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Trita Parsi, Quincy Institute co-founder focused on U.S.-Iran relations; Aaron David Miller, former State Department negotiator and Middle East expert; Akbar Shahid Ahmed, HuffPost diplomatic correspondent. They discuss why diplomacy was sidelined, how weakened negotiating expertise and resignations erode credibility, who pays the price when talks collapse, and what a future deal might require.

Dakota Rudisill, law professor and former Senate intelligence staffer; Phil Stewart, Reuters national security correspondent; Sarah Binder, Brookings scholar on Congress; Liz Goodwin, Washington Post Capitol Hill reporter. They probe how Congress was notified, war powers and past AUMFs, partisan dynamics around funding and oversight, secrecy and classified legal memos, and media access and messaging during the Iran campaign.

Alana Shor, Senior Washington editor covering national security and press access. Arthur Delaney, HuffPost reporter on Capitol Hill and policy. Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg White House reporter on administration actions. They walk through the Iran war’s costs and casualties. They debate the prospect of U.S. ground troops. They parse political messaging, economic fallout, and regional spillovers.

Kadia Goba, Washington Post politics reporter tracking congressional fallout; Matthew Zeitlin, Heatmap News correspondent on energy and geopolitics; Heidi Peltier, Brown University researcher on war costs. They discuss soaring immediate strike bills. They talk about Strait of Hormuz disruptions and global oil and food price ripple effects. They cover long-term debt, veteran costs, and the political fight over supplemental war funding.

Nader Hashemi, a Middle East politics professor; Catherine Stewart, a journalist on faith and politics; and Andrew Whitehead, a sociology professor studying Christian nationalism. They discuss religious rhetoric in U.S. policy toward Iran. They explore Christian Zionism, apocalyptic language in military briefings, the overlap of religion and nationalism, and how faith is used to mobilize and justify conflict.

Reena Shah, a Republican strategist with congressional experience, and Tolu Olorunipa, an Atlantic staff writer on U.S. politics, dissect shifting GOP politics and messaging around recent military actions. They discuss inconsistent White House signals and how strikes are framed for isolationist voters. They also examine congressional war powers fights, funding battles, and fractures over costs and Israel ties.

Daniel Byman, CSIS terrorism and irregular warfare expert; Suzanne Spaulding, cybersecurity and infrastructure protection veteran; Shane Harris, national security reporter. They discuss risks of Iranian retaliation, cyberattack capabilities, proxy and assassination options, possible Russian cyber cooperation, impacts of agency firings and furloughs on readiness, and what signs to watch in the coming weeks.

Nick Schifrin, PBS foreign affairs correspondent; Joyce Karam, Al-Monitor editor-in-chief; Josh Keating, Vox foreign policy reporter; Steve Clemens, The National Interest editor-at-large; Wendy Benjaminson, Bloomberg Washington senior editor; Margaret Tollev, Axios senior contributor and Syracuse director. They track U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, civilian casualties, regional spillover risks, DHS leadership turmoil, Congressional war powers, Texas primary upsets, and shifting media and transparency around national security.

Anand Giridharadas, writer and critic of elites, offers context on power and why Epstein’s files matter. Stephen Fowler, NPR political reporter, lays out investigative findings about withheld DOJ documents. They discuss missing interview pages, redaction problems, DOJ transparency, and how oversight could uncover more.

Sarah Stillman, New Yorker writer and Yale investigative director reporting on immigration and human rights. Meredith Yoon, litigation director focused on immigration and civil rights litigation. They explain how third country deportations work. They discuss legal maneuvers used to avoid protections. They describe detainees’ experiences, payments to receiving countries, and ongoing court challenges.