Missile strikes near US Navy base in BahrainVideo geolocated by CNN shows the moment a missile struck near the US Navy base in Bahrain. In the video, a large explosion can be heard. A large plume of smoke rises is then seen rising from the area around the base.
President Trump holds up a fist after disembarking Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on Friday night. For a decade, President Trump promised to end what he calls forever wars, casting himself as a leader opposed to prolonged conflicts in the Middle East and who would rather pursue peace in the world. Advertisement“This regime will soon learn that no one should challenge the strength and might of the United States armed forces,” Trump said. said Iran “posed a clear and unacceptable threat” to the United States and has refused “the diplomatic off-ramps.” House Speaker Mike Johnson (D-La.) said Trump took the action after exhausting “every effort to pursue peaceful and diplomatic solutions.”Other top Republican lawmakers rallied behind Trump, too.
Trump ordered the strikes on Tehran just days before the GOP-led House and Senate are each set to formally debate and vote on US military action in Iran. Those Republicans will be forced to take a public stance after months of simmering consternation over Trump’s legal authority as he has dramatically expanded powers abroad with Congress on the sidelines. And it’s going to be seen like the Iraq war vote,” Khanna added, referring to the historic 2002 vote in Congress that authorized the US invasion of Iraq. But there have been signs of cracks in the GOP in recent days amid rumblings of an Iran assault. Even Republicans who support Trump’s push for regime change have said Congress needs to have more input — and particularly more briefings.
Missile strikes near US Navy base in BahrainVideo geolocated by CNN shows the moment a missile struck near the US Navy base in Bahrain. In the video, a large explosion can be heard. A large plume of smoke rises is then seen rising from the area around the base.
By Malia Mendez, Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES — Finalists and honorees for the 46th Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were announced last week. “The Joy Luck Club” author Amy Tan will be honored with this year’s Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. Nonprofit We Need Diverse Books and novelist Adam Ross will receive the Innovator’s Award and Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, respectively. Winners in the remaining categories will be revealed at the 46th L.A. Times Book Prizes on April 17 at USC’s Bovard Auditorium. For more information about the Book Prizes, including the complete list of finalists, visit latimes.com/BookPrizes.
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Amid the raging conflict in West Asia, a dramatic moment unfolded on live television when a CNN anchor based in Abu Dhabi was forced to evacuate the studio during a live broadcast. CNN briefly cut to a graphic or pre-recorded segment before switching coverage to its London or Atlanta bureaus. In retaliation, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) initiated Operation True Promise 4, targeting Israel and American bases across West Asia. (Disclaimer: WION takes utmost care to accurately and responsibly report ongoing conflicts in West Asia involving Israel, Iran, the US, Gulf nations and non-state actors like Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, Islamic State, and others. Given this context, WION cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, social media posts, photos and videos.)
Protestors in Westwood celebrate the news of Supreme Leader Ayatalloh Ali Khamenei’s deathOutside of the Westwood Federal Building, a pro-Monarchist contingent of Iranian-Americans celebrated the news of Supreme Leader Ayatalloh Ali Khamenei’s death, which some believe will usher in a new chapter of Iranian politics. The air of the moment was celebratory, with speakers railing against the former leader and dancers rejoicing in the streets. The former prince, who has offered to hold an interim leadership position during a U.S.-Israel led regime change, has become a symbol of potential futures for many of the protestors, Moshasha said. Some Iranian-American protestors in Westwood said military action was “absolutely,” necessary to get rid of the Khamenei government. “The people of Iran, bare handed, would never be able to fight against the regime.” Farmojab said.
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Trump announces 'major combat operations' in Iran President Trump conducted joint strikes on Iran with Israel, targeting Iranian leadership and other economic targets and prompting Iran to launch retaliatory strikes across the Middle East.
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Two of the most corrupt criminals in recent history, Donald Trump and Bibi Netanyahu, just started an illegal war against Iran. One reason they launched their war today, I suspect, is because Congress was moving to force a vote prohibiting such a war … next week. I keep thinking about something Neil Gorsuch said in last November’s hearing on Trump’s illegal tariffs. What’s the reason to accept the notion that Congress can hand off the power to declare war to the President? Gorsuch got Trump’s own Solicitor General on the record that Congress can’t actually outsource its power to declare war to the President.
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Plenty of people are facing repercussions for their ties with Jeffrey Epstein — but not in Trump world. Davidoff Studios Photography via Getty ImagesOutside of MAGA world, accountability has been swifter. Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAdvertisementSo why has Trump world escaped any ramifications for palling around with the world’s most notorious sex criminal? First, there’s the Republican-controlled Congress acting as a rubber stamp for the Trump administration. This only further highlights the elite impunity that has come to mark the second Trump administration.
