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Tomahawks spearheaded US strike on Iran — why presidents reach for this missile first

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The first missile in the U.S. arsenal used against Iranian targets in Saturday’s pre-dawn strike was the Tomahawk, a long-range cruise missile launched from Navy ships and submarines. About half the length of a standard telephone pole, the Tomahawk flies at the speed of a commercial airliner … Read more

Oman’s foreign minister says U.S.-Iran nuclear “deal is within our reach”

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Omani foreign minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, a key mediator in the US-Iran nuclear talks, tells “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan that he’s confident “a peace deal is within our reach” between the U.S. and Iran as negotiators meet over Tehran’s nuclear program. He also said, “I don’t think any alternative to diplomacy … Read more

Where Iran’s ballistic missiles can reach — and how close they are to the US

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump warned that Iran is working to build missiles that could “soon reach the United States of America,” elevating concerns about a weapons program that already places U.S. forces across the Middle East within range. Iran does not currently possess a missile capable of striking … Read more

Can the U.S. and Iran reach a nuclear deal to avert a war?

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With President Trump’s threat to attack Iran looming over the discussions, American and Iranian negotiators sat down again in Switzerland Thursday, separately, for another round of talks brokered by Oman, focusing on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.  Iran says it does not have and will not build a nuclear weapon, and Mr. Trump has said … Read more

Senate voting on DHS funding as ICE reform deal remains out of reach

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Washington — The Senate is taking a procedural vote Tuesday on funding for the Department of Homeland Security on the 11th day of the partial government shutdown. But an end to the impasse still appears out of reach as lawmakers returned to Washington following a weeklong recess without a deal to reform federal immigration agencies.  … Read more

Tackling elite colleges and D.C. fountains, Stephen Miller’s reach goes beyond immigration

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WASHINGTON — Most people know Stephen Miller as the steely face of Donald Trump’s deportation push. But Miller has other jobs inside the West Wing; lots of other jobs. A given day might find Miller pressing to fix the dry, malfunctioning fountains in Washington, D.C., or to replace broken security cameras on the city’s streets, … Read more