{"id":201429,"date":"2026-02-24T06:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-presidents-decision-on-iran-attack-hinges-on-last-ditch-talks-this-week-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T06:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:58:18","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-presidents-decision-on-iran-attack-hinges-on-last-ditch-talks-this-week-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-presidents-decision-on-iran-attack-hinges-on-last-ditch-talks-this-week-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president\u2019s decision on Iran attack hinges on last-ditch talks this week – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Negotiations led by special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will shape Trump\u2019s calculus \u2013 key US politics stories from Monday 23 February at a glance
Deal or no deal?

Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s decision to order airstrikes against Iran will hinge in part on the judgment of Trump\u2019s special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, about whether Tehran is stalling over a deal to relinquish its capacity to produce nuclear weapons, according to people familiar with the matter.
The US president has not made a final determination on any strikes, as the administration prepares for Iran<\/a> to send its latest proposal this week, in advance of what officials have described as a last-ditch round of negotiations scheduled for Thursday in Geneva.
Those talks will be led by Witkoff and Kushner, whose assessment on the likelihood of a deal will shape Trump\u2019s calculus.
Trump on Monday denied reports that Gen Dan Caine, the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, has cautioned him about the risks associated with launching a military campaign against Iran<\/a>.
\u201cI am the one that makes the decision, I would rather have a Deal than not but, if we don\u2019t make a Deal, it will be a very bad day for that Country and, very sadly, its people, because they are great and wonderful, and something like this should never have happened to them,\u201d Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Trump has received multiple briefings on military options, people familiar with the matter told the Guardian. He has also solicited views from a broad range of officials in the West Wing in recent weeks on what he should do with Iran.
But there is also uncertainty inside the administration about whether airstrikes would be sufficient to strong-arm Iran into making a deal \u2013 or even bring about the ouster of Iran\u2019s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his circle of religious leaders.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Donald Trump has declared that he can use tariffs in a \u201cmuch more powerful and obnoxious way\u201d, as the UK and the EU said they were seeking urgent clarity on the US trade deals they struck last summer.
Trump threatened to ramp up his global tariff war on Monday, after a supreme court ruling last week that he had overstepped his legal authority<\/a> to impose his \u201cliberation day\u201d measures last year.
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The 21-year-old man who was shot and killed<\/a> after having entered Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> Florida resort on Sunday \u2013 while carrying a shotgun \u2013 came from a North Carolina family of the president\u2019s supporters and had reportedly become increasingly fixated on the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files.
The focus of the FBI\u2019s investigation into the intrusion attributed to Austin Tucker Martin is tightening on his movements and motives. Martin was confronted by Secret Service agents and a local sheriff\u2019s deputy inside the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago and killed after he had raised a shotgun<\/a> into the shooting position at about 1.30am on Sunday, law enforcement said.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The US supreme court<\/a> has decided to hear arguments in a climate accountability lawsuit, marking the first time the high court has weighed in on such a case. The decision could potentially hinder the wave of climate litigation the US has seen in recent years.
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The FBI<\/a> director, Kash Patel, has a lot on his plate just now. There\u2019s the shooting death<\/a> of the armed man who entered Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago home; the weeks-old search for missing Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today co-host Savannah Guthrie; not to mention the ongoing furor around the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files.
So eyebrows were raised on Sunday when phone footage emerged of Patel whooping it up with the men\u2019s USA hockey team in Milan after their gold medal victory against Canada at the Winter Olympics.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Most US adults think Donald Trump is moving the country in the wrong direction during his second presidency<\/a><\/strong>, according to a new NPR\/PBS News\/Marist poll<\/a> released the day before his State of the Union speech.
Whole areas of western Mexico have been all but shut down after a surge in cartel violence sparked by a military raid<\/a><\/strong> that killed one of the world\u2019s most wanted drug traffickers, known as \u201cEl Mencho\u201d.
The US military launched a strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean<\/a><\/strong>, which killed three men \u2013 its third such attack over the course of a week.
A trio of Senate Democrats is calling for the government to start refunding roughly $175bn in tariff revenues<\/a><\/strong> that the supreme court ruled were collected because of an illegal set of orders by Donald Trump.
Millions of people in New York City and a large swath of the north-eastern US were stuck at home under road travel bans and blizzard warnings on Monday<\/a><\/strong> as heavy snow and strong winds intensified, creating whiteout conditions in the densely populated region.
Ralph Abraham, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s principal deputy director, has stepped down<\/a><\/strong>, the agency said on Monday, announcing the exit of a top official for the second time in February.
Major institutions of higher education in the US are reckoning with the latest release of the Epstein files<\/a><\/strong> after discovering the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>\u2019s relationships with board members, professors<\/a> and administrators on campuses across the country.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened Sunday 22 February<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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