Tensions flare as lawmakers question Iran war’s costs, risks and strategy  AP News Congress Splits Over Iran War as Senate Faces a Vote  The New York Times… [more]

Trump Tries to Quiet Claims Among Supporters That Israel Dragged Him Into War  The New York Times The rationale for striking Iran was already a mess…. [more]

Exclusive: Defense executives plan to meet at White House as strikes on Iran diminish stockpiles  Reuters The One Variable that Could Decide the War  The Atlantic Lockheed,… [more]

Lawmakers splinter on Trump administration’s case for war on Iran  Politico Congress Splits Over Iran War as Senate Faces a Vote  The New York Times Trump officials’… [more]

CIA station in Saudi capital hit in drone attack  The Washington Post All personnel accounted for after drone attack on US consulate grounds, Rubio says  CNN CIA… [more]

Defense contractors, like Lockheed, seen removing Anthropic’s AI after Trump ban  Reuters Anthropic’s AI tool Claude central to U.S. campaign in Iran, amid a bitter feud  The… [more]

Six US soldiers killed in Iranian strike on Kuwait base  BBC Pentagon identifies four US soldiers killed in war with Iran  CNN Iowa soldier among 4 US… [more]

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Son Emerges as Leading Choice to Be His Successor  The New York Times Israel strikes Iranian leadership meeting choosing Khamenei successor  Fox News Israel… [more]

Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to Press  U.S. Department of State (.gov) Live updates: US struggles to evacuate Americans from Middle East as its assets… [more]

House Republicans are publicly cheering Trump’s Iran war. Privately, many are worried.  Politico Trump officials’ briefing to Congress on Iran derided as “bullsh*t” by Democrats  Axios Questions… [more]