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| | | |  |  | | The morning's most important stories, curated by Post editors. | | | | | | | |  | | | The body of Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani was flown to the Iranian city of Ahvaz following a funeral procession in Baghdad and the two Iraqi shrine cities of Karbala and Najaf. | | By Mustafa Salim and Kareem Fahim ● Read more » | | | | | The notification, which is required by law, is likely to ignite a fresh debate over the president's war powers and Congress's role in authorizing new military action abroad. | | By Seung Min Kim ● Read more » | | | | | Sanctions have crippled the Iranian economy without changing Tehran's behavior or forcing it to negotiate a new nuclear deal, although the strategy has pushed the fight further into the military realm. | | By Carol Morello ● Read more » | | | | | Analysts believe Iran wants to cause enough damage to avenge the death of Qasem Soleimani without starting an all-out war. | | Analysis ● By Liz Sly ● Read more » | | | | | The strike that killed a top Iranian general has shaken Iraqis, sharpening fears that their soil will become home, again, for a bloody shadow war between Washington and Tehran. | | By Mustafa Salim, Louisa Loveluck and Kareem Fahim ● Read more » | | | | | At least four candidates are seen as having a shot to win Iowa, or, alternatively, to suffer a crippling result that could hobble their campaigns, especially if a lower-tier contender enjoys a late surge. | | Campaign 2020 ● By Michael Scherer ● Read more » | | | | | | | | They're not synonymous with Midwestern, white or conservative. They care about the news. They're not the only "real" America. | | Perspective ● By Christopher Ingraham ● Read more » | | | | | | | | As southeast Australia burned, the word carried on the wind was "unprecedented," with so many fires in so many places, and many in novel terrain, such as rainforests and Sydney's suburbs. | | By A. Odysseus Patrick, Andrew Freedman and Joel Achenbach ● Read more » | | | | | | | | Many longtime senators question whether their atrophying chamber can handle such a combustible issue. | | IMPEACHMENT | Analysis ● By Paul Kane ● Read more » | | | | | The attack comes almost a year after the bloody storming of a luxury hotel in Nairobi. | | By Max Bearak ● Read more » | | | | | Missy Ryan examines the fallout of a U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani. Plus, Sebastian Smee describes the stunning photo that changed how we see our planet. | | Post Reports | Listen Now ● By The Washington Post ● Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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