Early Saturday, the United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran, marking the start of what appears to be a far-reaching and open-ended war. President Donald Trump said the operation was meant to eliminate an “imminent threat,” destroy Iran’s missile and naval forces, and ultimately encourage Iranians to overthrow their government. The strikes began […]

Editor’s note, February 28, 2026, 12:05 pm ET: This article was originally published on February 19, in the lead-up to war in Iran and updated on February 28 after airstrikes had begun. President Donald Trump announced early Saturday morning that the US and Israel had launched an attack on Iran, saying the goal was to eliminate […]

With the decision to once again launch major airstrikes on Iran, in conjunction with Israel, and call for the overthrow of the Iranian government, President Donald Trump’s foreign policy has come full circle. The US has once again launched the sort of regime change war, where the actual stakes for US national security are far […]

Early Saturday, the United States launched an open-ended war on Iran. And nobody really knows why. For the past several weeks, the United States has been amassing forces in the area — with an estimated 40 to 50 percent of its entire deployable air fleet in the region. Throughout this time, the Trump administration has […]

Editor’s note, February 28, 7:20 am ET: Israel joined the US-led assault on Iran early Saturday. For more on that story, read Vox’s latest coverage. This past week, we got a vision of what the future of world politics might look like. And it wasn’t pretty. The glimpse came during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s […]