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Iran Made Secret Outreach After Strikes, Highlighting Trump’s Challenge

President Trump is beginning to consider what sort of Iranian government might come next, as the U.S.-Israeli assault continues.

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The C.I.A. Helped Pinpoint a Gathering of Iranian Leaders. Then Israel Struck.

The killing of Iran’s supreme leader and other top Iranian officials came after close intelligence sharing between the United States and Israel, according to people familiar with the operation.

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Fact-check: In Trump’s Case for an Attack on Iran, False or Unproven Claims

Key elements of the Trump administration’s arguments this week for another military campaign against Iran do not hold up.

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Epstein Files Reveal Efforts to Build Ties With Russian Officials, Including Putin

New documents detail Jeffrey Epstein’s efforts to foster strategic, sometimes reciprocal relationships with Russian officials.

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Gabbard’s 2020 Election Claims Put Her Back in Favor With Trump

Tulsi Gabbard has focused on attacking the so-called deep state after an uneven first year as the director of national intelligence.

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C.I.A.’s New Focus on Latin America Reflected in Raid to Seize Maduro

A senior U.S. official declined to confirm the specific operations in Venezuela, but said a covert team provided real-time support for the military.

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Why Israel Is Wary of Intervening in Iran

Israel is unlikely to do much to try to precipitate a regime change in Iran, seeing the government as far from the brink of collapse and the current protests as insufficient to push it to that point.

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Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84

As chief of the counterintelligence branch of the C.I.A.’s Soviet division, he had access to some of the nation’s deepest secrets. He had been serving a life sentence since 1994.

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The U.S. Gave Mexico a List of Russian Spies. Mexico Let Them Stay.

Moscow has ramped up covert operations in Mexico, with spies meeting handlers in its bustling capital and seaside resorts, U.S. officials say.

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