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1:02:55Now PlayingTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent has declared an economic D-Day against Iran as the war grinds into its seventh month. Meanwhile, the U.S.–Canada trade war escalates as the talks collapsed and Prime Minister Mark Carney told Canadians they had been attacked. And in Washington, a new presidential memo would let private companies hack foreign criminal networks — cyber letters of marque, in everything but name. Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer break it all down.
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