STRIPES - Air Force pilots receive prestigious award for strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities last year | Stars and Stripes
Six airmen received a prestigious military decoration for their roles in Operation Midnight Hammer, the surprise strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.
DAILYCALLER (Nicole Silverio) - Democrat Rep Adam Smith Presses Pete Hegseth On War Motive If Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Were Already ‘Obliterated’
'Now you're saying that it was completely obliterated?'
AXIOS (Marc Caputo) - Trump's mixed messages on Iran perplex his own team
President Trump isn't just befuddling foreign leaders and financial markets with his mixed signals on Iran . Advisers who speak regularly with the president tell Axios they're just as uncertain. Why it matters: Trump's off-the-cuff musings and Truth Social postings can have life-or-death consequences for the war, and massive implications for the market. Then the cycle restarts without any lasting clarity. Between the lines: Some Trump aides and allies say he's mostly improvising rather than following any clear plan. - He likes to keep his options open, spitball with different audiences, then capitalize if he thinks he sees an opportunity, they say. - Aides have been convinced at various points that Trump was leaning toward a major…
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Israel targets Iranian nuclear facilities in latest strikes | NewsNation Live
Israeli forces launched a wide-scale wave of strikes across Iran on Friday, with Iran's state media and Israel's military confirming that two nuclear facilities have been struck. NewsNation's Robert Sherman joins "NewsNation Live" from Tel Aviv with the latest. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Nichole Berlie. Weekdays starting at 12p/11C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
DAILYCALLER (Andrew Powell) - Israeli Racecar Driver Alon Day ‘Nervous’ While Family Rides Out Retaliatory Strikes From Iran
Saturday saw the joint airstrikes launched, blasting multiple nuclear and military facilities
AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - Exclusive: Trump floats "off ramps" after attacking Iran
President Trump told Axios on Saturday that he has several "off ramps" from Operation Epic Fury , the extraordinary U.S. military campaign against Iran that he launched early Saturday morning. What they're saying: "I can go long and take over the whole thing, or end it in two or three days and tell the Iranians: 'See you again in a few years if you start rebuilding [your nuclear and missile programs]," Trump said in a five-minute phone interview from Mar-a-Lago. - "In any case, it will take them several years to recover from this attack," he predicted. Why it matters: The comments offer the first real window into Trump's thinking about how this ends — and suggest he's still open to a diplomatic solution, even after U.S.-Iran nuclear…