Donald Trump had issued an ultimatum to Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz – the narrow passage whose closure has caused the price of oil to … Read more: What Iranians make of the possibility of talks to end the war – BBC
The decision to move the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the region heightens the possibility U.S. troops will enter Iran. Read more: Pentagon prepares to send another 3,000 troops to Middle East – POLITICO
For the first time in Gallup’s tracking, more U.S. workers are struggling than thriving. Job market confidence has dropped sharply with about half … Read more: U.S. Worker Thriving Declines as Job Market Pessimism Grows –
Ward Carroll has been keeping a close eye on satellite photos and videos that appear to show Israeli airstrikes hitting Iranian F-14 fighter jets, the … Read more: Airstrikes may have destroyed Iran’s last F-14s, ending a long, strange saga – NPR
Physicists have succeeded for the first time in transporting the most expensive and most volatile substance on Earth — antimatter. Read more: Antimatter has been transported for the first time ever — in the back of CERN’s truck – Nature
Whether you want to free it or regulate it into submission, one thing is clear: this new technology is moving so fast that we can’t fully grasp it … Read more: Do we have to keep talking about AI? The machines are always one step ahead | Zoe Williams
The first-term senator and former MMA fighter now takes on one of the most challenging roles in the second Trump administration. Sen. Read more: Senate confirms Mullin to be DHS chief – POLITICO
President Trump says the US is already dealing with a “top person” in Iran, but Tehran denies that any talks have begun. Read more: Small window is open for US-Iran talks, but swift end to war still unlikely – BBC
The Israeli military later on Tuesday morning issued several notices that it had detected incoming Iranian missiles and was working to intercept them. Read more: Middle East live: France urges Israel to ‘refrain’ from taking control of buffer zone in south Lebanon