Conflict in the Middle East has been escalating. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.
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Thousands of National Guard members have been patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C. for more than a year, in what has become President Trump’s largest and longest domestic military deployment.
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Workers from True Cut Tree Care of Farmington, Michigan remove a tree from the front of a home after it was toppled during a recent storm on Aug. 20, 2026 in Gary, Indiana.
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Xavier Becerra campaigns to be governor of California in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo on August 18. He faces Republican Steve Hilton in the race to succeed two-term Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Federal immigration officers walk through a security checkpoint at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston in March.
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Federal immigration officers walk through a security checkpoint at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston in March.
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President Donald Trump walks on the Ellipse as he arrives on Marine One near the White House, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, in Washington.
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President Trump displays a rendering of his proposed $250 million White House ballroom on Oct. 22, 2025.
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf speaks during a 40-day commemoration ceremony for the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the Imam Hassan Mosque in Karbala, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026.
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