The Middle East is again on edge after the first exchange of fire between the U.S. and Iran in over a month triggered missile launches and a spike in global oil prices. President Trump responded by declaring Iran a "failed nation" and shared an AI-generated video of an Iranian energy hub under attack. Liz Landers reports.
For perspective on the latest developments in the war with Iran, Amna Nawaz spoke with retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery and Michelle Wiese Bockmann, an analyst at Windward, a London-based maritime intelligence company.
Trumpβs replacement of a military war with a heightened economic one is not expected to alter Iranβs strategy, while further impoverishing its people.
Outrage over making Representative Jared Moskowitz, who is vocally pro-Israel, the top Democrat on a Middle East policy subcommittee reflected the partyβs rift over Israel.
On Tuesday, Representative Jared Moskowitz of Florida, a vocally pro-Israel Democrat, was chosen to serve as the ranking member on a key subcommittee with jurisdiction over Middle East policy.
The new head of Iran's top security body warned Sunday that Tehran will see any country's support for new U.S. economic measures against the Islamic Republic as an "act of war," while Iran's president defended a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. as the best way out of the stalled conflict.
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