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Melania Trump made history as the first First Lady to preside over a UN Security Council meeting, leading a session on children and education in conflict just days after a U.S. military operation killed schoolgirls in Iran. The stated focus was education's role in advancing tolerance and world peace, yet the woman chosen to lead the conversation held no elected office, no diplomatic title, and no security clearance.

Trump's justifications for striking Iran have shifted repeatedly, from nuclear threats to preempting Israeli action to a personal admission that he targeted Iran's Supreme Leader as revenge for an alleged assassination plot. Over 100 service members across 30 military installations report commanders framing the Iran war as part of a biblical plan for Armageddon. Six American service members were killed and 18 wounded in Iranian drone strikes in Kuwait, in a war Congress never authorized. Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation, causing gas prices to spike overnight. And amid it all, Democratic primary turnout in Texas nearly doubled from 2022, with over 1.3 million early votes signaling growing political energy heading into future elections.

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