Trump news art a glance: president claims victory in Iran war as US prepares to deploy more troops | Trump administration
Donald Trump declared victory in his war with Iran on Tuesday, amid reports that the United States is deploying about 1,000 additional troops to the region, as the president touts the “very good” ongoing negotiations with Iran. Iranian officials continue to deny this.
Iranian barrages targeted Israel, Gulf Arab states and northern Iraq on Tuesday, as Israeli and US military planes continued to carry out strikes on Tehran and other Islamic Republic targets. Israel has indicated it plans to take control of swathes of southern Lebanon, which a Hezbollah official called an “existential threat” to the Lebanese state.
As the human and economic toll of the joint U.S.-Israeli invasion mounts and the conflict enters its fourth week, White House claims of last-ditch negotiations to end the war have not been confirmed by proxies or the Iranian government. Iran’s ambassador to the UN said at least 1,348 civilians had been killed in the country since the start of the war.
US set to send airborne troops to Middle East as Trump says talks with Iran ‘very good’
Violence continued across much of the Middle East a day after Donald Trump said the United States was in “very good” negotiations with Iran to end the war in the region soon.
Iranian barrages targeted Israel, Gulf Arab states and northern Iraq on Tuesday, as Israeli and US military planes continued to carry out strikes on Tehran and other Islamic Republic targets.
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Democrats switch seats in Florida State House, in Trump’s backyard
Democrats managed to flip a seat in the Florida State House of Representatives, in the district that is home to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. Emily Gregory, a Democrat, defeated Republican Jon Maples, who had the support of the US president.
Trump voted in the mail-in race, although he criticized the practice as “mail-in cheating” at an event in Tennessee this week.
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JD Vance role touted as Pakistan attempts to broker US-Iran peace talks
Pakistani sources said US Vice President JD Vance was being proposed as the likely chief negotiator on the US side if negotiations continued. Iranian sources said they would refuse to sit down with Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, or with Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who led nuclear negotiations with Iran before the war.
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TSA workers try to survive second shutdown and ICE surge
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers are reeling from the White House’s deployment of immigration enforcement at airports as TSA workers enter their sixth week without pay as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown continues.
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Supreme Court appears to favor Trump administration in asylum case
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday expressed sympathy with Donald Trump’s administration in its defense of the government’s power to turn away asylum seekers when authorities believe U.S.-Mexico border crossings are too overloaded to process additional requests.
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US public health groups call for EPA boss to be fired, saying he ‘openly betrayed’ agency
“No [EPA] The administrator in history – Democrat or Republican – has so brazenly betrayed the agency’s core mission,” the groups wrote of Lee Zeldin in an open letter. “EPA’s primary purpose is to protect human health and the environment. With Administrator Lee Zeldin at the helm, the EPA has abandoned its mission, creating damage that will take decades to repair.
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Trump picks Australian-born ‘alpha male’ Nick Adams as presidential envoy
Donald Trump’s appointment of Nick Adams, the Australian “alpha male” turned American internet provocateur, as the president’s new special envoy on Tuesday could fuel theories that the White House is deliberately trolling the world.
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Canadian woman detained with daughter by ICE warns all immigrants to ‘hide’
A Canadian woman who was detained with her seven-year-old daughter by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has warned other immigrants that they risk being detained, even if they follow the proper legal process – and warned them to stay out of sight as long as Donald Trump is president.
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What else happened today:
A catch-up? Here’s what happened on Monday March 23.
