President Trump suggested that any new U.S. strikes against Iran would be limited. MS NOW Senior Capitol Hill Reporter Ali Vitali, Managing Editor at The Bulwark Sam Stein and Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Jeff Mason join Stephanie Ruhle to discuss the political fallout of the conflict.
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State of the Union: He exits following tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The post Army Secretary Dan Driscoll Resigns appeared first on The American Conservative .
Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll resigned Monday, leaving the Pentagon after a long-simmering conflict with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Driscoll spoke with President Donald Trump on Monday about the state of the Army and submitted his resignation, the Financial Times reports . The White House praised Driscoll’s leadership but did not give a reason for his departure. An Iraq War veteran, former venture capitalist, and friend of Vice President J.D. Vance, Driscoll was confirmed as Army secretary in February 2025. He was a major proponent of increasing the military’s use of drones and other next-generation military technologies. Driscoll and Hegseth reportedly clashed over personnel decisions and plans for modernizing the…Open
State of the Union: The president also downplayed the possibility of conventional escalation following Sunday's tit-for-tat strikes. The post Iran War Day 186: Trump Rules Out Using Nukes Against Iran appeared first on The American Conservative .
Asked Monday about whether he had ruled out the use of nuclear weapons against Iran, President Trump gave an unusually direct answer. “Well, I would never say that, but the answer is yes,” he said , “I rule that, I rule out, no use.” He added that there “was no reason for it,” given the success of U.S. strikes: “Here [the Iranians] are, they’re totally defeated militarily. So now I defeat them, and now I should use a nuclear weapon on top of them? What a stupid question.” The president also suggested a return to full-scale combat operations was unlikely, even after the U.S. and Iran exchanged strikes Sunday. “This is a relatively little war for us. This is not a big war,” he said . Trump described Iran as a…Open
Explosive devices have been found at an electrical substation near a power plant in Brandenburg, Germany, in a suspected attack on the German power grid. Get the latest on the suspected attempted explosives attack near a power station in Brandenburg, Germany in our live breaking news coverage. Police in Germany say multiple explosive devices were found at an electrical substation in Turnow-Preilack, Brandenburg, and that these explosive devices were part of an attempted attack designed to cause a shutdown at the nearby Jänschwalde power plant. Early reports had said rockets were involved in the attack on the power grid, but a police spokesperson now says there were no rockets involved. Reportedly there was some damage due to the attempted…
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and GOP leaders will speak Tuesday as lawmakers prepare to take up a Senate-passed stop-gap funding bill aimed at averting another government shutdown by the Sept. 30 deadline. The continuing resolution, if passed, would extend government funding through Dec. 11. The Senate advanced the measure earlier this month. The CR also includes a provision temporarily halting a White House budget rule that would give political appointees more authority over the distribution of federal grants. Republicans are also expected to address other key priorities, including a resolution condemning socialism and a possible House vote to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) following an Ethics Committee report concerning his…