Chapter 1: What are the latest developments regarding U.S. actions against Iran?
The White House keeps facing the same question. Alisa Brady, Fox News. Why now to attack Iran? President Trump does not make these decisions in a vacuum. Spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt cites a cumulative effect of direct threats posed by Iran and recent nuclear talks.
The president found that through these extensive, exhaustive, failed negotiations with Iran, that they were hell-bent on death and destruction. So again, the president was not going to be just another president on a very long list who sat back and stood by and passed the buck of this direct threat to the next administration. She says the objectives are clear, including Iran's missiles.
drone and nuclear programs and that while the U.S. would welcome regime change, it is not the reason for the military mission.
Chapter 2: How is the White House addressing congressional skepticism about military actions?
Many Democrats in Congress remain skeptical. President has indicated that he's interested in regime change, but we know that regime change wars have never worked out. for the American people and of course thousands of lives.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as the Senate gets set for a test vote on a war powers resolution aiming to limit the president's actions without congressional approval. The White House spokeswoman also telling reporters that Spain has agreed to cooperate after President Trump threatened trade retaliation. But Spain's foreign minister denies cooperation with U.S.
operations, saying his government's position on war in the Middle East and the use of Spain's bases has not changed. The White House also pushing back on questions about why Americans weren't given evacuation options before fighting began. Levitt says there were warnings.
Chapter 3: What are the implications of recent military decisions on U.S.-Spain relations?
The State Department was all hands on deck on advising extreme caution and do not travel alerts to Americans in the region. About a dozen U.S. embassies are shut down as Iran launches retaliatory attacks. The State Department in contact with more than 6,000 Americans arranging flights and buses. America is listening to Fox News. This is Ainsley Earhart.
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Chapter 4: What challenges is the Department of Homeland Security facing in Congress?
Just getting word of a deadly incident along the southern U.S. border in Texas. Multiple sources from various agencies confirming to Fox that a man fled a checkpoint near Sierra Blanca, crashed his car, then fired at officers who returned fire, killing him. That checkpoint between El Paso and Van Horn is described as a very remote area.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spending a second day on Capitol Hill defending her department and immigration enforcement in particular. Yesterday on the Senate side, she had a Republican and several Democrats call for her to resign or be fired or be impeached. She opened by thanking everybody. Clearly, the funding is an issue.
The funding is an issue because Democrats are holding up funding. DHS has not been funded since mid-February.
Chapter 5: How is Minnesota addressing allegations of fraud in government programs?
Fox's David Spunt on Capitol Hill. Democrats at today's House hearing continuing the push for ICE reforms before considering an end to that partial government shutdown. Minnesota's governor and state attorney general land on the Capitol Hill grill at a House hearing on fraud.
House Oversight and Government Reform Chair James Comer saying what the committee has uncovered in Minnesota is not a paperwork error, calling Minnesota's fraud a sustained failure of leadership. Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison were warned repeatedly. Auditors raised red flags. Employees sounded alarms. The money kept flowing.
Governor Walz saying, well, there is more work to do to combat fraud, pointing the finger at the Trump administration. The people of Minnesota have been singled out and targeted for political retribution at an unparalleled scale.
Chapter 6: What updates are there on the Republican primary endorsements from President Trump?
The Department of Justice and DHS continue investigating. Jeff Manasso, Fox News. There have been dozens of indictments and convictions already. President Trump just posting he'll make an endorsement soon in the upcoming Republican runoff between Texas Senator John Cornyn and State Attorney General Ken Paxton after neither got enough votes to win yesterday's Senate Republican primary.
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