<p>Three people are dead and five other victims have been hospitalized, some with life-threatening injuries, after a shooting that took place in two locations around Michigan State University (MSU) on Monday evening, according to authorities.</p>
<p>A single suspect was at large as of 11 p.m. ET, and police advised people in and around the East Lansing, Michigan, campus, to shelter in place as a manhunt continues.</p>
<p>During an 11 p.m. news conference, MSU Interim Police Chief Chris Rozman described the suspect as being a short black male wearing red shoes, a jean jacket, and a baseball cap.</p>
<p>MSU police released photos on Twitter, showing the suspect in a stairwell.</p>
<p>https://twitter.com/msupolice/status/1625348771386204161</p>
<p>Rozman said police first received calls about a shooting at Berkey Hall at around 8:18 p.m., and then a short time later there were reports of a shooting at the MSU student union building.</p>
<p>The suspect was last seen leaving the north side of the MSU student union building on foot, Rozman said.</p>
<p>Rozman said there was an &#8220;overwhelming&#8221; law enforcement response to the shooting.</p>
<p>MSU police announced on Twitter just before midnight that <a href="https://twitter.com/msupolice/status/1625353241528500224" target="_blank" rel="noopener">three people died</a>, in addition to the five people Rozman said were hospitalized during the 11 p.m. news conference.</p>
<p>Rozman said another media briefing would take place at midnight.</p>
<p>MSU police said all campus activities are canceled for 48 hours, including athletics, classes, and all campus-related activities.</p>
<p>Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said she has been briefed on the situation. &#8220;Let’s wrap our arms around the Spartan community tonight. We will keep everyone updated as we learn more,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/GovWhitmer/status/1625321127626084354" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whitmer tweeted</a>.</p>
<p><em>This is a breaking news story; refresh the page for updates.</em></p>

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<p>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt set the record straight after CNN reported over the weekend that the Trump administration did not provide advanced notice of the United States&#8217;s strike on three Iranian nuclear sites to Democrat leaders in Congress.</p>
<p>On Fox News, Leavitt said there was, in fact, outreach to both Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and the White House had the receipts to prove it.</p>
<p>&#8220;The White House made calls to congressional leadership. They were bipartisan calls. In fact, Hakeem Jeffries couldn&#8217;t be reached. We tried him before the strike and he didn&#8217;t pick up the phone,&#8221; Leavitt said during a &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SidHwZUl8RY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a>.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a>: &#8220;The White House made calls to congressional leadership. They were bipartisan calls. In fact, <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJeffries</a> couldn&#8217;t be reached. We tried him before the strike and he didn&#8217;t pick up the phone.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/9NLotvijX7">pic.twitter.com/9NLotvijX7</a></p>
<p>— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1937130681194451127?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 23, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Leavitt added that Jeffries was ultimately briefed after the strike, while Schumer was advised beforehand.</p>
<p>&#8220;This notion that CNN ran with that the White House did not give a heads up to Democrats is just completely false,&#8221; Leavitt said. &#8220;In fact, both Sen. Schumer&#8217;s office and CNN had to retract that story last night because it was a blatant lie and we showed them the timestamps from those phone calls.&#8221;</p>
<p>CNN did initially <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250622041816/https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/21/politics/republicans-democrats-iran-strikes-briefings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> that no top Democrats were told of Trump&#8217;s plans until after the attack, but later <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/21/politics/republicans-democrats-iran-strikes-briefings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">updated</a> its headline and issued a correction to note that Schumer did receive a call prior to the strike after Leavitt initially <a href="https://x.com/PressSec/status/1936900039752012235" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called out</a> the news outlet on X.</p>
<p>Its revised story said that a source &#8220;conceded&#8221; Schumer had been called a little less than an hour before the attack &#8220;with little detail&#8221; and no mention of which country in which the action was taking place. NBC News reporter Julie Tsirkin <a href="https://x.com/news_jul/status/1936968929051898044" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cited</a> a Schumer aide who called the notification &#8220;perfunctory.&#8221;</p>
<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) defended Trump’s strike on Iran&#8217;s nuclear infrastructure and contended that top members of the legislature were notified.</p>
<p>&#8220;The President made the right call, and did what he needed to do. Leaders in Congress were aware of the urgency of this situation and the Commander-in-Chief evaluated that the imminent danger outweighed the time it would take for Congress to act,&#8221; Johnson <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1936602051431063760" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.</p>
<p>He added: &#8220;The world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, which chants ‘Death to America,’ simply could not be allowed the opportunity to obtain and use nuclear weapons. The President fully respects the Article I power of Congress, and tonight’s necessary, limited, and targeted strike follows the history and tradition of similar military actions under presidents of both parties.&#8221;</p>

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Leavitt Debunks ‘Completely False’ Report That Top Dems Not Given Advanced Notice Of Iran Strikes

<p>The &#8220;biggest national security vulnerability this country&#8217;s ever seen&#8221; comes from Biden-era gotaways Trump Border Czar Tom Homan said on Sunday as he warned federal officials do not have a full accounting of all the people from Iran who illegally crossed the border during the last administration.</p>
<p>Homan spoke about the situation after being asked by Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo on &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; about the potential for Iranian sleeper cells after President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Terhan&#8217;s nuclear facilities this weekend.</p>
<p>Citing data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Homan <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6374707951112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> that there were 1,272 nationals of Iran released into the United States by immigration officials under President Joe Biden, which is a stark contrast to &#8220;zero&#8221; releases under the Trump administration.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">&#8220;Under Joe Biden, there was 1,272 nationals of Iran released into the country&#8221; after crossing the border illegally, says <a href="https://twitter.com/RealTomHoman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RealTomHoman</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Compare that to the Trump Administration — ZERO.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/UhX6WinI0C">pic.twitter.com/UhX6WinI0C</a></p>
<p>— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1936794069469892673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Right now, because of President Trump&#8217;s leadership, we have the most secure border in my lifetime, most secure border in the history of this nation. So we have a secure border. So that was President Trump&#8217;s big win on securing this nation,&#8221; Homan said. &#8220;So we&#8217;re not releasing people into this country. Special interest aliens aren&#8217;t crossing that border undetected. But under Joe Biden, we had over 10 million people cross that border. But my biggest concern from day one, beyond the fentanyl, beyond the sex trafficking of women and children, were the 2 million known gotaways.&#8221;</p>
<p>He continued: &#8220;Over 2 million people crossed that border, we don&#8217;t know who they are, where they came from, because they got away, because Border Patrol is so overwhelmed with the humanitarian crisis that Biden created that over 2 million people crossed the border and got away. That is my biggest concern. And that&#8217;s what created the biggest national security vulnerability this country&#8217;s ever seen.&#8221;</p>
<p>Homan conceded the Trump administration does not know where all the gotaways have gone, but he expressed confidence in the leaders at the FBI, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and White House now compared to when Biden was president.</p>
<p>&#8220;No, the intelligence community under President Trump has been on this since day one. What gives me any comfort at all is that you don&#8217;t have Christopher Wray there [leading the FBI]. You got Kash Patel there. You don&#8217;t have Alejandro Mayorkas there [leading DHS] anymore. You got Kristi Noem. And you certainly don&#8217;t have [former Vice President] Kamala Harris as the border czar,&#8221; Homan said.</p>
<p>&#8220;So President Trump brought a great team, been on this since day one,&#8221; Homan added. &#8220;Do we know where every one of the 2 million are? No. We don&#8217;t know who they all are. We don&#8217;t know why they&#8217;re here or where they came from. But we do know, Border Patrol intelligence over the last four years, they have found prayer mats south of the border. They have found identification from people from Iran, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Syria south of the border.&#8221;</p>
<p>Homan concluded by saying: &#8220;So we know that some terrorists have crossed that border. We&#8217;d be a fool to think zero crossed. The thing is, though, we&#8217;ve got President Trump as a commander in chief who has put all resources on that. That&#8217;s why President Trump from day one of ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] operations, despite what the left media says, he has been focused on national security threats and public safety threats. And between ICE and the bureau, we have removed thousands of national security threats because of President Trump&#8217;s leadership on this.&#8221;</p>

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Trump Border Czar Warns Of Biden-Era Gotaways Amid Iranian Sleeper Cell Concerns

<p>President Donald Trump declared on Sunday that the &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221; movement should cut any ties with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Sunday after the congressman decried this weekend&#8217;s U.S. military strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran and revealed that he will hit the campaign trail next year to support a primary challenger.</p>
<p>The comments mark an escalation in the intra-party war of words after Trump called Massie a &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-capitol-hill-visit-trump-tells-house-gop-back-big-beautiful-bill-fool" target="_blank" rel="noopener">grandstander</a>&#8221; earlier this year for opposing the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill&#8221; making its way through Congress and <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2025/05/20/trump-on-massie-i-think-he-should-be-voted-out-of-office/83745274007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urged</a> voters to kick the Kentucky Republican out from his House seat.</p>
<p>&#8220;Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky is not MAGA, even though he likes to say he is. Actually, MAGA doesn’t want him, doesn’t know him, and doesn’t respect him. He is a negative force who almost always Votes &#8216;NO,&#8217; no matter how good something may be,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114728311939211877" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a Truth Social post. &#8220;He’s a simple minded &#8216;grandstander&#8217; who thinks it’s good politics for Iran to have the highest level Nuclear weapon, while at the same time yelling &#8216;DEATH TO AMERICA&#8217; at every chance they get.&#8221;</p>
<p>Massie claims the attack on Iran was &#8220;<a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1936574721312923803" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unconstitutional</a>&#8221; because Congress did not authorize military force ahead of time. Prior to the strikes, the Kentucky Republican put <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-squad-endorses-massies-resolution-on-u-s-involvement-in-israel-iran-conflict" target="_blank" rel="noopener">forward</a> a war powers resolution in the House that elicited the support of many Democrats, including leftist &#8220;Squad&#8221; members.</p>
<p>&#8220;When two countries are bombing each other daily in a hot war, and a third country joins the bombing, that’s an act of war,&#8221; Massie <a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1936722005451010479" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X, alluding to the conflict between Israel and Iran. &#8220;I’m amazed at the mental gymnastics being undertaken by neocons in DC (and their social media bots) to say we aren’t at war… so they can make war.&#8221;</p>
<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) defended Trump&#8217;s decision to launch an operation to destroy three facilities in Iran this weekend in a bid to stop that country from being able to create nuclear weapons.</p>
<p>&#8220;The President made the right call, and did what he needed to do. Leaders in Congress were aware of the urgency of this situation and the Commander-in-Chief evaluated that the imminent danger outweighed the time it would take for Congress to act,&#8221; Johnson <a href="https://x.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1936602051431063760" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X. &#8220;The world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, which chants &#8216;Death to America,&#8217; simply could not be allowed the opportunity to obtain and use nuclear weapons. The President fully respects the Article I power of Congress, and tonight’s necessary, limited, and targeted strike follows the history and tradition of similar military actions under presidents of both parties.&#8221;</p>
<p>Massie shot back, asking why Johnson did not call Congress back from &#8220;vacation&#8221; to vote on military action &#8220;if there was a serious threat&#8221; to the United States. &#8220;I introduced a War Powers Resolution on Tuesday, while Congress was on vacation. We would have had plenty of time to debate and vote on this,&#8221; he <a href="https://x.com/RepThomasMassie/status/1936724385273979112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>.</p>
<p>In his post on Truth Social, Trump compared Massie to Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), another Republican lawmaker who has shown a willingness to break with the &#8220;MAGA&#8221; line.</p>
<p>&#8220;Massie is weak, ineffective, and votes &#8216;NO&#8217; on virtually everything put before him (Rand Paul, Jr.), no matter how good something may be,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;He is disrespectful to our great military, and all that they stand for, not even acknowledging their brilliance and bravery in yesterday’s attack, which was a total and complete WIN. Massie should drop his fake act and start putting America First, but he doesn’t know how to get there — he doesn’t have a clue!&#8221;</p>
<p>After noting how Massie will &#8220;undoubtedly&#8221; again vote against the &#8220;One Big, Beautiful Bill,&#8221; which will likely need to be approved by the House a second time with the changes being implemented by the Senate, Trump pledged to help defeat the congressman in next year&#8217;s midterm elections.</p>
<p>&#8220;MAGA should drop this pathetic LOSER, Tom Massie, like the plague!&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;The good news is that we will have a wonderful American Patriot running against him in the Republican Primary, and I’ll be out in Kentucky campaigning really hard. MAGA is not about lazy, grandstanding, nonproductive politicians, of which Thomas Massie is definitely one. Thank you to our incredible military for the AMAZING job they did last night. It was really SPECIAL!!! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.&#8221;</p>
<p>Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/06/22/trump-massie-congress-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> later on Sunday that Trump&#8217;s team was launching a super PAC focused on getting Massie defeated in the May 2026 primary. The news outlet said the group is called Kentucky MAGA and led by the President&#8217;s senior political advisers Tony Fabrizio and Chris LaCivita.</p>
<p>In a post on X, Massie acknowledged Trump&#8217;s pledge to back a primary challenger and <a href="https://x.com/MassieforKY/status/1936863008174616881" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> people to support his re-election campaign.</p>

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‘Not MAGA’: Trump Vows To Help Crush Massie In Primary After Iran Strike Criticism

<p>Republicans are roasting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for suggesting on Saturday evening that President Donald Trump should be impeached for ordering strikes on three facilities in Iran to prevent that country from achieving nuclear weapons.</p>
<p>&#8220;The President’s disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers,&#8221; the high-profile member of the leftist &#8220;Squad&#8221; declared in a <a href="https://x.com/AOC/status/1936600627221565468" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on X. &#8220;He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene quickly shot back at Ocasio-Cortez.</p>
<p>&#8220;Shut up you pathetic little hypocrite,&#8221; Greene <a href="https://x.com/RepMTG/status/1936615639621288028" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X. &#8220;YOU fully supported our military and IC running the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. And you VOTED to fund the Ukraine war under your President with dementia. You don’t get to play anti-war and moral outrage anymore.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) <a href="https://x.com/NRCC/status/1936758140760129890" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contended</a> on Fox News that Democrats did call for impeachment after former President Barack Obama attacked Libya, Syria, Pakistan, and Yemen during his tenure.</p>
<p>&#8220;For my colleagues that are now demanding impeachment, it’s absolutely absurd &#8230; these folks are truly reaching new levels of Trump derangement in the aftermath of yesterday&#8217;s decision,&#8221; he added, alluding to what has become widely known as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/trump-derangement-syndrome" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Trump Derangement Syndrome.&#8221;</a></p>
<p>Dan Turrentine, who worked for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when she was serving as a Senator from New York, agreed that the action was not impeachable — and decried his Democratic colleagues who were asserting that it was.</p>
<p>&#8220;<span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3">It was too depressing to write this last night, after we got off air, so I went to bed. But, it needs to be said by more Democrats: this was not an impeachable offense, and Trump did not need congressional approval for one precision attack under the circumstances, just as Obama did not when striking Bin Laden,&#8221; he posted early on Sunday. &#8220;Why can’t our Party just say it’s great we achieved the objective and destroyed Iran’s nuclear sites, God bless the soldiers who carried this out and made it home safely, God bless our country, military, allies, and we look forward to a full intel briefing</span><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3">.&#8221; </span></p>
<p><span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3">&#8220;If one must then assert Congressional authority at the moment, add that any escalation will require congressional approval. And if you must, express concern for where this may go and what might come next. But, for so many in my Party to knee jerk with unhinged calls for impeachment — and sadly omit in their statement support for Iran not having nuclear weapons, which has been a principle of our Party for 40 years — is truly TDS,&#8221; he added.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">It was too depressing to write this last night, after we got off air, so I went to bed. But, it needs to be said by more Democrats: this was not an impeachable offense, and Trump did not need congressional approval for one precision attack under the circumstances, just as Obama…</p>
<p>— dan turrentine (@danturrentine) <a href="https://twitter.com/danturrentine/status/1936724740644749574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>During his first term, Trump was impeached twice when the Democrats commanded the House. One inquiry dealt with Ukraine, and the other with January 6. Both efforts ended in acquittal by a GOP-led Senate.</p>
<p>Some Democrats have already been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/congressional-black-caucus-leader-impeachable-trump-los-angeles-deployment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushing</a> for Trump to be impeached in his second administration, including for &#8220;dastardly deeds,&#8221; but they are powerless to press ahead because Republicans control both chambers of Congress. However, that could change after next year&#8217;s midterm elections, as noted by Sen. James Lankford (R-LA) during an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHXweWk6SNQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> on &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; with anchor Shannon Bream.</p>
<p>&#8220;If Democrats get control of Congress, we are most certainly headed towards impeachment again. That has been the playbook that they&#8217;ve played twice on President Trump. So, certainly, if they get control of Congress in this next election, they will work towards impeachment. That&#8217;s their favorite play to be able to do,&#8221; Lankford said.</p>

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Republicans Torch AOC For Suggesting Trump Be Impeached For Iran Strikes

<p>Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), who is <a href="https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/kaine-announces-the-filing-of-a-war-powers-resolution-to-prevent-war-with-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushing</a> the Senate toward a war powers vote, said on Sunday that President Donald Trump acted &#8220;prematurely&#8221; to strike Iran&#8217;s nuclear facilities this weekend without the consent of Congress.</p>
<p>On &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; Kaine <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgygJPvN3YY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> to CBS News journalist Margaret Brennan that he filed a War Powers Resolution that will &#8220;ripen&#8221; and be brought to a vote on the floor of the upper chamber this coming week. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is working with Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to make the vote happen, he noted.</p>
<p>&#8220;The United States should not be in an offensive war against Iran without a vote of Congress,&#8221; Kaine said. &#8220;The Constitution is completely clear on it.&#8221;</p>
<p>He continued: &#8220;And I am so disappointed that the president has acted so prematurely. The foreign minister of Israel said Friday night that its own bombing campaign had set the Iranian nuclear program back, &#8216;at least two or three years.&#8217; There was no urgency that suggested, while diplomatic talks were underway, that the U.S. should take this unilateral action by President Trump&#8217;s orders yesterday.&#8221;</p>
<p>Vice President JD Vance <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vance-answer-the-big-question-were-not-at-war-with-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week&#8221; that Trump ordered the strikes on three of Iran&#8217;s facilities to prevent the country from being able to produce nuclear weapons.</p>
<p>“No, we’re not at war with Iran, Jon,” Vance told anchor Jonathan Karl. “We’re at war with Iran’s nuclear program.”</p>
<p>Brennan pressed Kaine for a response to Vance.</p>
<p>&#8220;There seems to be a lot of legal parsing on the definition of the word &#8216;war&#8217; here. What do you make of that description?&#8221; Brennan asked.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s, it&#8217;s BS, and I think anybody hearing it would conclude the same thing. When you&#8217;re bombing another nation, ask them if they think it&#8217;s war,&#8221; Kaine said. &#8220;They do, would we think it was war if Iran bombed a U.S. nuclear facility? Of course we would. And the U.S., you know, we&#8217;ve invaded two neighbors of Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq, to topple their regimes since 2000. Those were wars. This is the U.S. jumping into a war of choice at Donald Trump&#8217;s urging, without any compelling national security interests for the United States to act in this way, particularly without a debate and vote in Congress. We should not be sending troops, and risking troops&#8217; lives in an offensive war without a debate in Congress.&#8221;</p>
<p>Brennan pointed out that Trump has not authorized a ground invasion.</p>
<p>&#8220;In fact, he said he really doesn&#8217;t want to send in ground forces,&#8221; she said. &#8220;When it came to what was just described to the public by the Pentagon, it was really characterized as limited in scope. It sounds like you believe those early hour descriptions are going to turn out to be false.&#8221;</p>
<p>Kaine replied: &#8220;I do. The War Powers resolution says that a member of Congress can challenge the President, if the President initiates hostilities against a foreign nation. Doesn&#8217;t use the — even though the title is War Powers resolution, the statute says if you initiate hostilities without congressional authorization, even a single member of the House or Senate can force a vote on the Senate floor. There is no doubt that the U.S. sending this massive set of Tomahawk missiles and B-2 bombers and bunker busters on three Iranian nuclear sites is hostilities. Now, again, some in the Senate may say this is great and we want to vote for it. I happen to think that getting into a third offensive war in the Middle East in the last 25 years is absolutely reckless and foolish, and I&#8217;m going to be doing everything I can to convince my colleagues of that. I may or may not succeed, but Congress should have the debate and vote on this before we escalate the risk to American troops, which this action has done.&#8221;</p>

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Tim Kaine Claims Trump Acted ‘Prematurely’ In Striking Iran, Presses Ahead With War Powers Vote

<p>Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Marco Rubio delivered a stern retort on Sunday to CBS News journalist Margaret Brennan after she pressed him on whether the United States lacked intelligence on Iran&#8217;s supreme leader ordering weaponization of its nuclear program.</p>
<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s irrelevant,&#8221; Rubio declared in a &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; interview conducted after President Donald Trump ordered strikes on three of Tehran&#8217;s nuclear facilities this weekend to prevent the Iranian regime from obtaining nuclear weapons.</p>
<p>&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t matter that the order was given. They have everything they need to build nuclear weapons. Why would you bury things in a mountain, 300 feet under the ground? Why do they have 60% enriched uranium? You don&#8217;t need 60% enriched uranium. The only countries in the world that have uranium at 60% are countries that have nuclear weapons because they can quickly make it 90,&#8221; Rubio said.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">MUST WATCH: <a href="https://twitter.com/SecRubio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecRubio</a> schools Margaret Brennan on the Iranian regime&#8217;s nuclear program.</p>
<p>&#8220;Why do they have 60% enriched uranium? &#8230; The only countries in the world that have uranium at 60% are countries that have nuclear weapons because they can quickly make it 90%!&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/XO8ol5jBIn">pic.twitter.com/XO8ol5jBIn</a></p>
<p>— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1936797923267809774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p>He continued: They have all the elements — why do they have a space program? Is Iran going to go to the moon? No. They&#8217;re trying to build an ICBM [intercontinental ballistic missile] so they could one day put a warhead on it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Brennan said that is a question of intent and claimed that an intelligence assessment found that Iran wanted to be a &#8220;threshold state&#8221; and use its leverage.</p>
<p>&#8220;How do you know what the intelligence assessment says?&#8221; Rubio asked.</p>
<p>After Brennan insisted that information came from an intelligence assessment in March, Rubio shot back.</p>
<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s an inaccurate representation of it. That&#8217;s not how our intelligence is read. That&#8217;s not how intelligence is used. Here&#8217;s what the whole world knows — forget about intelligence — what the IAEA knows,&#8221; Rubio said, referring to the International Atomic Energy Agency.</p>
<p>&#8220;They are enriching uranium well beyond anything you need for a civil nuclear program,&#8221; Rubio said. &#8220;So why would you enrich uranium at 60% if you don&#8217;t intend to one day use it to take it to 90 and build a weapon? Why are you developing ICBMs? Why do you have 8,000 short-range missiles and 2-3 thousand mid-range missiles that you continue to develop? Why do you do all these things?&#8221;</p>
<p>Brennan said she &#8220;understood,&#8221; but Rubio was not done.</p>
<p>&#8220;They have everything they need for a nuclear weapon,&#8221; Rubio said. &#8220;They have the delivery mechanisms, they have the enrichment capability, they have the highly-enriched uranium that is stored — that&#8217;s all we need to see, especially in the hands of the regime that&#8217;s already involved in terrorism and proxies and all kinds of things. They are the source of all instability in the Middle East.&#8221;</p>
<p>Brennan said &#8220;no one is disputing&#8221; what Rubio was explaining. She noted that Iran was censured by the IAEA for its uranium enrichment and violating their nonproliferation agreements. She then stressed that she was &#8220;simply asking&#8221; if the United States had intelligence that there was an order to weaponize.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have intelligence that they have everything they need to build a nuclear weapon and that&#8217;s more than enough,&#8221; Rubio said.</p>

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