After resisting calls for public hearings for weeks, House Republicans have called the secretary of defense to testify at a budget hearing in late April for the first time since the attacks on Iran began.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took questions from reporters for the first time in nearly two weeks.
Members of the United Nations Security Council condemned deadly attacks on U.N. peacekeepers in south Lebanon and called for de-escalation between Israel and Hezbollah.
The freelance journalist was identified as Shelly Kittleson, who has worked for various news organizations, including Al-Monitor, which called for her safe and immediate release.
Iran continued to retaliate across the region on Tuesday but markets saw hopes that fighting might ebb. Israel said it would occupy a large chunk of Lebanon even after the war ends.
President Trump and his aides have made contradictory statements on whether the United States and Israel have transformed the Iranian government through violence.
President Trump shared a video of the attack, which the Pentagon said had targeted an ammunition depot.
The effects of the war in Iran are squeezing consumers, businesses and governments around the world, raising the prices of many essential goods.
President Trump’s latest outbursts followed reports that European countries were imposing more restrictions on American aircraft in their airspace.
An economic simulation warned that the region’s economy could lose more than $190 billion in just one month, and that Gulf states that have often bankrolled reconstruction efforts will be less able to help.