Overview
- The White House says the United States resumed bombing of Iran after it quietly notified Congress that the war had "officially resumed" earlier this month.
- In the Oval Office the president announced plans for additional major strikes and said he had ordered a new blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a key global shipping chokepoint.
- The president asserted that U.S. operations have knocked out most of Iran’s air, drone and missile capabilities, offering specific percentages that reporters and analysts say remain unverified.
- CNN’s Kaitlan Collins pressed the president on whether sustained attacks were becoming "the new normal," prompting Trump to accuse the network of "fake news," call its coverage "treasonous in a certain way," and abruptly end the session.
- The moves raise fresh questions for lawmakers about oversight, leave damage claims unsettled by independent evidence, and increase risks to commercial shipping, energy flows and regional stability.