Overview
- Operation Epic Fury, a joint U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran, entered a second day as Tehran launched missiles and drones across the region targeting Israel and U.S. sites in the Gulf.
- The White House published photos of President Trump in a makeshift Mar-a-Lago war room and of Vice President J.D. Vance in the White House Situation Room, highlighting a split command posture.
- U.S. Central Command confirmed three American service members were killed and five seriously wounded, the first U.S. fatalities reported in the conflict.
- Trump said Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of senior Iranian figures were killed and claimed major blows to Iran’s navy, while Tehran had not independently confirmed Khamenei’s death.
- Democrats pressed for strategy details and congressional authorization as Trump conducted media interviews, said Iran’s new leaders want talks, and continued to tout the operation’s progress.