Overview
- President Trump attended a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base on Wednesday for four service members killed in recent strikes in Jordan and Iraq and saluted as caskets were carried from the aircraft.
- Before the ceremony Trump told reporters the deceased had said "We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon," a claim that multiple outlets say has no public evidence and has drawn criticism for speaking for the dead.
- A White House official said Trump invited 1st Lt. Tyler Feehan’s family to fly with him on Air Force One to Georgia after the transfer, a gesture described by the administration as personal support for the bereaved relatives.
- The incidents that killed the four troops remain under military investigation, bringing the U.S. death toll in the Iran campaign to 18 and renewing questions about the campaign’s scope and costs, which the administration says total about $37.5 billion so far.
- Congress remains divided over restraining the president’s military authority: the House passed a War Powers Resolution but the Senate rejected the measure by a narrow margin, while polls show majority public opposition to continued conflict and rising fuel costs from disrupted shipping routes.