This is the online version of From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the Jattvibe News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.In today’s edition, Andrea Mitchell lays out the stakes for the United States and Iran after a round of nuclear talks. Plus, Alexandra Marquez reports on the latest state that’s joining the mid-decade redistricting fray. Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here.— Adam WollnerTrump faces a major decision as talks with Iran yield little progressAnalysis by Andrea MitchellPresident Donald Trump is facing a major decision on whether to take military action against Iran. He has a lot of firepower in the region — a carrier, with a second on the way, plus fighter jets and air defense systems. Previously reluctant Arab allies are now telling Jattvibe News they just want to make sure they are protected from Iran’s anticipated retaliatory missile strikes. That would require a joint U.S.-Israeli operation to take out Iran’s launchers and reconstituted missile program, which Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently testified could target 40,000 U.S. troops in the region, as well as U.S. allies. The alternative is diplomacy, with preliminary indirect talks held yesterday in Geneva — each side exchanging proposals with Oman as intermediary. Trump envoys, longtime friend Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner, led the U.S. side against Iran’s veteran diplomat, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Afterward, both sides said they had made a little progress over the course of three hours.But no one says they narrowed the gaps on the major issues. Officials say Iran refused to even compromise on what is negotiable. Vice President JD Vance told Fox News, “It was very clear that the president has set some red lines that the Iranians are not yet willing to actually acknowledge and work through.” According to multiple U.S. officials, Trump’s red lines include banning or severely reducing Iran’s enrichment of uranium, the fuel needed for possible weapons, as well as limiting Iran’s missile program. The White House also wants to stop Iran’s support for terrorist proxy groups. So far, negotiating on missiles is a nonstarter for Iran. As the talks were getting underway, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, bluntly ruled out any concessions on missiles, in effect saying the program was none of America’s business. While most Democratic senators attending last weekend’s Munich Security Conference said military action against Iran could lead to chaos, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told Jattvibe News this is a once-in-a-generation chance to get rid of what he calls “a murderous regime.” He said he has been making the same argument to the president. That was also Graham’s rallying cry to 250,000 Iranian expatriates in Munich calling for regime change Saturday. He told Jattvibe News he was hoping the Munich rally, and similar gatherings last weekend in Bucharest, Toronto and Los Angeles, will encourage the opposition movement in Iran to keep taking to the streets — despite the brutal crackdown in December and January. From Munich, Graham went to coordinate strategy in Israel, whose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was at the White House last week to talk to Trump about military options. Graham then went on to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, trying to garner more support for regime change in Tehran. According to a diplomatic source, no one can predict what Trump will decide. But the source told Jattvibe News, “Iran is now at its weakest politically and economically. The regime no longer has legitimacy after its brutal suppression of the protesters.” The source added, “If the president does not take military action after moving so much firepower into the region, he will appear weak. He can’t afford not to do it.”Colorado becomes the latest state to enter the redistricting fightColorado is jumping into the national redistricting fray, with a new group setting its sights beyond this year’s midterm elections. The newly formed Coloradans for a Level Playing Field launched an effort today to place a measure on the November ballot that would allow Democrats to bypass the independent commission that controls the state’s redistricting process and implement a friendlier map for the 2028 and 2030 elections, Alexandra Marquez reports. The group is proposing several ballot measures that would need voter approval. The ultimate goal is to pursue a map in Colorado that would create seven Democratic-leaning districts and one Republican-leaning district for the next two election cycles, and then reimpose the independent redistricting commission after the 2030 census. The state’s congressional delegation is currently split evenly between the two parties.The group will need to gather roughly 125,000 signatures for one of the initiatives to qualify for the ballot. Expanding battlefield: The Colorado campaign is the latest sign that the unusually aggressive mid-decade redistricting fight isn’t dying down anytime soon. Six states put new maps into place last year ahead of a midterm election where control of the narrowly divided House is up for grabs. Coming up next in April, Virginia voters will decide whether to approve a Democratic plan for a redrawn map, while Florida Republicans are slated to take up redistricting during a special legislative session. Democrats are also continuing to push for new congressional lines that would eliminate Maryland’s only Republican-held district. But the effort has stalled in the state Senate, where Democratic leader Bill Ferguson has said there isn’t enough support. After meeting with Ferguson in Maryland today, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., encouraged him in a statement to hold an up-or-down vote on the map that the state House passed earlier this month. 🗞️ Today’s other top stories🛣️ On the trail: Sen. John Cornyn is warning of a GOP “massacre” in Texas if state Attorney General Ken Paxton beats him in their Senate primary. Read more →📝 Epstein saga: The billionaire former Victoria’s Secret CEO Les Wexner testified to the House Oversight Committee that he was “conned” by Jeffrey Epstein but denied any wrongdoing. Read more →🚣 In the swamp: An ecological crisis of “historic proportion” is underway in the Potomac River after a massive sewer pipe collapse north of Washington, D.C., the EPA said. Read more →✉️ RSVP declined: At least a dozen Democratic members of Congress plan to boycott Trump’s State of the Union address at the Capitol next week and are scheduled to attend a rally on the National Mall instead. Read more →📊 Data center debate: During his State of the State address, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker called for a two-year suspension of tax incentives for data centers amid growing scrutiny over their rapid expansion and impact on communities. Read more →🔴 Party foul: The Wall Street Journal explores the growing tensions between Trump and Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican who chairs the National Governors Association. Read more →That’s all From the Politics Desk for now. 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