President Donald Trump at a news conference in the White House briefing room on April 6, 2026. | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
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It’s been just over eight weeks since the US and Israel started a war with Iran for contradictory and incoherent reasons. Virtually nothing about the conflict — except maybe its stakes — has gotten clearer since then, and there’s still no end in sight: US-Iran talks, set to take place in Pakist...
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