There are moments in Washington when the vote itself tells you everything. Wednesday was one of them. Senate Republicans closed ranks behind President Trump, defeating a Democratic resolution that would have curbed the administration’s military authority in Iran. The margin was not surprising. The meaning was not subtle. Senate Republicans, by and large, have decided
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They were counting votes. Israel was counting targets. On Tuesday, Israeli forces struck a meeting of Iran’s Supreme Council as officials gathered to select a successor to the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
Secretary of State Marco Rubio strode into the Capitol and delivered a message as crisp as a gavel strike: President Trump did not need Congress’s permission to hit Iran. “No,” Rubio said,
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump declared that “help is on its way” to Iran as anti-government protests continue and the regime answers dissent with force. The unrest began in late December, born
Thursday morning’s presser on the U.S. strikes on Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility turned heated when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unloaded on the press for reporting that the strikes weren’t as effective as
