Articles filed under Political Figures
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Vance warns Iran not to 'play' the US as he departs for negotiations aimed at ending their warApr 10, 2026 8:21 am - Vice President JD Vance on Friday warned Iran not to “play” the U.S. as he headed overseas for negotiations aimed at ending their war.
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Democrats grow bolder on talk about removing Trump from office after his Iran threatsApr 09, 2026 3:49 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s threats to wipe out Iran, “a whole civilization,” ended the restraint that Democrats have mostly practiced when it comes to question...
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Rutte the ‘Trump whisperer’ faces a fresh test as the US leader turns on NATO over IranApr 09, 2026 1:12 pm - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte declined to say Thursday whether President Donald Trump had repeated his threat to quit the military organization, saying only that the U.S. leader was disappointed in some allies for being too slow to help with the Iran war.
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‘It’s long past time’ to remove Trump from office: Bill Foster says at Crystal Lake town hallApr 09, 2026 11:55 am - U.S. Rep. Bill Foster spoke about the Iran war, immigration and whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office at a town hall Wednesday in Crystal Lake.
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Kuwait says Iran launched drones; Israeli PM approves talks with LebanonApr 09, 2026 7:21 am - Kuwait accused Iran and its proxies of launching drone attacks targeting it on Thursday despite the two-week ceasefire in the Iran war, as Saudi Arabia said recent attacks damaged a key pipeline in the kingdom.
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How Trump went from threatening Iran's annihilation to agreeing to a 2-week ceasefire with TehranApr 08, 2026 10:56 am - President Donald Trump, over the course of a single day, went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that the battered Islamic Republic's leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a 14-day ceasefire that he expects will pave the way to end the nearly six-week war.
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Ceasefire is threatened as Israel expands Lebanon strikes and Iran closes strait againApr 08, 2026 7:27 am - The U.S. demanded Wednesday that Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz after the Islamic Republic closed the waterway in response to Israeli attacks against the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. Iran’s move cast doubt over whether an already precarious ceasefire to end more than a month of war would hold.
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Trump complains NATO ‘wasn’t there when we needed them’ after talks with alliance leader RutteApr 08, 2026 7:21 am - NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is expected to meet with President Donald Trump on Wednesday to try to smooth over the president's anger with the military alliance over the Iran war.
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Pritzker, Illinois Dems say Trump’s Iran threat crosses a line, call for his removalApr 07, 2026 5:55 pm - Illinois Democrats are demanding Donald Trump's removal via the 25th Amendment after the president threatens to destroy Iranian civilization over Strait of Hormuz dispute. “A new level of unhinged,” one said.
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Hegseth’s claims about Iran war contradict reality, officials sayApr 07, 2026 11:58 am - The defense secretary’s rosy portrayal of U.S. success in the conflict risks misinforming the public and the president, observers worry.