Overview
- On HBO's Real Time, Bill Maher read a justification for using force that Sen. Adam Schiff criticized before Maher noted it came from a 2011 Obama-era Office of Legal Counsel opinion about Libya.
- Schiff pivoted to past debates over Syria and argued that Congress must assert its constitutional role on war-making, saying the United States is now at war.
- A bipartisan House resolution led by Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna to block continued operations in Iran failed 212–219, allowing Operation Epic Fury to proceed.
- Republican leaders and the Trump administration maintain the president is acting within his authority, with Speaker Mike Johnson describing the current military action as limited in scope.
- On Saturday, Trump posted on Truth Social that Iran would be hit very hard and boasted of recent gains, while some reporting says he has expressed interest in a limited ground deployment.