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As Israel hits oil facilities and Turkey downs second missile, Trump vows ‘short-term’ Iran war

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens while traveling aboard Air Force One en route from Dover Air Force Base, Del., to Miami, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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President Trump assured American lawmakers Monday that the war with Iran was on track to end soon, even while Turkey shot down another incoming Iranian missile and Israel broadened its airstrikes to target Tehran’s oil production facilities.

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Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

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Artificial intelligence firm Anthropic sued the Trump administration Monday over its move to designate the company a “supply chain risk” to national security, setting up a high-stakes legal battle that could shape the future of AI use in the military.

Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Anthropic sues Trump administration over Pentagon’s ‘supply chain risk’ designation

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Democrats threaten to derail Senate business until Republicans hold public hearings on Iran war

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In this Nov. 9, 1979, file photo, demonstrators burn an American flag atop the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, where students have been holding American hostages. Nov. 4, 2019, will mark the 40th anniversary of the start of the 444-day hostage crisis that soured relations between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic for decades to come. (AP Photo/Thierry Campion, File)

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Democrats threaten to derail Senate business until Republicans hold public hearings on Iran war

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In this Nov. 9, 1979, file photo, demonstrators burn an American flag atop the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, where students have been holding American hostages. Nov. 4, 2019, will mark the 40th anniversary of the start of the 444-day hostage crisis that soured relations between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic for decades to come. (AP Photo/Thierry Campion, File)

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Rescue workers and residents search through the rubble in the aftermath of what Iranian officials said was an Israeli-U.S. strike on a girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Abbas Zakeri/Mehr News Agency via AP)

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As Israel hits oil facilities and Turkey downs second missile, Trump vows ‘short-term’ Iran war

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Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

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Rescue workers and residents search through the rubble in the aftermath of what Iranian officials said was an Israeli-U.S. strike on a girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Abbas Zakeri/Mehr News Agency via AP)

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A man holds a poster of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the successor to his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, during a rally to support him in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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