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Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories The Trump administration is defending its decision to strike three nuclear targets in Iran over the weekend. U.S. officials say the strikes
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Iranian protesters chant slogans and one holds a poster with a vampire-like illustration of President Trump in Tehran's Revolution Square on Sunday to protest the U.S. attacks on nuclear sites in Iran. Getty Images/Getty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption Getty Images/Getty Images Europe Iran's government is weighing how to respond after the U.S. military
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine depart at the end of a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, Sunday, June 22, after the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel's effort to destroy the country's nuclear program. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP President
In this photo provided by the White House, President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio sit in the Situation Room at the White House on Saturday as they monitor the mission that took out three Iranian nuclear enrichment sites. Daniel Torok/The White House via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Daniel Torok/The White House
Loading... U.S. officials say that strikes conducted on three key Iranian nuclear sites have devastated its nuclear program, but independent experts analyzing commercial satellite imagery say the nation's long-running nuclear enterprise is far from destroyed. "At the end of the day there are some really important things that haven't been hit," says Jeffrey Lewis, a
