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What did Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech reveal about the future of the Iran deal? Plus the controversy over the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, what it means to be a “reality-show president,” and more.
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Deal or No Deal: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Iran was cheating on the international agreement to limit its nuclear activities, yet the PowerPoint presentation he delivered at a news conference on Monday contained no smoking-gun evidence for that accusation. Krishnadev Calamur unpacks what Netanyahu did and didn’t say. President Trump has threatened to withdraw from the agreement, known officially as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, unless Iran makes significant new concessions by May 12. However, the U.S. may already be violating the terms of the deal.

In at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, the comedian Michelle Wolf mocked a wide range of White House and media figures, including Press David Frum writes. After a long history of the dinner

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