Live Updates: U.S.-Israeli war with Iran sees strikes intensify in Tehran on Day 5 as the conflict spreads

  3m ago Iran’s Houthi allies in Yemen on the fence about wading into the war The Iranian-backed Houthi rebel movement, which controls a large portion of Yemen, was still mulling a decision on whether to engage directly in the war between its benefactors in Tehran and the U.S. and Israel. On Sunday, the leader … Read more

Vance’s anti-war posture collides with his more hawkish views on Iran

Vice President JD Vance’s role in selling a war in Iran is, on one hand, an uncomfortable position for an Iraq War veteran who rose to political prominence as an anti-interventionist. The fact that President Donald Trump had started no wars in his first term underpinned the early endorsement Vance offered him in his 2024 … Read more

This Oscar-nominated filmmaker wants to go back to Iran. Even if prison and war await.

Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been confronted with a strange task in recent weeks: promoting his Oscar-nominated movie as his home country erupts in unrest and war. “On the surface, I am in a celebration,” Panahi said, speaking through a translator over Zoom from New York on Tuesday morning. “But from the inside, I feel … Read more

Trump officials tell Congress Iran will be hit with ‘overwhelming’ firepower in the coming days

WASHINGTON — Top Trump administration officials told lawmakers in classified briefings Tuesday to expect an “overwhelming” and bigger wave of military strikes on Iran in the coming days. “This regime is in its death throes. The amount of firepower coming in the next day or two from us is going to be overwhelming,” said Sen. … Read more

U.S. allies in Middle East denounce Iran attacks

As missiles, aircraft and drones streak across the Middle East and embassies are attacked and hotels and apartments are set ablaze, the United States’ allies are sticking by the White House. For now. Since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes, killing Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and top lieutenants, Iran has retaliated, hitting neighboring Gulf states … Read more

Democrats raise doubts about urgency of Trump’s Iran strikes

Democrats raise doubts about urgency of Trump’s Iran strikes – CBS News Watch CBS News The Senate is expected to vote on a series of Democrat-backed war powers resolutions aimed at stopping the conflict with Iran and preventing future wars without a greenlight from Congress. Nancy Cordes has details on Democrats’ reactions. Source link

Thune says Trump doesn’t need approval for Iran strikes

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Thune says Trump doesn’t need approval for Iran strikes 00:40 UP NEXT Rubio on when Trump made decision to attack Iran 00:14 Timberlake works to stop DUI arrest video release 00:18 Reese’s launches peanut-butter-cup toothpaste 00:21 Tillis grills … Read more

Members of Congress clash over funding for Homeland Security after US strikes on Iran

Lawmakers are ratcheting up a showdown over funding for the Department of Homeland Security over concerns that the United States is at greater risk following U.S. and Israeli strikes in Iran. After news of the attacks broke, members of Congress started sparring online with competing social media posts arguing over whether the partial shutdown of … Read more