Trump Demands ‘Unconditional Surrender’ by Iran

President Trump’s comments on Friday reflected yet another shift in the goals of U.S. military actions.Iranians mourning the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, in Tehran on Thursday night.

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How Trump’s Base Is Reacting to His War Message

Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs looks into how Trump’s base is responding to the administration’s conflicting messages on the war with Iran.

Z Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Gilad Thaler, Thomas Vollkommer, Laura Salaberry and Javier Manzano

With Iran, Trump Takes the U.S. to War Without the Public’s Support

In opening a military campaign against Iran, President Trump is the first president in modern times to take the United States to war without the backing of the public.President Trump on the USS George H.W. Bush in October. Polling shows public support for striking Iran is below what his predecessors

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Jesse Jackson Chicago Funeral: Obama, Biden, Clinton to Attend

The large-scale, public event in Chicago on Friday caps two weeks of memorials for Mr. Jackson, the civil rights leader, who died at 84.Three of the four living former presidents were invited to speak at Rev. Jesse Jackson’s public service in Chicago on Friday.

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Jesse Jackson, Charismatic Champion of Civil Rights, Dies at 84

An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and seeking the presidency. His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind of America.”The Rev. Jesse Jackson acknowledged the applause of delegates at the 2000 Democratic Nati

P Peter Applebome

Markwayne Mullin, Trump’s Homeland Security Pick, Learned to Spar in Oklahoma

He hosted a home improvement radio show, fought in cage matches and inherited a plumbing business before becoming a “MAGA warrior” in Congress.Senator Markwayne Mullin, whose first name is a mash-up honoring two uncles, took questions on Capitol Hill after President Trump announced his nomination on

R Reis Thebault

Top National Symphony Leader Quits in New Blow to Kennedy Center

The executive director, Jean Davidson, said her departure reflects frustration at the turmoil that has engulfed the arts center.“It’s no secret that this has been a really hard year,” the executive director of the National Symphony Orchestra, Jean Davidson, said of her decision to leave her post aft

A Adam Nagourney

New Novels to Read This Spring

New novels from Tana French, Emma Straub, Ben Lerner, Solvej Balle, Shannon Chakraborty, Tom Perrotta, Elizabeth Strout — and plenty more.

When Britney Spears’s Conservatorship Ended, Concern for Her Did Not

The pop star’s arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence this week was a breaking point, years after she regained control of her life and finances.Some observers have questioned whether Britney Spears, after successfully fighting to be released from a 13-year conservatorship, now needs more

J Julia Jacobs

Britney Spears Is Arrested on Suspicion of D.U.I. in California

“Hopefully this can be the first step in long overdue change that needs to occur in Britney’s life,” a representative for the pop star said after she was released from jail.Britney Spears was pulled over after officers observed her driving erratically at high speeds, a California Highway Patrol spok

M Michaela Towfighi and Ben Sisario

Georgia Candidate Colton Moore Copies Marjorie Taylor Greene Playbook

Colton Moore, who hopes to win a special election on Tuesday to replace Ms. Greene, has the same flair for the dramatic and the ultra-MAGA persona, but he lacks one thing: a Trump endorsement.Other politicians tend to “hide under the desk,” said Colton Moore who is running in Tuesday’s special elect

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Representative Tony Gonzales Will Not Seek Re-election

Several House members had called for Mr. Gonzales, a Texas Republican, to step down after texts emerged showing his pursuit of a staff member who later killed herself.Representative Tony Gonzales at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in Washington last month.

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