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A reminder that a well-executed speech does not always translate into a political windfall.  

All eyes have turned to Iran, where U.S. and Israeli joint strikes on Saturday killed the Middle Eastern country's supreme leader. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine briefed reporters at 8 a.m. on the operation, which has now claimed the life of four U.S. service members. Kuwait on Sunday shot...

A fourth U.S. service member has been killed in the U.S. military operation against Iran, officials said early Monday. In a post on the social platform X, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said that the number of service members “killed in action" had risen to four. “The fourth service member, who was seriously wounded during Iran’s...

Kuwait “mistakenly” shot down three U.S. F-15 fighter jets on Sunday after strikes were launched against Iran one day earlier, according to U.S. Central Command (Centcom). Centcom said in a statement obtained by The Hill’s sister network NewsNation that the fighter jets were downed in Kuwait shortly after 11 p.m. EST Sunday. The jets “were...

Ultimately, the best way to advance U.S. interests and promote regional stability is for Washington to retrench from a region that it has destabilized and to cease unwavering support for Israel.

With the requisite military assets now in place to punish the regime, Trump needs only to act in accordance with the United States Constitution and request congressional authorization.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine on Monday morning are expected to brief reporters on U.S. military operations in Iran. The United States and Israel on Saturday launched strikes on Iran after weeks of threats from President Trump, who called for regime change in Tehran and warned of American...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday said there was “no indication” that Tehran was “close to getting nuclear weapons” after the United States struck several Iranian nuclear facilities in June, adding that he argued to President Trump that the time was right for a military strike to possibly effect regime change. “We launched targeted bombs...

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As the U.S. engages in another war in the Middle East, this time against Iran, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that roughly one in four respondents support it. The survey, released Sunday, found that 27 percent of respondents approve of “Operation Epic Fury,” which the U.S. launched in tandem with Israel early Saturday morning. Meanwhile,...

Democratic Rep. Pat Ryan (N.Y.), an Army veteran, accused President Trump on Sunday of not looking out for U.S. troops, as three American service members have so been far been killed during the operation against Iran. Speaking to Kaitlan Collins on CNN, Ryan said Trump not answering questions from reporters at the White House on...

A new poll from Emerson College shows that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) have single-digit leads in their respective Texas Senate primary races. The survey, released Sunday, found that 52 percent of likely Democratic primary voters backed Talarico, while 47 percent backed Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D). Paxton,...

Top Trump administration officials will brief both chambers of Congress on Tuesday regarding ongoing U.S. strikes on Iran, amid widespread Democratic opposition to the operation and broad Republican support. Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs Dylan Johnson told The Hill that Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, CIA Director...

The Israeli government closed all border crossings into the Gaza Strip on Saturday, as the U.S. and Israel launch strikes against Iran.  Israel’s Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) wrote on the social platform X that the closure of the crossings is part of “several necessary security adjustments” amid the joint attacks on...