INTERNACIONAL
‘All-in’: GOP lawmakers divided on US involvement as Trump pushes Iran for diplomatic end

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., called for the president to go «all-in» for Israel should a diplomatic end to the conflict with Iran not be met.
Earlier in the day, President Donald Trump called on Iranian leaders to return to the negotiating table to strike a nuclear deal to avoid «even more brutal» attacks.
Graham lauded Trump’s desire to bring Iran back to the table but countered that «if Iran refuses this offer, I strongly believe it is in America’s national security interest to go all-in to help Israel finish the job.»
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill March 10, 2022, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
«One of the benefits of this approach is that it would substantially undo the damage done to our reputation by Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan,» Graham said on X.
«If diplomacy fails, going all-in for Israel shows that America is back as a reliable ally and a strong force against oppression. It would strengthen our hand in all corners of the world, as well as all other conflicts we face.»
FETTERMAN CALLS FOR US TO SUPPLY ANYTHING ISRAEL NEEDS FOR IRAN ATTACK: ‘MILITARY, INTELLIGENCE, WEAPONRY’
His zeal to support the Jewish State came before Fox News reported that two U.S. Navy Destroyers, the USS Sullivans and USS Arleigh Burke, were assisting Israel to shoot down incoming missile volleys from Iran.
However, other pro-Israel lawmakers were not ready to see American troops deployed in the region and believed Trump would be the key to preventing any action from the U.S.
ISRAEL LAUNCHES ‘OPERATION RISING LION’ ON IRAN, TARGETING NUCLEAR FACILITIES, TEHRAN

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., in Washington Jan. 15, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
«I can’t imagine a world in which that happens,» Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital. «I’d be opposed to that. The president is adamantly opposed to that. I trust President Trump here to keep our troops and other personnel safe in the region.»
Hawley said Trump «has offered Iran an off-ramp here for a long time» through the nuclear agreement negotiation and noted the president again offered an out.
MCCAUL SAYS ISRAEL STRIKES ARE ‘PERFECT OPPORTUNITY’ FOR IRANIANS TO OVERTHROW ISLAMIC REGIME
«You know, they ought to take that off-ramp,» he said.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Jim Risch, R-Idaho, told Fox News Digital in a statement that «no one hates to see U.S. troops put at risk more than our president.»
«President Trump has worked tirelessly to end wars and stop killing. And, in this case, I know he will continue to do all he can to keep U.S. troops out of harm’s way as the war between Israel and Iran unfolds,» he said.

Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., said the strike was «warranted.» (Getty Images)
Israel’s strike on Iran was intended to take out the country’s nuclear enrichment program and carry out targeted attacks on a number of top Iranian officials.
Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., said the strike was «warranted» given Iran’s years of aggression against Israel, but he agreed with the president that negotiations needed to resume.
«A regime that chants ‘Death to America’ and ‘Death to Israel’ can never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon,» he said in a statement to Fox News Digital. «Israel has every right to defend itself, and America stands with Israel.»
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
But others, like Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., accused Trump of killing the Iran nuclear agreement and contended that the end of negotiations «accelerated Iran’s development towards a bomb.»
Still, he hoped a deal could be made to prevent further «escalation in the region that could endanger American citizens, troops and our interests.»
«As we support Israel in protecting their people from Iran’s response, everyone needs to be focused on de-escalation,» Kelly said in a statement.
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.
INTERNACIONAL
Hugo Llorens: «Si la guerra se extiende, Trump y los republicanos pagarán un precio muy duro»

Las diferencias entre Irán, Irak y Afganistán
Creo que cuando uno está tratando de analizar al presidente Trump, uno tiene que esperar lo inesperado
A mí me parece que no va a ser fácil para Trump buscar eliminar el programa nuclear
Esperar lo inesperado
El concepto de una guerra, de un conflicto muy extendido con Irán, no es viable políticamente para él, particularmente en un año donde tenemos elecciones
Tendremos que ver cuál es la capacidad de los bombardeos de Estados Unidos e Israel para degradarles esa capacidad. Esto lo vamos a ver en los próximos días
Hezbollah está muy debilitado
Estados Unidos tiene ciertas limitaciones (…) tienen capacidad de mantener estas operaciones por dos semanas.
No hay ninguna lágrima que deberíamos llorar por Khamenei
El condicionamiento de MAGA
INTERNACIONAL
Iran proxies wage war on Israel, threaten US interests as Iraq slammed for not disarming them

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!
FIRST ON FOX: The Israeli military spokesman confirmed to Fox News Digital this week that multiple unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs, have been launched into Israel from Iraqi territory since the start of the conflict with Iran to eradicate the Islamic Republic of Iran’s illicit nuclear weapons facilities, missile systems and terrorism infrastructure.
Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, the Israeli military spokesman, said that the army has had a «near complete success» rate in stopping Iranian drones from hitting Israeli targets.
The drones fired from Iraq are presumed to come from the Iranian regime-controlled Popular Mobilization Forces, or PMF. An umbrella organization of Shiite terrorists, that attacked Israel with drones in 2024 during Israel’s war against the Tehran-backed Hamas movement.
A mourner holds a portrait of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (top-L) on March 5, 2026, during a funeral procession for members of Iraq’s pro-Iran paramilitary group Hezbollah Brigades (Kataeb Hezbollah) who were killed in a strike in Baghdad the previous day. The Tehran-backed Iraqi group Kataeb Hezbollah said on March 5 that one of its commanders was killed in a strike in southern Iraq the previous day. (Ahmed Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images)
An Iraqi Kurdish official told Fox News Digital, «Iraq has become a vessel for the Iranians. Is it so hard to see? I don’t see a distinction between the PMF and the state. They’re paid by the state, hold sovereign portfolios in this cabinet, go on foreign travel and now they’ve entered the federal legislature.»
The official continued: «In the last two decades, Iran has systemically taken over the state, weaponizing what were supposed to be institutions into tools to protect the Shia regime in Baghdad and punish any threat to it, including the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Through Baghdad and state institutions, it has economically strangled the Kurdistan Region, torn strips from our autonomy and exposed us to more attacks.»
An attack was reported on the country’s shrinking Christian community. The Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Iraq, from the capital city of Iraqi Kurdistan, wrote on X on Thursday: «A miracle no one was injured when 2 drones struck our community, 150 meters from our Catechist Center that serves 1,000 Catholic children. Our university & schools are also closed so the young can be with their parents. Please pray for us & for all who suffer in this war.»
Kurdistan Regional Government authorities confirmed the attack and said it was carried out by two drones.
ISRAEL POUNDS HEZBOLLAH TARGETS, DARING LEBANON TO RECLAIM SOVEREIGNTY FROM IRAN-BACKED TERROR PROXY
Phillip Smyth, an expert on Shiite militias in Iraq, told Fox News Digital about the strikes on the Chaldean Catholic school that «Kata’ib Hezbollah was first to talk about it and it was likely Kata’ib Hezbollah, but it is possible it was another two pro-Iran militias because they all work together on drone launches.»
A drone attack struck an oil field operated by U.S. firm HKN Energy in Iraq’s Kurdistan region on Thursday, causing a fire and halting production, according to a Reuters report citing security sources and an oilfield engineer.
No group claimed responsibility, but Kurdish officials accused Iran-allied Iraqi militias of carrying out the attack.
If so, the attack would mean Iran‑aligned Iraqi militias, who have vowed to retaliate for the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, have expanded targets from U.S. military bases in Iraqi Kurdistan to U.S. energy interests.

A mourner holds a portrait of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (top-L) on March 5, 2026, during a funeral procession for members of Iraq’s pro-Iran paramilitary group Hezbollah Brigades (Kataeb Hezbollah) who were killed in a strike in Baghdad the previous day. The Tehran-backed Iraqi group Kataeb Hezbollah said on March 5 that one of its commanders was killed in a strike in southern Iraq the previous day. (Ahmed Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images)
Production at the field was halted as a precaution after an explosion at its power unit, the engineer told Reuters.
Some energy companies operating in Iraqi Kurdistan shut oil and gas production at their fields as a precaution after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on neighboring Iran.
Entifadh Qanbar, a former spokesman for the deputy prime minister of Iraq, echoed the comments of the Iraqi Kurdish official in his statement to Fox News Digital: «The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) are fully funded by the Iraqi government. In fact, they are formally included as a line item in Iraq’s federal budget. Officially, more than $3 billion is allocated annually just for salaries, but when logistics, weapons, food, and other operational costs are included, the PMF’s budget likely exceeds $10 billion. That is the size of the budget of a small country in the Middle East,» he claimed.
IRAQI STATE BANK ACCUSED OF PROCESSING PAYMENTS FOR HOUTHI TERRORISTS WHO DISRUPT RED SEA COMMERCE
Qanbar said there is a way to change Iraq’s behavior: «If the United States wants to stop this situation, there are clear tools available. Sanctions must be imposed on the Iraqi government for funding these militias. Another powerful mechanism involves Iraq’s oil revenues, which are deposited at the U.S. Federal Reserve. The United States could suspend transfers of those funds unless Baghdad halts the financing of the PMF. Make no mistake: every terrorist who launches drones or rockets against Kurdistan, U.S. interests, Gulf states or military bases is effectively being paid by the Iraqi government,» he claimed.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani chairs negotiations between Iraq and the United States to end the International Coalition mission in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 27, 2024. President Joe Biden is set to host al Sudani Monday, April 15, for talks that come as tensions across the Middle East have soared over the war in Gaza and Iran’s threats to retaliate for an Israeli military strike against an Iranian facility in Syria. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, Pool)
When asked if the Islamic Republic of Iran urged Shiite militias from the PMF to fire drones at Israel, a spokesman for Iran’s U.N. mission said, «The Mission declined to comment.»
On Tuesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said his government is «not tolerating any attempt aimed at dragging Iraq into war or threatening the country’s stability,» according to Kurdistan24.
Salwan Sinjari, chief of staff to the Iraqi foreign minister, referred Fox News Digital to the Iraqi foreign ministry page for official statements by his minister and the government. He did not respond to follow-up messages and calls on whether Iraq’s government was failing to crack down on the PMF.

Iran-backed shi’ite groups fighters celebrate on a street, after the IRGC attack on Israel, in Basra, Iraq, Oct. 1, 2024. (Essam Al-sudani/Reuters)
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein claimed the government was seeking to convince Iran-backed militias to disarm in January 2025, according to the Long War Journal.
However, Iraq’s government has issued mixed messages about the PMF over the years. In May 2025 al-Sudani was quoted as saying, «Today, the Popular Mobilization Forces constitute a basic force in defending Iraq.»
Iraq’s ambassador to the U.S. did not immediately respond to email, WhatsApp and telephone queries. A second Iraqi diplomat said he was unable to provide Fox News Digital a comment.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
The Times of Israel reported on Thursday, after military strikes eliminated a senior officer from Kataeb Hezbollah — Iraq’s largest pro-Iran militia — south of Baghdad that PMF militias pledged to strike the Middle East interests of European nations that joined in the «Zionist-American» strikes on the Islamic Republic and its proxies.
Fox News Digital reached out to the U.S. State Department.
war with iran,iraq,terrorism,middle east,national security,global economy
INTERNACIONAL
Democrats pressure Mike Johnson to keep House in Washington over ‘rapidly developing’ Iran operation

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!
FIRST ON FOX: A group of Democrats is demanding that Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., keep the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., next week in light of the «rapidly evolving» situation in Iran.
«The attacks have resulted in heightened threat assessments around the globe as well as multiple deaths, including the tragic loss of six U.S. service members. At this sensitive time, we believe it is in the best interest of our constituents if we remain in session as events continue to develop,» they wrote to the chamber’s leader on Friday.
The letter is being led by Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., and nine other members of the House Democratic Caucus, and comes nearly a week after the U.S. and Israel first launched strikes targeting Iran’s senior leadership and military assets.
They’re calling on Johnson to not only keep the House in session but encourage meetings of the committees relevant to U.S. national security in light of the heightened threat environment.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., gestures as he meets with reporters ahead of a key procedural vote to end the partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 3, 2026. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
«By the President’s own admission, current military operations against Iran could be sustained for weeks. The rapid developments of such an operation, and its potential impact here at home, require a firm commitment to legislative engagement,» the Democrats wrote.
«If the House of Representatives is absent during such a pivotal moment in our foreign policy, we will be failing our constituents. We urge you to cancel next week’s recess so that we may fulfill our oversight duty.»
Democrats and Republicans’ responses to the operation have largely fallen across party lines.
HOUSE VOTES TO LET TRUMP’S OPERATION EPIC FURY CONTINUE IN IRAN
Democrats have accused the administration of plunging the U.S. into another Middle East conflict without a clear ending while running roughshod over Congress’ constitutional authority. Republicans, meanwhile, maintain that the White House is acting within its authority in the best interests of the country.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., speaks to members of the media, following a vote at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., June 23, 2025. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The House is out all next week as Republican lawmakers head to President Donald Trump’s Doral golf club in Florida for their annual member retreat, where they will continue to monitor developments in Washington while discussing policy for the remainder of this year.
Democrats had their own annual retreat in late February.
TRUMP SAYS ‘LOSERS’ SCHUMER, DEMS WOULD HAVE CRITICIZED ANY DECISION HE MADE ON IRAN
But as Democrats hammer Johnson for leaving D.C., Republicans are accusing them of playing politics with the national security situation themselves.
House GOP leaders held a vote on funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) using a bipartisan bill that Democrats had already walked away from weeks ago, arguing it did not do enough to rein in Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Republicans argued that the ongoing situation with Iran is worsening the effects of the ongoing DHS shutdown, which began after Democrats shunned the initial bipartisan deal.
All but four House Democrats voted against the bill on Thursday.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
«They do not want to fund the agencies whose job it is to keep Americans safe at this time of this heightened threat environment that we’re all living in,» Johnson said after the vote. «We’re concerned about sleeper cells in the country. We’re concerned about the safety of every American. And the Democrats are playing politics here.»
A House GOP leadership aide told Fox News Digital in response to Moskowitz’s letter, «Bipartisan majorities in both chambers of Congress just voted to support President Trump and Operation Epic Fury because they know the Iranian regime is a real threat to American security and Middle East stability. By contrast, most House Democrats, including Rep. Moskowitz, voted to keep the Department of Homeland Security closed in order to protect the criminal illegal immigrants they allowed into our country.»
politics,house of representatives politics,mike johnson,war with iran
CHIMENTOS2 días agoEl hijo adoptivo de José María Muscari tomó una tajante decisión de vida a los 18 años
CHIMENTOS2 días ago¡Interna total! Pablo Layus explotó y blanqueó quiénes son los que arruinan Intrusos: «Te matan»
CHIMENTOS3 días agoÁngel de Brito contó la oscura verdad de Jorge Rial para no ir a LAM: “Es un…”














