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Good morning and welcome to the Sunday edition of Morning Wire, where we give you the weekend rundown to get ready for the week ahead. Today, the U.S. military launched airstrikes in Iran it said was to retaliate for the killing of American troops in Jordan; President Trump has shifted his tone on Jimmy Carter while grappling with Iran, inflation and his own legacy; and the World Cup final is today, with Argentina taking on Spain.

But first, Andrew and Tristan Tate, social media influencers at the center of an international legal saga, have been arrested in Miami, the U.S. Marshals Service tells AP.

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Andrew Tate, left, watches his brother Tristan speak, outside a police station in Voluntari, Romania, in May 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami, US Marshals Service tells AP

Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, whose social media empire promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny has made them among the world’s most polarizing internet personalities, were arrested Saturday in Miami as British authorities sought their extradition on rape and sex trafficking charges. The brothers were taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service on a sealed warrant, agency spokesperson Brady McCarron told The Associated Press, placing the United States at the center of an international legal saga. Read more.

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People stand on a bridge destroyed after a strike in Hormozgan province, southern Iran, Saturday. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/Iranian Students' News Agency via AP)

US strikes Iran over troop deaths as Israel warns Tehran’s attacks are coming close

The United States launched more airstrikes at Iran on Sunday in response to the killing of U.S. troops, and Iran fired missiles toward Jordan that risked widening the conflict into neighboring Israel. Step by step, the U.S, and Iran have returned closer to all-out war as last month’s interim deal meant to permanently end the fighting has crumbled and shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has largely stalled. Read more.

Trump shifts his tone on Jimmy Carter while grappling with Iran, inflation and his own legacy

Jimmy Carter used to be one of President Donald Trump’s favorite political targets, a catchall foil for feckless Democrats that he could jeer at to make himself look strong and decisive. But lately, Trump’s sentiments on the 39th president have become more wistful as he faces some of the same challenges the late Carter did. Those include the war in Iran with no end in sight — and now escalating as the U.S. moves to control the Strait of Hormuz — and inflation, a drag on the economy Trump hasn’t tamed despite long insisting that his business background would wipe it out. The comparison seems to be on Trump’s mind, too. Read more.