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Don't follow me. Nothing new to add. United we stand.

[Joe Scarborough @ScarboroughNow]

During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln said he was less concerned about whether God was on our side than “whether we are on God’s side”.

The Secretary of Defense’s shameless use of Jesus to defend this war is grotesque.
https://t.co/H9ybrmuI3z

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

Fun Fact: Losing three U.S. fighter jets cancels out all of the money DOGE claims to have saved us

[Kellie Meyer @KellieMeyerNews]

My questions to Sec. Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine at the Pentagon this morning during the first briefing since the U.S. launched strikes on Iran.

[Kellie Meyer @KellieMeyerNews]

For Americans in these countries that need help getting out you can call the hotline below for help.

[Jennifer Griffin @JenGriffinFNC]

The US Embassy in Riyadh was empty at the time of the Iranian drone strike, no injuries, official tells Fox.

[Kellie Meyer @KellieMeyerNews]

🚨The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia has issued a shelter in place notification for Jeddah, Riyadh and Dhahran and are limiting non-essential travel to any military installations in the region – we recommend American citizens in the Kingdom to shelter in place immediately.

[New York Post @nypost]

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth snapped at NewsNation reporter Kellie Meyer during a tense exchange over US operations in Iran.

[Kellie Meyer @KellieMeyerNews]

BREAKING: I just spoke to President Trump he said you’ll find soon what the retaliation will be for the attack on the U.S. embassy in Riyadh and for the U.S. service members killed.

He also told me he doesn’t think boots on the ground will be necessary.

[Kellie Meyer @KellieMeyerNews]

In his first reaction to the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, President Trump told me, "you'll find out soon," what his retaliation will be.

[Kellie Meyer @KellieMeyerNews]

When I asked if he is worried about other potential attacks on U.S. sites or even here at home, President Trump told me "no, it's a part of war. It's part of war whether people like it or not that's the way it is."

[Kellie Meyer @KellieMeyerNews]

"IT'S GETTING VERY CLOSE" PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS ON ACHIEVING HIS OBJECTIVES IN IRAN.

President Trump laid out his objectives today in his remarks, but I asked him how will he know when they are achieved? He told me, "oh, I'll know. That's what I'm doing, I know a lot and I will absolutely know when it's achieved. It's getting very close too. We're doing a lot of damage. We're setting them back a lot.

When I pressed if it could end sooner, "you said it's ahead of schedule," I told him.

He told me, "I don't know I'm not gonna say that to you. I'm just telling you we're doing very well. Inflicting tremendous damage in terms of their ability to have nuclear and missiles of any type."

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Warner: "There was no imminent threat to the United States by the Iranians. There was a threat to Israel. If we equate a threat to Israel as the equivalent of an imminent threat to the US, then we are in uncharted territory."

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

So you're telling me that our intel showed that Iran knew Israel was about to attack and our intel showed that Iran planned to attack the U.S. in retaliation and we couldn't stop Israel from an attack the would lead to an attack on our forces.

Got it. Totally logical.

[Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe]

Still trying to imagine what would happen if a President Biden—or a President Harris—started a war with Iran with no clear objective or timeline, said American troops were going to die because hey, that's war! and that they didn't rule out putting American boots on the ground...

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 BREAKING: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer refuses to send British troops into Iran, saying he “will not commit our military personnel to unlawful action.”

Translation: Britain won’t rubber-stamp a war without legal grounding.

The UK is showing more respect for the rules-based international system than the United States right now.

That should bother every American.

[Lara Seligman @laraseligman]

The Trump admin, in pressing its case for war with Iran, has made a number of accusations about the regime’s threats to its neighbors, U.S. troops, and even the American homeland itself.

But U.S. officials and lawmakers with access to classified info say the administration’s assertions are incomplete, unsubstantiated, or flat-out wrong. https://t.co/Rzlh6Jj4fn

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

The US Embassy in Saudi Arabia was hit by two suspected Iranian drones, @jmhansler reports https://t.co/NKvnStvGnE

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

U.S. officials and lawmakers with access to classified information say the Trump administration’s assertions about threats from Iran are incomplete, unsubstantiated, or flat-out wrong. https://t.co/dLCO37pIkI

[Jessica Tarlov @JessicaTarlov]

Secretary Rubio finally admitted the truth: Israel decided to act and we went along with their timing. For weeks we’ve heard shifting stories about Iran, missiles, and our role. This isn’t what many voted for.

We were promised a peace president and no boots on the ground. Now six U.S. service members are dead and the message keeps changing.

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

Dear @SecRubio: You told Americans to depart now via commercial means when you know many airports/airspace are closed.

YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY SCHEDULE U.S. GOVERNMENT EVACUATION FLIGHTS FOR THE STRANDED AMERICANS IN DANGER.

Maybe you should have thought of a frickin’ plan first.