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Tehran says it will confront any land attack, as Trump says regime’s export hub on Kharg Island could be taken ‘very easily’. Plus, how Americans can rebuild their country’s once robust peace movement Good morning. Iran has warned the US that it is prepared to confront any ground assault, accusing Washington of secretly planning a … Read more

War is testing operating principle that has guided Trump for decades: construct a narrative, declare it to be true and relentlessly force the world to submit to it “Let me say, we’ve won,” he told a rally in Kentucky on 11 March. “I think we’ve won,” he said on the White House south lawn on … Read more

To see this war as archaic, the last squawk of the Middle East hawks, is at once maddening and hopeful From the moment the United States and Israel attacked Iran, the news seemed incongruous with the year 2026. A war to kill the Ayatollah and overthrow the government – this was the fantasy of neoconservatives … Read more

Second lady Usha Vance, who was registered as a Democrat until at least 2014, told NBC News she sometimes has thoughts that are “idiosyncratic” and don’t fit neatly with one political party.

Cape Canaveral and Titusville, long ghost towns after 1969 moon landing, have witnessed space industry ‘renaissance’ Almost six decades have passed since the space coast of Florida experienced an atmosphere quite like this. On its beaches and in cities, there is an air of anticipation, excitement and anxiety to match the final days of Nasa’s … Read more

Human rights group says US is facing an ‘emergency’ ICE director said agency will play ‘key part’ at tournament Amnesty International has warned that the World Cup, spread across three North American countries, risks becoming a “stage for repression”. The human rights organisation published a report on Monday – “Humanity Must Win” – calling on … Read more

Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Kate Snow sits down with second lady Usha Vance for an exclusive interview about her growing family, the new world she finds herself in as the wife of Vice President J.D. Vance and her new audio and video podcast called “Storytime with the Second Lady.”

Cargo of tofu was spilled in highway accident near town of Jerome and left to ripen and rot in the open for weeks A staggering 40,000lbs of extra-firm tofu was spilled in an accident near a small town in Missouri and left in the open for weeks, creating a smell that local officials called “unforgettable”. … Read more

Home to one of the largest deposits of freshwater on the planet, the Great Lakes region will soon host next-generation tidal-powered generators – just as prices are being hiked across the US Submersible hydroelectric technology deployed across the Great Lakes could become a key cog in clean energy efforts, supporters say, amid surging electricity demand … Read more

College basketball has transformed almost beyond recognition over the las decade. But Sunday’s game provided welcome nostalgia UConn’s shock win over No 1 seed Duke on Sunday night to advance to the Final Four connected two disparate eras of college basketball. Not only did the game produce one of the greatest endings in NCAA Tournament … Read more