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Iran's former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei adjusts his eyeglasses during a press conference after casting his ballot for the parliamentary runoff elections in Tehran on May 10, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

How does Iran pick a new supreme leader?

Eric Lob
A look into the process for selecting Khamenei's successor
Brian McGinnis, a protester dressed in a military uniform, gets stuck in a door, injuring his arm, as Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) (R) and U.S. Capitol Police officers attempt to remove him from a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2026 in Washington, DC. The protester has been identified as Brian McGinnis from North Carolina. The Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support is holding a hearing to examine the current readiness of the Joint Force. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Unhinged”: Sen. Sheehy accused of breaking Iran war protestor’s arm

Jelinda Montes
Brain McGinnis' arm was broken as Sheehy and police removed him from the Capitol
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard talks to reporters at the White House on July 23, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Tulsi Gabbard’s conflict of interest — and hypocrisy

Jesselyn Radack
The director of national intelligence has mismanaged a whistleblower complaint involving Jared Kushner and Iran
President Donald Trump (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s new plan for Iran doomed to backfire

Heather Digby Parton
As the administration reportedly prepares to arm Kurds, history shows the risks of using militias for regime change
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters ahead of a briefing by Trump administration officials to members of the Senate on U.S. strikes on Iran, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on March 3, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Both parties at odds with own voters over Middle East policy

Russell Payne
Republicans and Democrats have both carved out unpopular positions on America’s role in the Middle East
A plume of smoke rises after an explosion on March 2, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was confirmed killed after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel, and targeting U.S. allies in the region. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

“Did not help us at all”: Hundreds of Americans stranded overseas following Iran strikes

Garrett Owen
Over a thousand Americans have requested State Department assistance to leave the region
Smoke rises from the area after it was targeted in attacks as a series of explosions are heard in Tehran, Iran on March 01, 2026. The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) building after Iranian authorities said it was targeted in the attacks, as the Iranian army announced it had launched new strikes against U.S. and Israeli targets. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Does the US have an endgame in Iran?

Farah N. Jan
The attacks on Iran are terrifyingly light on strategy
Donald Trump used social media again to dictate policy. This time to end migration from "Third-World Countries" and call out Minnesota's Somalian community. (Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

“People we had in mind are dead”: Trump admits US preferred successors to ayatollah were killed

Alex Galbraith
The president admitted that his administration's first choices to lead Iran had been killed in airstrikes
Talk of President Donald Trump's "Donroe Doctrine" has been overblown (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s foreign policy has no rules

Heather Digby Parton
The president's war with Iran proves that talk of a "Donroe Doctrine" was fiction
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth attends a Medal of Honor Ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 02, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“This is not Iraq”: Hegseth denies that US attack on Iran is another forever war

Garrett Owen
Recent U.S. strikes in Iran have split public opinion and Congress
Air strikes are continuing in Tehran and across Iran as part of the U.S. and Israel's military offensive against the Islamic Republic (Contributor/Getty Images)

Mainstream media rallies for war, again

Sophia Tesfaye
Why Donald Trump isn't bothering to make the case for war against Iran
James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump during the “Trump War Address” Cold Open on Saturday, February 28, 2026 (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC)

“Happy WW3 to all who celebrate”: “Saturday Night Live” takes on U.S. attacks on Iran

Alex Galbraith
The sketch show offered a rapid response to the U.S. attack on Iran
A protestor displaying a portrait of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on her clothes gestures during a demonstration against the US and Israel attack of Iran and the killing of the Supreme leader. The growing conflict sparks fears of regional war with explosions reported across the Middle East as the Islamic republic retaliated with barrages of missiles. (OZAN KOSE / Getty Images)

Ayatollah killed, death toll climbs in Iran conflict

CK Smith
Three American service members and hundreds of civilians are reported dead amid nonstop strikes and counterstrikes
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - AUGUST 28: U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (C) speaks during a press conference at City Hall following a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School on August 28, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to Minneapolis Police, a gunman fired through the windows of the Annunciation Church at worshippers sitting in pews during a Catholic school Mass, killing two children and injuring at least 17 others. The gunman reportedly died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

“Stay off social media when you’re drunk”: Omar responds to mocking Mace post about Khamenei

Alex Galbraith
The Minnesota representative responded to a bigoted post with a bit of advice
Donald Trump at Palm Beach International Airport, Feb. 27, 2026. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s war on Iran: America’s shame, and the world’s failure

Andrew O'Hehir
Trump's attack on Iran is an act of vanity and desperation, fueled by America's collective moral blindness
Americans react to the US-Israeli strikes on Iran as many Congressional members argue for a war powers vote to keep the White House in check. (Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images)

No vote, no war? Congress to challenge Trump on Iran strikes

CK Smith
Lawmakers demand war powers vote arguing the White House bypassed Congress in launching military action in Iran
Iran strikes back after US-Israel missiles hit hundreds of sites within Iran. US-Israel allies in the region, like Bahrain (above), are now short-range targets for Iran's retaliation. (Anadolu / Getty Images)

US and Israel strike Iran in major escalation and possible regime change

CK Smith
Trump urges Iranians to rise up as military action deepens regional instability
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Jan. 7, 2026. Behind her is Border Patrol official Greg Bovino. (Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Abolish ICE? Absolutely — and DHS too

Mike Lofgren
No reform can fix Trump’s corrupt secret police — and the whole bureaucracy of repression should go as well
Robert De Niro speaks outside of Manhattan Criminal Court during Donald Trump's criminal trial in May 2024 (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

De Niro skewers Trump speech at State of the Swamp

Brian Karem
A National Press Club counter-event highlighted fear — and hope — ahead of the midterms
President Donald Trump speaks with members of the Joint Chiefs of staff before delivering his State of the Union address on February 24, 2026 amid a U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf threatening Iran. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Why Congress tried to dodge a vote on war with Iran

Russell Payne
Iran hawks are maneuvering to have their war without their fingerprints on it
President Donald J. Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. (Pool photo by Kenny Holston/The New York Times.) (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump hides in plain sight at the State of the Union

Amanda Marcotte
The president waited until most viewers had tuned out to reveal his worst impulses
A Palestinian youth stands on a street strewn with rubble following an explosion in the Saftawi neighbourhood, west of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on August 25, 2025. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP via Getty Images)

How the Gaza war changed America

Nicholas Liu
Historian Bruce Robbins argues Gaza has shifted the debate over how and when the label is used
US President Donald Trump fields a question from a reporter during a roundtable about Antifa in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 8, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Trump’s Iran threats echo Bush’s macho Iraq playbook

Heather Digby Parton
“Real men want to go to Tehran,” Bush’s neocons said. Two decades later, Trump’s rhetoric follows a familiar script
President Donald Trump gives a speech in Georgia, previewing his State of the Union message. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

What Trump won’t say in his State of the Union

Brian Karem
The president will recite his greatest hits, but there will be lots of elephants in the House
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