Overview
- The administration publicly disputed a Wall Street Journal report that Vice President JD Vance urged trying diplomacy first, citing a statement that he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are presenting options without bias.
- Vance, Rubio, and National Security Council officials met last Friday to begin assembling choices, and Vance chaired an NSC session Tuesday.
- Trump told supporters in Detroit he canceled all meetings with Iranian officials until the killings stop and said “help is on the way.”
- Republican voices signaled caution, with Senate Majority Leader John Thune preferring nonmilitary support for protesters and Sen. Rand Paul warning strikes could backfire.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told ambassadors Tehran is not looking for war, said it is prepared for conflict, and declared readiness for negotiations.