Overview
- President Trump warned Tuesday on Truth Social that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” tying an 8 p.m. ET deadline to threats against Iran’s power plants and bridges.
- Hours after the post, he announced a two-week ceasefire window tied to talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, pausing the immediate risk of strikes.
- Dozens of House Democrats, with some tallies near 70, urged using the 25th Amendment, and conservative figures such as Alex Jones, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens publicly broke with Trump.
- Vice President J.D. Vance has shown no support for invoking Section 4 and the White House dismissed removal calls as partisan, while any contested ouster would require two-thirds of both chambers of Congress.
- Critics warned that bombing civilian infrastructure would punish ordinary Iranians and could violate international humanitarian law, a charge that deepened rare fractures inside Trump’s base.