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A MAGA senator was walloped online after he parroted a head-spinning Trump defense of his dubious Iran deal. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) was asked by CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday about Trump’s deal to end the war with Iran.

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While the Iranians suffered substantial losses in the war, they emerged from a confrontation with the world’s most powerful military having proved they can use economic chaos as a weapon.

President Donald Trump’s administration admitted to Congress that Iran was still directly involved in financing terrorist activity, at exactly the same time the president was planning to give them money, Punchbowl News reported on Wednesday. According to the report, the

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US officials say Iran deal calls for diluting uranium at minimum, waiving sanctions, opening strait  AP News US releases official agreement with Iran. Read the 14-point text  CNN Iran war live: Trump, Pezeshkian sign MoU to end fighting, reopen Hormuz  Al Jazeera U.S.

Iran war live: Trump, Pezeshkian sign US-Iran MoU to end war  Al Jazeera

The Trump administration shared new details about the agreement struck between the U.S. and Iran, which aims to end the war, open the Strait of Hormuz and begin further negotiations. But it’s not a done deal yet, and Trump made

To assess the U.S.-Iranian agreement, Amna Nawaz spoke with Alan Eyre and Miad Maleki. Eyre was part of the Obama administration’s negotiating team for the Iran nuclear deal and is now at the Middle East Institute. Maleki was born and