Overview

• Israel and Iran continue exchanging missile attacks after Israel’s airstrikes targeted key nuclear and military sites across Iran.
• The US has dispatched the USS Nimitz carrier strike group and repositioned warplanes in the region to bolster defensive readiness.
• At the G7 summit, Trump backed Israel’s campaign, warned Iran to evacuate Tehran and rejected a proposed plan to assassinate Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
• Figures like Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene accuse the president of betraying ‘America First’ by supporting Israel, deepening divides within his MAGA base.
• Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna introduced a War Powers Resolution to bar US involvement in the conflict without congressional approval.