Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, President Donald Trump has said he’ll decide whether to join the war within two weeks. How entangled might the country become in a foreign war? And what would that mean for MAGA?

The president demands “unconditional surrender” from the clerical regime

In a day of cryptic hints, President Trump offered no timetable for a decision to order U.S. forces to join Israel’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites, saying, “I like to make a…

Much hinges on the stubborn supreme leader and America’s mercurial president

A test of Trump’s nerves, Iranian resilience and Israeli overreach