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Trump’s Iran Deadline Looms as He Threatens Massive Bombing Campaign

The president has given Iran until 8 pm Eastern to make a peace deal

A woman walks past the residential buildings that were damaged by recent strikes at Vahdat town in Karaj, southwest of Tehran on April 3,Photographer: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images

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By Jonathan Tamari (BGOV)

April 7, 2026 at 11:00 AM UTC

I’m Jonathan Tamari, senior Washington reporter for Bloomberg Government, and each weekday I’ll be coming to you with inside-the-room reporting and insights that reveal what’s really happening in Washington—and how it impacts you. Email me with feedback and comments here. If this newsletter was forwarded to you sign up here.

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