Politics

Iranian member of parliament and former foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Wednesday called for Tehran to invade a US military base in the Middle East, kidnap American troops and hold them hostage in Iran.

Matthew Geroni wished for for the deaths of President Trump and his family in TikTok videos.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is upbeat about Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Director of National Intelligence nominee Jay Clayton getting confirmed ahead of their hearings Wednesday.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday condemned the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents involved in the fatal shooting of Colombian national Joan Sebastian Guerrero, who allegedly tried to run them over.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) argued Tuesday that television networks have an “ethical obligation” not to air President Trump’s upcoming address to the nation if it’s not “rooted in evidence and fact.”

President Trump says he will continue airstrikes on Iran “until I say it’s enough” and that “energy targets” are on the horizon.

The US will reimpose its blockade on all Iranian ports at 4 p.m. ET Tuesday — sending Iran’s struggling economy back into a tailspin in retaliation for Tehran’s strikes on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and failure to progress with nuclear concessions.

All remaining US military forces will be out of Iraq by the end of September, according to the nation’s new prime minister Ali al-Zaidi.

Darline Graham Nordone was sworn in Tuesday to replace her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), in the US Senate. 

Forty-four members of Congress had their text messages viewed by former special counsel Jack Smith’s team amid a probe into President Trump, in an move that Republicans say “ran roughshod over the Constitution.”