Rep. Joe Wilson:

War criminal Putin is killing Americans by providing Iran intel.

Russia must be held accountable for mass chaos and death.

Iranian President Pezeshkian rejected claims that Iran attacked Azerbaijan, calling the reports "enemy-driven rumors aimed at damaging brotherly relations between neighboring countries."

The White House continues to post “war edits.”

Trump:

The Supreme Court ought to be ashamed of itself for a lot of reasons, okay? A lot of reasons.

Reporter: It sounds like the Russians are helping Iran target and attack Americans now.

Trump: That is an easy problem compared to what we are doing here... What a stupid question that is to be asking at this time. We are talking about something else.

Reporter: Could you tell us what went into your decision to replace Secretary Noem with Senator Markwayne Mullin?

Trump: Is it possible to stay on the subject just for once? Just for once?

Trump on Iran:

They have 32 ships. All 32 are at the bottom of the ocean.

(CENTCOM says the number is 43.)

Trump on Iran:

I think we are right now we are a country that is more respected than we have ever been respected before.

Trump ends his almost 2-hour roundtable about college sports.

He refused to take off-topic questions, an unlikely thing for him.

BIG: Trump has privately shown serious interest in deploying a small number of U.S. ground troops to Iran.

The idea is not a large invasion but a limited force for specific missions, such as securing nuclear materials or conducting special operations.

No decision or orders have been made.

Source: NBC News

Trump reportedly envisions a post-war Iran similar to the U.S.–Venezuela model: the U.S. helps install or support a new friendly government, then cooperates on oil production and economic deals.

Source: NBC News

Host: Russia is providing intelligence to Iran on US positions and movements.

Hegseth: We're tracking everything. Our commanders are aware of everything. We have the best intelligence in the world. We're aware of who's talking to who, why they're talking to them, how accurate that information might be, and how we factor that into our battle plans. Our CENTCOM commander knows what's going on.

So we know what's going on... The American people can rest assured their Commander in Chief is well aware of who's talking to who, and anything that shouldn't be happening, whether it's in public or back-channeled, is being confronted—and confronted strongly.

Hegseth on Iran:

No one is putting us in danger. We are putting the other guys in danger. That's our job.

The only ones that need to be worried right now are Iranians who think they're going to live.

CENTCOM:

First the Iranian regime claimed and re-claimed (five days in a row) that it sank USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).

Now, the regime claims the aircraft carrier has miraculously resurfaced and "left the battlefield" after "encountering Iranian missiles and drones." NEED WE SAY MORE?

These are just some of the faces and names of more than 100 children killed in a school in Minab, Iran by what is now appears to be U.S. airstrikes.

These children were aged 7-12.​

NEW: The U.S. is preparing to send a third aircraft carrier (USS George H.W. Bush) to the Middle East.

Two carriers are already there: USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Gerald R. Ford.

This would put three nuclear supercarriers in the region at once.

📸 Damaged U.S. AN/TPY-2 radar, part of the THAAD missile defense system, at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan.

The radar is used to detect and track ballistic missiles at long range.

The U.S. approved a $151.8 million emergency weapons sale to Israel.

It includes 12,000 x BLU-110 1,000-lb bomb bodies.

Marco Rubio used an emergency waiver to skip normal congressional review.

Some bombs will come from existing U.S. stockpiles.

The bombs can be fitted with JDAM guidance kits for precision strikes.

German Chancellor Merz:

Ladies and gentlemen, the Federal Government I lead will never leave any doubt about where we stand:

We stand with Israel.