Welcome to the Dispatch podcast.

I'm Steve Hayes.

On today's roundtable, we'll return to the Iran War and discuss the ever-changing rhetoric

from the Trump administration.

Is the war effectively over?

Or should we settle in for something longer, as President Trump recently suggested, invoking Vietnam for context?

We'll also discuss the state of the negotiations with Iran and the Trump administration's attempt to extend the 60-day congressional authorization window requirements of the War Powers Act.

And finally, not worth your time, the Philadelphia 76ers restricting access to Nix fans?

I'm joined today by my dispatch colleagues,

Kevin Williamson, Mike Warren,

and dispatch contributor Mike Nelson.

Let's dive right in.

Music Hey, everybody.

Hey, everybody, just a quick update before we jump into the recording.

We recorded Monday morning from 9.30 to 10.30.

And in the hours after the recording, there was some additional activity.

There were reports of Iranian strikes on the UAE.

And Admiral Brad Cooper of Sentcom told reporters that Iran had opened fire on US warships and commercial vessels today.

So that is not reflected in our conversation here,

but the main contours of the conversation remain the same. Morning, gentlemen, welcome.

We're recording this at about 9.30 on Monday, May 4th, and there's news this morning out of the

Strait of Hormuz. Iranian state media claimed that an American warship

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