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Vance Says He’s Not in Israel to Babysit Gaza Cease-Fire
ByTyler Pager and Aaron Boxerman October 22, 2025October 22, 2025

Vice President JD Vance said recent visits by top American officials were to monitor the cease-fire, but not “in the sense of, you know, you monitor a toddler.”

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Vance Lands in Israel as U.S. Tries to Shore Up Gaza Cease-Fire Deal
ByAaron Boxerman October 21, 2025October 22, 2025

Vice President JD Vance appeared undeterred by recent flare-ups of violence in Gaza, and he declined to set a deadline for when Hamas must disarm.

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White House Works to Preserve Gaza Deal Amid Concerns About Netanyahu
ByKatie Rogers and Luke Broadwater October 20, 2025October 21, 2025

The Trump administration strategy is to try to keep Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel from resuming an all-out assault against Hamas, U.S. officials said.

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Israel-Iran Cease-Fire Takes Hold After Trump Rebuke
ByIsabel Kershner, Aaron Boxerman, Maggie Haberman and Michael Levenson June 24, 2025June 24, 2025

The truce went into effect after pressure from President Trump and Qatar. Israel said its forces were now shifting their attention back to Gaza.

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Vance says Iran’s nuclear program has been ‘substantially delayed.’
ByMaggie Haberman June 22, 2025

The vice president stopped short of backing President Trump’s assertion that the three bombed facilities had been “totally obliterated.”

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With Decision to Bomb Iran, Trump Injects U.S. Into Middle East Conflict
ByMaggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan June 22, 2025June 22, 2025

By bombing three nuclear sites in Iran, the United States has joined Israel’s war against the country. Now it is bracing for Iranian retaliation.

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With Decision to Bomb Iran, Trump Injects U.S. Into Middle East Conflict
ByMaggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan June 22, 2025

By bombing three nuclear sites in Iran, the United States has joined Israel’s war against the country. Now it is bracing for Iranian retaliation.

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Trump Calls for Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’ and Threatens Its Supreme Leader
ByDavid E. Sanger June 17, 2025June 18, 2025

The decision to launch a full-on attack on Iran would be in the gray area between the president’s powers as commander in chief and the Constitution’s mandate that only Congress can declare war.

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Trump calls for Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ and threatens its supreme leader.
ByDavid E. Sanger June 17, 2025June 17, 2025

The president wrote in a social media post that the United States knew his location.

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