.Frederik Pleitgen and his crew are in Tehran, the first western journalist to enter the country since its conflict with Israel started. cnn.com/2025/06/18/wor…

U.S. Embassy in Israel Imis coordinating military and commercial flights to evacuate.

(Reuters) - The head of Russia's nuclear energy corporation warned on Thursday that an Israeli attack on Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant could lead to a "Chernobyl-style catastrophe". An Israeli military spokesperson said Israel had struck the site, but an Israeli military

One of the best journalists in the Pentagon is going to The Atlantic. Congratulations Nancy!

IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ARAQCHI ARRIVES AT GENEVA VENUE FOR TALKS WITH EUROPEAN COUNTERPARTS

🎙️Democrats are trying to recruit more veterans to run for Congress. John T. Seward joins Steve Scully to discuss why. siriusxm.com/clips/clip/f68…

The U.S. Navy now has five guided-missile destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean, according to U.S. defense officials. This is a significant increase. Earlier this week, the U.S. had just one in the eastern Med. Following Israel's attack on Iran, the U.S. had two positioned in

So exactly what Authorization for Use of Military Force is Trump using to bomb Iran?

It’s is worth nothing that following this incredibly aggressive escalation against a major power in the Middle East there is total silence from the Pentagon. One official, when asked, directed me back to Donald J. Trump’s post.

The U.S. military conducted multiple strikes inside Iran using B-2 bombers. According to Trump, all three are nuclear sites and include Fordow. Trump said U.S. planes are already outside Iranian airspace.

Hardly the least concerning thing tonight, but it’s quite remarkable that the President of the United States owns a social media company where he makes major announcements like, say, the decision to bomb a country.

One challenge in conceptual approaches to warfare in the era of a mature precision-strike regime is the tendency to adopt ‘strike-as-strategy’—that is, launching attacks against various target sets in the hope of forcing rapid war termination on favorable terms—rather than

The Iranian Parliament approves closure of Strait of Hormuz, pending final decision by Supreme National Security Council, according to reports from Iran.

Per a person familiar w/ debates inside the administration, the “Pentagon assessed this year that the U.S. military would need to do 30 days of sustained strikes to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities, owing to their underground depth and spread out layout.” politico.com/news/2025/06/2…

Trump has opened a Pandora’s box  ft.com/content/c68949… via @ft "This is Trump’s war now," says Edward Luce

“Our forces remain on high alert and are fully postured to respond to any Iranian retaliation or proxy attacks." Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff notus.org/trump-white-ho…

Defense Secretary Hegseth: "We were able to destroy nuclear capabilities. And OUR BOYS in those bombers are on their way home right now." Fox News has learned that at least one of the B2 pilots who took part in the Iran mission was female. Fox News

In response to questions from Press at the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense. Pete Hegseth said "This mission was not, has not been, about regime change."

If I had a nickel for everytime the CENTCOM commander was a Minnesotan former Ranger Regiment commander who had jumped into Panama I'd have two nickels, but it's weird it's happened twice