activity over the weekend underscored that Trump's unexpected war with Iran is continuing at full force with no sign of slowing.

- Jack Dolan
After initial jubilation, some Iranian Americans fear a quagmire

As Iranian Americans watch the rapid escalation of the war, some fear that their native country, and perhaps the whole Middle East, could descend into chaos.

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