The president’s comments were the most detailed he has been about his vision of a U.S. role in creating a new government in Tehran.
Mission? Hostilities? Don’t call it a war, say G.O.P. lawmakers grappling with the political and legal challenges of the operation in the Middle East.
The United States has long considered Iranian naval ships a serious threat, even as the country’s nuclear and missile programs dominate discussions of its military capabilities.
The C.I.A. has given small weapons to Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq in a covert program that began before the current war.
Nearly every Republican voted to block a measure that would require that President Trump win authorization from Congress to continue the offensive in the Middle East.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said responsibility for a strike on an Iranian girls’ school was under investigation.
The Pentagon provided few details, but the Trump administration has said that Iran’s efforts to kill U.S. officials is one reason the United States launched its bombing campaign.
The two nations, as well as Greece, said they would send assets to the region. The Netherlands was weighing a request to join them.
Soccer’s global governing body is grappling with a World Cup first: a tournament host going to war with a participating nation.
President Trump is beginning to consider what sort of Iranian government might come next, as the U.S.-Israeli assault continues.