Iran

Intelligence officials' answers before Congress contradicted the president's statements about the potential consequences and goals of the war.

The president threatened to “massively blow up the entirety” of the world’s largest gas field if Iran attacks Qatar again. Tehran was acting in response to an Israeli missile attack yesterday on the facility, South Pars.

Israel launched a widespread strike on Iran's world-largest gas field, triggering retaliation from Tehran against key energy sites across the Gulf.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is the first leader of a major U.S. ally to meet with Trump since he demanded other nations help protect the Strait of Hormuz.

The president's comments came after a reporter asked why the U.S. had not informed its allies about the operation against Iran.

Esmail Khatib was killed in a strike in Tehran, a day after Israel killed top national security official Ali Larijani and former Basij militia chief Gen. Gholam Reza Soleimani.

The national intelligence director's congressional testimony came a day after a top deputy resigned in protest over the war.

Maritime traffic in the waterway is already down as the Houthis, Iran's Yemen-based proxy group, warn "our fingers are on the trigger."

The director of national intelligence built a career on her opposition to U.S. interventions abroad, but has stayed mostly silent on Iran.

While Democrats say public hearings are necessary, House and Senate leadership say briefings behind closed doors are sufficient and avoid risking the operation.