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After the downing of an Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz, the United States and Iran have begun trading missile and drone strikes in the most serious escalation of hostilities since the April ceasefire agreement. President Trump posted on social media Wednesday morning that Iran has taken “too long to negotiate a deal” and would now have to “pay the price!!!” For more, we speak to Mohammad Eslami at Tehran University, who says Trump’s “lies and broken promises” have shattered Iranians’ trust in a diplomatic solution. “Every night, there are lots of peoples chanting all around the street against Trump. And also, … unfortunately, many of them are chanting against negotiation with Donald Trump,” he says. “Right now they are asking the Iranian [forces] to retaliate.”

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Sen. Thom Tillis’, R-N.C., reservations about the acting attorney general are well-known, but there are other undecided senators on the judiciary panel.

Daniel Bessner, Derek Davison Danny and Derek talk to José Luis Granados Ceja, head of the Latin America desk at Drop Site News, about the HondurasGate scandal and US policy in Latin America. The post HondurasGate and US Power in Latin America—With José Luis Granados Ceja appeared first on The Nation.

The countries’ relationship has worsened during US President Donald Trump’s second term.

The president isn’t clear about whether he would name a permanent replacement for Bill Pulte, but contenders are already materializing.

One Democrat said his party would likely oppose it in the hopes of passing a stronger ban next year.

Omar Abdulkadir Artan “was determined to be inadmissible due to vetting concerns,” the Trump administration said.