Iran

[White House] press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the U.S. is negotiating to end the war in Iran, but declined to say with whom it has held talks. While the prospects of a diplomatic deal look dim right now, Middle East veterans say there is a pathway for an agreement if the two sides want to engage. Stay up-to-date with news and analysis. There are early warning signs that this war has succumbed to some of the same pitfalls that plagued Iraq and other overseas conflicts.

Congressional Insider -   Germany just escalated the political pressure on Washington by calling the US-Israeli war on Iran illegal—while Americans at home are asking why a second Trump term is drifting into another open-ended Middle East fight. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier labeled the US-Israeli campaign against Iran a “disastrous mistake” and a breach of international law, an unusually blunt rebuke of the Trump administration. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz struck a more mixed tone: condemning Iran’s terror networks and nuclear ambitions while urging diplomacy and warning about regional escalation.