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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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Trump Is Losing the War in Iran One month in, the Islamic Republic is winning merely by surviving. .............. Is the United States succeeding in Iran? It depends on who you ask. In a Pew Research survey published last week, 61 percent of Americans disapproved of U.S. President Donald Trump’s handling of the conflict, while 37 percent expressed approval. The numbers mirror support for Trump in general, suggesting a divide in opinion based largely on partisan predispositions. Tellingly, seven out of every 10 Republicans but only one out of every 10 Democrats approve of how the White House is executing the war so far. ..................... Another way of examining the success of the joint U.S. and Israeli assault on Iran could be the scale of damage. On this metric and after one month of conflict, the United States and Israel have imposed far more costs on Iran than the other way round. Several top Iranian political and military leaders have been killed, including the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei; Iran’s air force and navy have mostly been destroyed; its nuclear program has been further set back; its ability to launch ballistic missiles has been degraded; and one of Iran’s key allies, the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah, has faced intense bombardment. On the other side of the ledger, the main headline is that Iran has succeeded in shutting down key routes of travel and commerce without inflicting much lasting damage so far.

From RJD Rebel to Bihar's New CM: Who Is Samrat Choudhary? Samrat Choudhary, who served as the state's deputy chief minister, has been unanimously elected leader of the NDA legislature party and took oath as the new Bihar Chief Minister on Wednesday. ........... Samrat Choudhary is a veteran Bihar politician who most recently held the Home portfolio as deputy chief minister under Nitish Kumar. ......... He is regarded within the BJP as an important OBC face in Bihar politics, a constituency that carries decisive electoral weight in the state. ........... Choudhary began his political journey with the Rashtriya Janata Dal.......... He later aligned with the Janata Dal (United) before eventually joining the BJP in 2017. ........... Before BJP and JD(U) renewed their alliance in 2024, Choudhary was the sharpest critic of Nitish Kumar. In 2022, he had publicly declared he would not remove his saffron turban (popularly known as muretha in Bihar) until Nitish Kumar was removed from power. ........... Choudhary has held ministerial roles under three different governments: the Rabri Devi administration in 1999, the Jitan Ram Manjhi government in 2014, and most recently as deputy chief minister since January 2024.......... He was appointed as the BJP's state president in 2023 and later became the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar in 2024.

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