Iran’s Escalating Retaliation, and Takeaways From the Clintons’ Epstein Testimony
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The New York Times
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🗓️ 3 March 2026
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| 0:00.0 | From the New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today's Tuesday, March 3rd. Here's what we're covering. |
| 0:13.9 | As of this morning, the U.S. State Department has closed its embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait after drone attacks and its urging Americans |
| 0:22.3 | to immediately leave from 14 Middle East countries as Iran expands its retaliatory strikes. |
| 0:29.7 | Explosions have been reported in several countries where there are American military bases, |
| 0:34.4 | including Iraq and the UAE. There have also been attacks against Dubai's |
| 0:38.6 | International Airport and other infrastructure. Amazon's cloud computing business said two of its |
| 0:44.3 | facilities in the UAE have also been hit. The attacks come as the Trump administration |
| 0:49.2 | says it is sending more forces to the Middle East. As the president warned, an effort of this scope will include casualties. |
| 0:58.6 | War is hell and always will be. |
| 1:01.9 | Yesterday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegesa said the toll on U.S. forces could rise. |
| 1:07.0 | Six U.S. service members have been killed so far. |
| 1:09.6 | To the media outlets and political left screaming endless wars, stop. |
| 1:15.1 | This is not Iraq. This is not endless. |
| 1:18.4 | Hegsa said the U.S. would continue hitting Iran, quote, surgically, and insisted this would not spiral into a long-term entanglement, like other U.S. conflicts in the region. |
| 1:28.6 | Some U.S. lawmakers have expressed skepticism about the administration's rationale for launching |
| 1:34.3 | the operation. While the president has broad authority to respond to specific, time-sensitive |
| 1:40.0 | threats, going to war requires congressional approval. This week, both the House and Senate are set to |
| 1:47.0 | weigh in with votes seeking to limit Trump's power to continue to use force against Iran. |
| 1:53.8 | Meanwhile, the Times has learned new details about the lead-up to Trump's decision to launch the attacks. |
| 2:00.0 | The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, had been pushing Trump's decision to launch the attacks. The Prime Minister of Israel, |
| 2:01.6 | Benjamin Netanyahu, had been pushing Trump for months to strike a decisive blow. The two |
| 2:07.1 | leaders talked about it at the White House in February for hours, even about possible dates |
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