- A top DOD official also told lawmakers on Tuesday that the possibility of deploying ground forces hasn’t been ruled out.
- Their assistance, the president said on Tuesday, is no longer needed.
- The aircraft was supporting military operations against Iran.
- The Defense secretary’s decision to cut offices that mitigate civilian harm faces renewed attention as the Pentagon investigates a strike that killed hundreds of Iranian children.
- The Defense secretary gave little indication on how or when the war would end.
- Republicans say the administration hasn’t suggested it needs more funding for the U.S.-Israel operation.
- The Defense Department’s acting comptroller said officials plan to submit a supplemental budget request to Congress in the coming days.
- Kyiv is already feeling the shockwaves of the U.S.-Israel military option.
- The number of Pentagon employees who focus on mitigating civilian casualties has dropped from 200 people to less than 40.
- The update provides the clearest accounting so far of U.S. casualties tied to the Iran conflict, which has involved the deaths of seven U.S. troops as of Monday.
- Post-9/11 veterans say the U.S. strikes on Iran feel like the opening chapter of a war they thought was over.
- European and Asian countries worry the Pentagon is burning through munitions so fast that it won’t have enough to send the weapons they have purchased.
- The president's message — coming after days of mixed signals from administration officials — articulates that the U.S. has no intention of providing Tehran with an off-ramp.
- The president’s restraint-minded backers accuse the administration of breaking its promise.
- Lawmakers will effectively be spectators in the president’s decisions around the Iran war after both the House and Senate rejected efforts to curb Trump’s power.
- The school will allow troops accepted into its academic programs to defer enrollment for four years after Pentagon leaders barred studies there.
- A similar measure is also expected to fail in the House, giving the president near carte blanche to proceed with the conflict.
- Top military officials said the campaign will intensify — and declined to say what victory might look like.
- The administration made its case behind closed doors on Tuesday — and Republicans liked what they heard.
- Senior officials keep offering justifications for the conflict with Tehran that the president upends.
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