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See full feedLawfare Daily: Escalate to What End? Trump's Plan for the Iran War After the Midterms
Discussing the Iran war eight months in.
U.S. launches more strikes, tightens naval blockade as Iran hits Gulf allies
The U.S. launched a fourth straight night of strikes and is reimposing its naval blockade of all Iranian ports, its most formal step toward resuming full-scale war with Iran. President Trump says the move is designed to starve Iran's regime of oil revenue. Iran, in turn, continues to attack ships and U.S. allies in the Gulf, and refuses to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Nick Schifrin reports.

Trump won spending promises from NATO allies last year. This week, he'll try to enforce them
The summit comes as Trump's team pushes for NATO members to make even bigger changes that would allow the U.S. to turn its attention from Europe to other parts of the globe.

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Donald Trump is kicking out Chinese firms and keeping their tech
Billions of dollars in assets, technology and know-how are being transferred to American investors, following the Trump’s administration’s attempts to purge Chinese influence from the clean-energy sector
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