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A woman walks past a banner showing missiles being launched from Iranian map in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 19, 2024. Iran fired air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site near the central city of Isfahan after spotting drones early Friday morning, raising fears of a possible Israeli strike in retaliation for Tehran's unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on the country.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said the U.S. had no involvement in the apparent attack on Iran.

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An Israeli air force F-15 warplane is seen before landing in an airbase in central Israel, Monday, April 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

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Iranian media reported explosions near an airport in the Iranian city of Isfahan early Friday local time in what appears to have been direct military retaliation by Israel against the Islamic republic — though the attack seems to have been limited in scope and perhaps a sign that both nations want to pull back from the brink of war.

An Israeli air force F-15 warplane is seen before landing in an airbase in central Israel, Monday, April 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Apparent Israeli strike targets Iranian military base in limited attack

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U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks during an interview with The Associated Press after touring a liquefied hydrogen carrier at a pier in Otaru, northern Japan, Friday, April 14, 2023. G-7 energy and environment ministers are meeting on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido ahead of a summit next month. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

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Israeli police officers evacuate a woman and a child from a site hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. Thousands of Hamas-led militants storm across the border into Israel, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking roughly 250 captive, according to Israeli authorities. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) **FILE**

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U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks during an interview with The Associated Press after touring a liquefied hydrogen carrier at a pier in Otaru, northern Japan, Friday, April 14, 2023. G-7 energy and environment ministers are meeting on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido ahead of a summit next month. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the House Republican leadership meet with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session as Johnson pushes towards separate votes on aid for Israel and Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Johnson pushes foreign aid package in House, defying leadership threats

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In this image provided by the U.S. Army, U.S. Soldiers from Battery A, 41st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, conduct live-fire exercises using the M109 Paladins at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, March 14, 2022. Police in Germany arrested two suspected Russian agents accused of plotting to bomb military sites and industrial areas to disrupt the delivery of aid to Ukraine. (Capt. Patrick M. Connelly/U.S. Army via AP)

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Biden inserts ‘gender identity’ into Title IX, adding biological males to women’s rights law

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Judge Juan Merchan poses for a picture in his chambers, Thursday, March 14, 2024, in New York. A dozen Manhattan residents are soon to become the first Americans ever to sit in judgment of a former president charged with a crime. Jury selection is set to start Monday in former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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In this Friday, June 1, 2018, file photo, graduates are silhouetted against the green landscape as they line up to receive their diplomas at Berkshire Community College's commencement exercises at the Shed at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass. (Gillian Jones/The Berkshire Eagle via AP, File)

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