Overview

• On June 21 President Trump ordered strikes on Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities using B-2 stealth bombers and Tomahawk cruise missiles
• Initial Senate and House briefings slated for June 24 were postponed; new classified sessions are scheduled for Thursday and Friday with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and State Department officials
• A preliminary Defense Intelligence Agency assessment found significant damage but said key enrichment structures survived; analysts note trucks at sites indicate enriched uranium may have been moved beforehand
• Senate Democrats led by Tim Kaine are advancing a war powers resolution to mandate congressional approval for any future offensive U.S. military operations against Iran
• Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans defend the strikes under presidential commander-in-chief authority; Democrats including Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries denounce the lack of notice and evidence supporting the mission’s success