**Livewire** Operation Epic Fury Day Seven: The Latest News From Iran and the Middle East
The United States says it has continued to dominate the Iranian Navy and Tehran launches strikes against Israel, albeit at a reduced pace.

The United States says it has continued to dominate the Iranian Navy and Tehran launches strikes against Israel, albeit at a reduced pace.

On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” House Assistant Democratic Leader Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) said that then-President Barack Obama going to war in Libya without the approval of Congress is “materially and significantly different than the present circumstances”
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) reacted to the number of strikes by Iran sharply declining by stating that “that’s not really what this is all about. What this is all about is we have
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) said that “there were no real diplomatic talks” with Iran, and there were no “professional diplomats involved, and, oh, as it turned out, that
Thursday on MS NOW’s “All In,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said President Donald Trump is not “leveling” with the American public on the Iran military strikes.
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “All In,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) argued that the Israelis “definitely want an effort to just permanently destabilize Iran, keep it as a failed state, as they’ve done in Gaza.” He also said Israel’s

On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) stated that, when it comes to Iran, “we better be prepared, or people are going to die.” And Democrats aren’t going to fully fund DHS in light of
Randolph Bourne said war is the health of the state. Fine. Then let’s say the other part out loud: war is a disease in the economy.

QatarEnergy, the national petroleum company of Qatar, stunned global energy markets on Wednesday by declaring force majeure and canceling its contracts to deliver liquid natural gas (LNG) to customers around the world due to attacks from Iran on its energy infrastructure.

The U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran this weekend featured the operational debut of LUCAS, the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System, a “suicide drone” modeled on Iran’s notorious Shahed series of drone bombs. LUCAS is a remarkable example of American ingenuity: a vastly improved copy of Iran’s only serious technological innovation since the Islamic Revolution, taken from product rollout to battlefield deployment in just eight months.

Renewed worries about the Iran war dragged down stocks in the U.S. and Europe Thursday.

President Trump has publicly discussed politics for decades and has been surprisingly consistent on issues such as trade, crime, and foreign policy.

Thursday on CNN’s “News Central,” Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) said President Donald Trump thinks he is “the commander of the world.”
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan declared on Thursday that his country would use “the full might of our ‘Iron Fist'” against the terrorist regime in Iran after drones flying in from Iran struck an airport and near a school building in the Caucasus nation.

Iranian Navy ship handed over to the Sri Lankan government, saving the lives of the crew hours after another warship was sunk by the USN.

Azadi Stadium, a massive sports complex in Iran’s capital city of Tehran, was badly damaged on Thursday by U.S. and Israeli strikes.

A laser is reportedly being deployed against Iran’s Islamic regime as the United States continues Operation Epic Fury.

Seemingly under intense pressure from China, Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) modified its threats to close the vital Strait of Hormuz to worldwide oil shipping, claiming that it would only attack American, Israeli, and European ships.

During Wednesday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) explained his support for the U.S. strikes against Iran, and why his Democrat colleagues were against it.

Wednesday on FNC’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) spoke favorably of the Trump administration’s Iran policy.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq categorically denied that its Peshmerga were preparing an invasion of Iran alongside the United States on Thursday, following rumors that some Iranian Kurdish groups are planning ground operations on what remains of the Iranian terror state.

Many who are commenting on the missile strikes by U.S. and Israeli military have seized on the idea that in attacking Iran Trump is dragging America into yet another entanglement in the Middle East. On the most recent episode of The Drill Down, host Peter Schweizer and co-host Eric Eggers explore that allegation and pick the winners and losers.

A defiant Iran despatched a second warship towards Sri Lanka’s territorial waters Thursday, barely 24-hours after a U.S. submarine destroyed an Iranian Navy frigate in the area, killing at least 84 sailors, a minister told parliament.

South Korean lawmaker Kim Young-bae revealed on Thursday that seven oil tankers operated by the nation’s refiners are presently stranded in the Strait of Hormuz.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.) stated that war with Iran “was inevitable,” and we know that “from the beginning, that Iran has wanted nuclear weapons” “And, at each stage,
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) stated that Operation Epic Fury won’t help people who get their “healthcare from the Affordable Care Act exchange” afford it. Kelly said he hasn’t gotten anything close to
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said that the future of Iran is up to the people of the country and “we’re also striking some of those very brutal and repressive thugs that

On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) stated that “Our goal is to destroy the weapons that could target Americans here and abroad” and to stop them from killing Americans and it’s not to eliminate all

You’ll be sorry. That was the warning from Iran to the U.S. on Thursday as it responded to the torpedoing of an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, with a Muslim leader adding a call for “Trump’s blood.”

Iran warns retribution against the U.S for sinking one of its warships in international waters, and continues to hit out at the wider region.

The Pentagon identified the last two names of soldiers killed following the strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

On Wednesday’s edition of NBC’s “Meet the Press NOW,” Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) responded to a question on whether the orders to strike Iran would be illegal orders by stating that the video she released on defying illegal orders “was
The shipping industry is concerned that the war in Iran could disrupt worldwide supply chains, far beyond the loss of oil and liquid natural gas (LNG) shipments moving through the Strait of Hormuz.

The war may continue. But the market panic, at least for now, seems to be looking for an exit strategy.

Iran was not just another hostile regime chasing regional influence. It functioned as the central hub of a hostile ecosystem.

The White House blasted media outlets on Wednesday for “intellectual dishonesty” in their coverage of why President Donald Trump launched Operation Epic Fury in Iran.

Washington, DC — The U.S. military killed an Iranian leader who led an attempted assassination plot against President Donald Trump, War Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed on Wednesday.

The United States is “winning decisively, devastatingly, and without mercy” in Operation Epic Fury just four days into the campaign against Iran, according to War Secretary Pete Hegseth, who said Tehran’s missile, air, and naval capabilities are rapidly “evaporating.”

China’s state-run propaganda newspaper Global Times declared on Tuesday that First Lady Melania Trump’s leadership at a U.N. Security Council meeting the day before — an unprecedented act for a presidential spouse — drew “backlash from international society” for alleged hypocrisy amid the ongoing war with Iran.

U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth praised Israel as a decisive partner in the American campaign against Iran.
