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  • President Donald Trump goes alone in the Iran war — as allies spurn requests to join CNBC U.
  • Whether to Retrieve Iran's Nuclear Fuel The New York Times Repeatedly over the past two days, President President Donald Trump returned to his central argument for his decision to attack Iran, and to do it at this moment .
  • Here are the risks CNN Organized crime in Latin America is proving difficult to defeat with the kind of decapitation strategy apparently favored by US President Donald President Donald Trump European Union rejects President Donald Trump's calls for military deployments to reopen Strait of Hormuz CBS News Despite President Donald Trump's repeated calls, the EU foreign policy chief says “nobody is ready to put their people in harm's way in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • – The New York Times The New York Times President President Donald Trump starts a war with Iran without consulting our allies or our own Congress.
  • – Al Jazeera Al Jazeera Kent is the highest-level official to leave President Donald Trump administration over the US president's decision to wage war on Iran.
News update for the hour March 18, 2026
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CNBC Daily Open: President Donald Trump goes alone in the Iran war — as allies spurn requests to join

U.S. President Donald President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on March 11, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President President Donald Trump is traveling to Ohio and Kentucky …

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President Donald Trump's Next Decision in War: Whether to Retrieve Iran's Nuclear Fuel

Repeatedly over the past two days, President President Donald Trump returned to his central argument for his decision to attack Iran, and to do it at this moment …

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President Donald Trump asked Latin America to use military force against drug trafficking. Here are the risks

Organized crime in Latin America is proving difficult to defeat with the kind of decapitation strategy apparently favored by US President Donald President Donald Trump

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European Union rejects President Donald Trump's calls for military deployments to reopen Strait of Hormuz

Despite President Donald Trump's repeated calls, the EU foreign policy chief says “nobody is ready to put their people in harm's way in the Strait of Hormuz.”

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Iran may not 'stop fighting' even as President Donald Trump says U.S. could leave Iran soon: Fmr. CIA analyst

President President Donald Trump backtracks his demands that NATO countries help secure the Strait of Hormuz, saying the United States doesn't need help from …

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Opinion | President Donald Trump Bullied Allies. Now They're Hard to Find. – The New York Times

President President Donald Trump starts a war with Iran without consulting our allies or our own Congress. He has imposed tariffs on many of these allies. Now, when he …

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Who is Joe Kent, and why did he resign as President Donald Trump's counterterrorism chief? – Al Jazeera

Kent is the highest-level official to leave President Donald Trump administration over the US president's decision to wage war on Iran.

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