Congressional leaders are rushing to get lawmakers up to speed on a military conflict with Iran that is rekindling a fight over President Donald Trump‘s war powers. Republicans in the House and Senate are working with the Trump administration to set up all-member briefings on the overnight military operation that killed top Iranian leaders, including […]
At least seven high-level officials in Iran‘s government, along with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, have been reported killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday. Israel and the United States conducted strikes starting overnight, with the Israel Defense Forces reportedly targeting regime leaders and the U.S. military hitting Iran’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs. Retaliatory strikes from […]
President Donald Trump on Saturday afternoon declared that Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a man he described as “one of the most evil people in history,” is dead, following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes against Tehran. “This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout […]
The White House has released images showing President Donald Trump and his team from his makeshift Situation Room as strikes were launched against the Islamic Republic of Iran. The images, shared by the White House’s social media team, capture meetings held by both Trump and Vice President JD Vance amid the beginnings of “Operation Epic […]
The threat of Iran or its terrorist proxies retaliating inside the United States is driving new pressure on Democrats to reopen the Department of Homeland Security after President Donald Trump’s overnight strikes. House Homeland Security Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) joined other Republicans on Saturday in urging Democrats to end a two-week shutdown at DHS, an […]
United States Central Command reported on Saturday that there have been no American casualties or injuries in the first 12 hours of the United States and Israeli military operation against Iran. Following the joint military strikes against Iran, the Islamist regime launched counterattacks targeting Israel and U.S. military bases in the Middle East. CENTCOM reports […]
The Secret Service has enhanced security for its high-profile protectees in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere after President Donald Trump ordered a U.S. strike on Iran in coordination with Israel. The federal agency responsible for protecting the president said it is “actively monitoring” the ongoing operation in Iran and is cooperating with federal and local partners. […]
The United States and Israel on Saturday carried out strikes against Iran, marking a culmination of years of warnings about the threat the regime poses to global security. The Trump administration has for months engaged in diplomatic talks with the Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s government aimed at averting military intervention, due largely to concerns about […]
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, […]
