President Donald Trump is finding allies among Democrats on his decision to strike Iran, even as the majority of the party accuses the White House of ignoring Congress to drag the country towards another open-ended war in the Middle East. A small but vocal group of Democrats is breaking ranks to back the military action, […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday suggested there are “growing signs” the overnight U.S.-Israel strikes against Iran killed the country’s supreme ruler. There are growing signs that Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “is gone,” Netanyahu said during a press conference addressing the strikes. There has not yet been official confirmation that Khamenei was killed. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is addressing the overnight attacks his country carried out on Iran, in conjunction with the United States. Netanyahu began delivering remarks around 2 p.m., hours after Trump announced the two countries launched strikes on Iran.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the Strait of Hormuz, a key global shipping lane, has been “effectively closed” to maritime vessels after the United States and Israel struck Iran overnight. The move is notable because shippers now can’t easily transport oil exports through the strait. As a result, oil prices will most likely increase. […]
Israel said it carried out the “largest military flyover” in the history of the Israeli Air Force during the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran early Saturday morning. Approximately 200 fighter jets, at the direction of intelligence from the Israel Defense Fund and Israeli Air Force, completed an attack against Iran’s defense systems. “This is the […]
“Operation Epic Fury” indicates that President Donald Trump has gotten over recent frustrations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, persons close to the White House tell the Washington Examiner. Trump largely embraced Netanyahu throughout most of his first year back in the White House, but had reportedly begun voicing concerns about the prime minister’s actions […]
Iranian officials have shunned reports that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the U.S.-Israeli military operation reportedly targeting him and other regime leaders. Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said that “as far as I know,” both Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian, another target of the strikes, are still alive, during an interview with NBC News. […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio notified Congress’s bipartisan “Gang of Eight” members before the U.S. military helped Israel strike Iran overnight. The Cabinet secretary called the lawmakers on Friday night, but he was only able to brief seven of the eight members. It’s unclear who was the sole lawmaker who did not pick up; the […]
Democrats intensified their push to force a vote on legislation to rein in President Donald Trump’s use of military force against Iran, after joint U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran early Saturday morning. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), who introduced the War Powers Resolution last year with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), called on Congress to convene on Monday, as their schedule […]
Iran launched a wave of retaliatory strikes against countries in the Middle East, following the United States and Israel’s joint military attack on Saturday morning. President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. launched “major combat operations” in Iran early Saturday. Trump said the purpose of the attack was to defend Americans by “eliminating imminent threats” […]
