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” […]