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A big look at the status of the Iran conflict, two weeks in - and where it may be heading. nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/…

NEW: White House officials have heard President Trump’s personal iPhone number is being sold to CEOs. Crypto bros are trying to trade for it. Journalists are bartering. Inside the hunt for the most important 10 digits in DC. W/ @AshleyRParker theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

María Corina Machado had breakfast off the Oval Office with Trump and Rubio last week for nearly two hours. But the hearty welcome belied a negative message delivered during the meal. Trump advised Machado not to return home for now. w/ @AKurmanaev nytimes.com/2026/03/12/wor…

Officers at U.S. Central Command created the target coordinates for the strike using outdated data provided by the Defense Intelligence Agency, people briefed on the investigation said.

Scoop: USTR is set to announce new 301 investigations today into excess industrial capacity, forced labor, digital service taxes and other issues, as the administration works to replace tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court. With @tylerpager nytimes.com/2026/03/11/bus…

News: An ongoing military investigation has determined that the United States is responsible for the deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, per officials familiar w/ @julianbarnes, @EricSchmittNYT, @malachybrowne + @helenecooper nytimes.com/2026/03/11/us/…

The strike on the compound in Tehran was emblematic of the muddled reality of the war’s first week: a withering air campaign by American and Israeli forces against an overwhelmed enemy, but few answers about what victory might look like. nytimes.com/2026/03/07/us/…

NEWS, PERSONAL. Sneak peek: Devlin Barrett book, "The Department of Revenge: How Trump Took Control of American Justice" axios.com/2026/03/04/sne…

Marco Rubio said today that Israel was set on attacking Iran, so Trump decided begin the war. Hours earlier, the @nytimes published this story about how Netanyahu’s constant pressure on Trump and his aides was a decisive factor in the march to war .nytimes.com/2026/03/02/us/…

A New York Times reconstruction of Mr. Trump’s decision to launch a sustained attack against Iran is based on the accounts of people with direct knowledge of the deliberations, as well as those on all sides of the debate, including diplomats from the region, Israeli and American administration officials, the president’s advisers, congressional lawmakers and defense and intelligence officials. @nytimes W\@MarkMazzettiNYT @julianbarnes @tylerpager @ewong and @EricSchmittNYT nytimes.com/2026/03/02/us/…

Here's a gift link to a story by our NYT team on Trump's path to war. nytimes.com/2026/03/02/us/…

Shortly before the United States and Israel were poised to launch an attack on Iran, the C.I.A. zeroed in on the location of perhaps the most important target: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader. The C.I.A. had been tracking Ayatollah Khamenei for months, gaining more confidence about his locations and his patterns, according to people familiar with the operation. Then the agency learned that a meeting of top Iranian officials would take place on Saturday morning at a leadership compound in the heart of Tehran. Most critically, the C.I.A. learned that the supreme leader would be at the site. The United States and Israel decided to adjust the timing of their attack, in part to take advantage of the new intelligence, according to officials with knowledge of the decisions. nytimes.com/2026/03/01/us/… W\ @julianbarnes @EricSchmitNYT @tylerpager @farnazfassihi @el72champs via @nytimes

NEWS: Mamdani meeting Trump today at the White House Though the agenda of the meeting was not clear, one of the people familiar with plans for the meeting said it would focus in part on building housing in NYC w/@danarubinstein @SallyGold @tylerpager nytimes.com/2026/02/26/nyr…

Over several decades, Ann Godoff edited so many of the best books. I feel lucky I had the chance to work with her and learn her genius. She will be very missed but her legacy lives on through the astonishing list of books she edited and published. nytimes.com/2026/02/25/boo…

The Fall of a Strongman: Inside Maduro’s Last Days in Power with @AKurmanaev + Mariana Martínez nytimes.com/2026/02/25/wor…

Trump is leaning toward limited strikes against Iran, followed by a much larger attack if Tehran doesn't give in to his demands that it give up its nuclear program w/@julianbarnes, @SangerNYT, @tylerpager nytimes.com/2026/02/22/us/…

Scoop: Trump is planning to invoke new trade authorities in response to the court's ruling, according to two people, potentially including a new, across-the-board tariff on trading partners. Announcement could come shortly at news conference w/ @TonyRomm nytimes.com/2026/02/20/us/…

Whether the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security followed proper procedures and the law in firing a laser weapon at a party balloon is central to the debacle that closed El Paso’s airspace this week w/@karoun, kate kelly, @tylerpager nytimes.com/2026/02/14/us/…

New: Jared Kushner is the Trump advisor mentioned in the intel report that was caught up in the whistle-blower complaint. Report contained unverified "gossip" that was not supported by other intel, which is why it was not circulated, officials said. More: nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/…

Scoop: Matthew Moroun, the billionaire owner of a bridge connecting Michigan with Canada, met Howard Lutnick on Monday hours before Trump lambasted a competing bridge w/ @MatinaStevis nytimes.com/2026/02/10/wor…