The War Paused for a Month. Then It Didn't. Now Iran Has Named Its Price.
A monthlong lull in the U.S.-Iran war broke in late August with new strikes, tanker attacks, and a deadly hit on a home in southern Iran. Now Tehran's security chief has laid out, publicly, what it would take to end the fighting — and how far that is from what Washington has said it wants.
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The War Paused for a Month. Then It Didn't. Now Iran Has Named Its Price.
Fox News vs. NPR, on the U.S.-Iran war's return to active strikes — and Iran's newly public conditions to end it.
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Politics
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Fox News vs. NPR, on the national mid-decade redistricting fight and the Court's decision not to referee it.
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Fox Business vs. NPR, on a rate hike the Fed's own chair delivered against the president who appointed him.
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