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Monitoring the situation: White House releases photos of Trump, Rubio and team being briefed on Iran operation

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 […]

Threat of Iranian retaliation puts pressure on Democrats to reopen DHS

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 […]

Pentagon touts no US casualties during defense against ‘hundreds’ of Iranian missile attacks

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 […]

Secret Service enhances DC security posture after Iran strikes

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 US and Israel attacked Iran: What we know

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 […]

Trump finds unlikely Democratic allies on decision to strike Iran

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, […]

Netanyahu touts ‘growing signs’ Iran strikes killed the Ayatollah

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, […]

WATCH LIVE: Netanyahu speaks after Iran attacks

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.

IRGC ‘effectively closed’ key shipping lane Strait of Hormuz, choking oil routes

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 touts ‘largest ever’ military flyover in Iran attack

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 […]
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