Trump news at a glance: war on Iran is either ‘very complete’ or just starting, depending on who is talking | Trump administration
How much longer will US strikes against Iran continue? It’s been difficult to get a clear answer from the Trump administration — and even harder to get a coherent response.
According to Donald Trump, “the war is very complete”. At least that’s what he told CBS News in a phone call Monday.
The same day, the US Department of Defense posted on Twitter/X: “We have only just started fighting. »
Later on Monday, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the war would end on “our timetable” and that the US would not stop until “the enemy is totally and finally defeated”, promising that Tuesday would see the most intense strikes in Iran yet.
It comes after residents of Tehran said the Iranian capital endured what they described as its worst night of aerial bombardment on Tuesday night.
At least 1,245 civilians have been killed, including 194 children, in the US-Israeli war against Iran, according to the US group Human Rights Activists in Iran.
Tehran experiences ‘worst night of strikes’ amid mixed US messages on more to come
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth warned that Tuesday would be the “most intense” day of US strikes yet, while blaming Iran for civilian casualties by saying its forces were firing missiles from schools and hospitals.
Speaking alongside General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Hegseth claimed that Iran was deliberately firing missiles from schools and hospitals, describing the country’s leaders as “desperate and agitated like the cowardly terrorists that they are.”
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What evidence is there that the United States is responsible for the Minab school bombing?
On February 28, the bombing of a primary school in Minab killed dozens of people, most of them girls aged seven to 12. The strike constitutes the worst mass killing so far in the US-Israeli war against Iran – and has been described by UNESCO as a “serious violation” of international law. There is growing evidence that the strike against Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School was led by the United States.
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Georgia votes in high-stakes primary for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s House seat
A special election for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s congressional district successor in Georgia on Tuesday will be a test of Donald Trump’s influence and could provide a rare opportunity for Democrats in a deep red pocket of the southern state.
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Pam Bondi’s Handpicked U.S. Attorneys Were Appointed Illegally, Judge Says
Three prosecutors appointed by Donald Trump’s administration to run the New Jersey attorney general’s office after the president’s former personal lawyer was disqualified from the post in December were also illegally appointed, a federal judge ruled.
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Trump names Erika Kirk to key US Air Force Academy advisory board
Donald Trump has named Erika Kirk, the widow of slain far-right activist Charlie Kirk, to a key advisory board to the US Air Force Academy.
The 37-year-old joins a number of other loyalists of the president on the academy’s 16-member Board of Visitors committee, which, according to its website, “investigates the morale, discipline, curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods and other matters” of the Colorado Springs Military Training Center.
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What else happened today:
A catch-up? Here’s what happened Monday March 9.
