Topic: Operation Epic Fury

A Ukrainian Emergency Ministry rescuer attends an exercise in Zaporizhzhia in August 2022 to prepare for a possible nuclear incident at the nearby nuclear power plant, which was seized by Russian forces in March 2022. (DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)

AI data center push fuels nuclear threat

Rachel Bronson
President Donald Trump (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

There is no one left to sell Trump’s war

Sophia Tesfaye
The Trump administration has refused to rule out ground troops in Iran (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

Draft talk returns to Washington

Chauncey DeVega
As the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran continue and the number of American casualties climbs, President Donald Trump is insisting everything is fine. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Reality doesn't matter to Trump

Brian Karem
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has come under attack from MAGA media on Iran (Hannes Magerstaedt/Getty Images)

Lindsey Graham’s Iran problem

Sophia Tesfaye
USAF KC-135R trailing its aerial refuelling boom. (Loop Images / Getty Images)

US military refueling plane crashes

Jelinda Montes
(Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Brendan Smialowski / Anna Moneymaker / Anadolu)

Trump’s Cabinet tries to sell a war

Sophia Tesfaye
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s war without rules

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

With Iran, confusion is the point

Brian Karem