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Senate rejects latest push to rein in Trump’s powers in Iran as war’s off-ramp unclear

March 24, 2026 / 7:43 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington — The Senate on Tuesday rejected the latest Democratic-led effort to rein in President Trump on Iran as the U.S. and Tehran send conflicting messages about how the war might end.

The near party-line vote was 47 to 53, falling short of the simple majority it needed to advance. Every Republican except Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky voted against it, while every Democrat except Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania backed it.

Earlier this month, Democrats filed a handful of war powers resolutions to block Mr. Trump from continuing the military offensive against Iran without congressional approval. They vowed to continue forcing votes on the issue as a means of securing public testimony from Trump administration officials about the conflict.

Tuesday’s vote on a resolution introduced by Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut is the third time since the conflict began on Feb. 28 that Senate Republicans have blocked efforts to challenge Mr. Trump’s authority to wage war on Iran. Another vote last year in the wake of strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities was also unsuccessful.

“This is an extraordinary moment,” Murphy said during floor debate ahead of the vote. “I don’t think we have had a moment like this, where the United States has been unquestionably at war with a foreign power, where American soldiers are dying as we speak and it is being hidden actively from the public by the Congress.”

Murphy argued there haven’t been public hearings on the matter because the administration “cannot defend and explain this war.” He called the war’s consequences “stunning in their scope.”

“If they are not willing to come to Congress and defend this war, it speaks to the indictment of the preparation and strategy,” he said.

Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, who has led the war powers push, said “any proposal of this magnitude that’s going to risk the lives of our troops should be subjected to the most searing examination that we would do of anything in this body.”

The Trump administration and Republicans have argued that the president does not need congressional authorization because the Constitution and the 1973 War Powers Act grant him authority to order military action in self-defense. Mr. Trump has claimed that Iran posed an “imminent” threat to the U.S., though critics have pushed back on the assertion.

Mr. Trump has said for weeks that the war would wrap up soon, but the off-ramp remains unclear. Pentagon officials have made detailed preparations for deploying U.S. ground forces into Iran as the president weighs next moves.

On Monday, Mr. Trump announced that military strikes against Iran’s energy infrastructure, which he previously threatened over the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, would be postponed for five days. Mr. Trump has also said that talks with Iran are underway, though Iran has denied any direct discussions. A senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official confirmed to CBS News that the U.S. sent Iran a message through mediators.

Democrats in the lower chamber could also move on another war powers resolution soon, but House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries was noncommittal on a timeline Tuesday.

Jeffries said there are “ongoing conversations” about moving forward “sooner rather than later” but they want to put something on the floor that is successful.

“When we present something on the floor, it’s our determination to win,” he said.

Watch: Trump takes questions on Iran war, more

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发改委主任郑栅洁：欢迎三星进一步扩大在华投资合作 | 联合早报

2026-03-24T23:16:42.000Z / 联合早报

中国国家发展改革委主任郑栅洁会见韩国半导体巨头三星电子的会长李在镕时说，欢迎三星能够抓住中国持续扩大对外开放的机遇，坚定在华发展信心和决心，进一步扩大在华投资合作。

据“国家发展改革委”微信公众号消息，郑栅洁星期二（3月24日）会见李在镕。双方重点就中国宏观经济形势、中国进一步扩大高水平对外开放、三星公司在华业务发展等议题进行交流。

郑栅洁称，当前国际环境复杂多变、国际经贸秩序遭受重创、不稳定性、不确定性增加，作为全球第二大经济体，中国经济的稳健表现不仅关乎自身发展，更为动荡不安的世界经济注入宝贵的信心与活力。

他说，从今年开始中国已开启第十五个五年规划，展现了中国经济社会发展的深厚底蕴和蓬勃生机；有信心在激烈的国际竞争中，以高质量发展的确定性应对各种不确定性。

郑栅洁说，中国将继续扩大高水平对外开放，持续改善营商环境，充分保障外资企业国民待遇，为外资企业创造规则透明、机会均等的政策环境，与各国分享发展红利。

他表示，国家发展改革委欢迎三星能够抓住中国持续扩大对外开放的机遇，坚定在华发展信心和决心，进一步扩大在华投资合作，积极维护全球半导体产供链稳定，实现互利共赢。

日本自卫队现役官员闯中国使馆 中国专家：不应简单视为个案 | 联合早报

发布/2026年3月25日 07:45

日本一名日本自卫队现役官员翻墙闯入中国驻日本大使馆，威胁杀死中国外交人员，引发中国强烈抗议。中国媒体引述中国国际问题研究院美国研究所副所长苏晓晖说，不应将该事件简单视为孤立个案，而是要清晰看到日本右翼、极右翼思潮，“正对中日关系包括日本自身造成深刻影响”。

中国外交部发言人林剑星期二（3月24日）主持例行记者会时说，当天上午，一名自称为日本自卫队现役官员的不法之徒翻墙强行闯入中国驻日本大使馆。他称，此人承认自身行为非法，威胁要以所谓“神的名义”杀死中国外交人员。

林剑说，中国对这一事件深感震惊，已向日本严正交涉，提出强烈抗议。他指出，这一事件再次反映出日本国内极右翼思潮和势力十分猖獗，“新型军国主义”乘势为患，也暴露日本政府在历史台湾等涉及中日关系重大核心问题上的错误政策瘤毒深重。

林剑也批评日本对自卫队人员失管失教，未能履行对中国使领馆和外交人员的安保责任。他说，中国要求日本立即彻查事件，严惩有关人员，给中国一个负责任的交代。

林剑说：“日方必须切实保障中国驻日使领馆馆舍及人员安全，在对华政策上反思纠错，从根本上杜绝此类事件再次发生，国际社会应高度警惕日本国内加速右倾化和自卫队扩军失管的危险动向。”

澎湃新闻星期二引述苏晓晖称，该事件的发生并非绝对偶然。这一事件背后，反映的是日本国内右倾化的持续加剧，尤其是日本首相高市早苗执政后，其政策导向对日本国内社会产生的深刻影响。

苏晓晖说，根据目前掌握的细节来看，闯入者是日本现役自卫队人员，其闯入后的行为以及事后供词均指向他是有明确目的性，刻意采取的一系列行动。“因此，不应将该事件简单视为孤立个案，而是要清晰看到日本右翼、极右翼思潮，正对中日关系包括日本自身造成深刻影响。”

苏晓晖指出，日本右翼思潮的危害性在于煽动非理性情绪，刻意制造仇恨、激化矛盾，这会进一步推高两国关系的风险隐患。“若任由右翼思潮持续蔓延、侵蚀中日两国关系根基，日本加速右倾的态势势必引发更危险的举动”。

据日本共同社报道，东京警视厅星期二以闯入中国驻日本大使馆馆区、涉嫌闯入建筑物为由，逮捕了宫崎县海老野市的一名男性三等陆尉，年23岁。

另据日本《读卖新闻》，该男子是驻扎在宫崎县某基地的日本陆上自卫队少尉。调查人员称，该男子自供：“我想向（中国）大使表达我的意见。如果我的意见不被采纳，我打算自杀。”

报道称，这名男子是携刀从邻近建筑翻越围栏进入中国大使馆。使馆工作人员无人受伤。事件发生在地铁麻布十番站以西约800米处，周围有其他外国使馆。

高市早苗去年11月发表 “台湾有事”论后，中日关系急转直下，引发一连串外交风波，中国呼吁公民避免前往日本旅游、暂停日本水产品输华、限制军民两用物项出口日本等。

Approximately 1,000 US soldiers preparing to deploy to the Middle East to be available for Iran operations

2026-03-24 / CNN Politics

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Updated Mar 24, 2026, 7:39 PM ET

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Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division stand in formation in the town square of Sainte Mere Eglise, France, in June 2019.

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Approximately 1,000 US soldiers with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division are expecting to deploy in coming days to the Middle East, according to two sources familiar with the matter, adding to the growing military firepower in the region as the Trump administration says it is in talks with Iran to end the conflict

The contingent includes Maj. Gen. Brandon Tegtmeier, commander of the 82 nd Airborne Division, and division staff, as well as a battalion of the 1 st Brigade Combat Team which is currently acting as the division’s Immediate Response Force (IRF), the sources said. The initial elements of the division staff and battalion are expected to begin deploying within a week, one of the sources familiar said; other elements within the brigade are also expecting to deploy at a later date, though those expectations could change as the situation develops.

The brigade will be the “ready unit” in the Middle East, prepared to be called upon if needed, the source said. The 82nd Airborne Division [made a similar movement in 2020] after the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani.

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The IRF is a brigade that is ready to move with limited notice, acting as a rapid response force able to deploy within hours when called upon. The designation of the IRF rotates between teams in the Army brigade.

The first source familiar said there had not yet been official orders to deploy, though they were expected imminently.

President Donald Trump said Monday that the US and Iran had reached [15 points of agreement] in conversations to end the conflict, and that Iran would “very much” like to make a deal. Iran previously denied there was any dialogue happening with the US, but on Tuesday, an Iranian source told CNN that there was “outreach” between the two countries and that Iran was willing to listen to “sustainable” proposals to end the war.

Still, amid the talks, thousands more US forces are coming to the region in addition to the 82nd Airborne.

Two Marine Expeditionary Units and Amphibious Ready Groups have also recently deployed to the region, bringing significant firepower and military options. CNN reported last week that the 11th MEU and Boxer Amphibious Ready Group were having their scheduled deployments accelerated and rerouted from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East, where the 31st MEU and Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group were also deploying.

The ARG-MEUs come with roughly 4,500 Marines and sailors each and bring a range of capabilities outside of on-the-ground support, including substantial aviation and logistics components.

This story has been updated with additional details.

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Conservatives accuse Jack Smith of improper ties with judges in Trump cases after new document dump

Newly released briefing notes draw conservative criticism after showing Smith’s team coordinated with Judge Beryl Howell during Trump probe

By Ashley Oliver
Fox News

Published March 24, 2026 6:40pm EDT

Conservative critics are accusing former special counsel Jack Smith of improperly coordinating with two federal judges after Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released documents Tuesday showing Smith’s team interacted with the pair during the Trump investigations.

“Democrat DC U.S. district judges illegally worked in secret with Biden Special Counsel Jack Smith to bring charges against President Trump,” Article III Project founder Mike Davis claimed on X as details of the documents emerged on Tuesday.

Smith’s investigations led to criminal charges against President Donald Trump over the 2020 election and alleged retention of classified documents. Trump called the investigations a “witch hunt,” while Republicans widely condemned the charges as an abuse of power designed to take out the then leading Republican presidential candidate.

The documents released by Grassley included notes about a briefing Smith’s team gave Attorney General Merrick Garland on Jan. 13, 2023, just after Garland appointed Smith as special counsel. The notes referenced meetings with Judges Beryl Howell and James Boasberg of Washington, D.C., both Obama appointees and Trump nemeses known for their high-profile adverse rulings against the president.

“She liked our approach of pursuing the executive privilege litigation in an omnibus fashion,” Smith’s team wrote in reference to Howell, according to the documents. Omnibus motions allow for consolidated, rather than piecemeal, litigation and are typically used by lawyers to streamline court filings. Smith’s team frequently sought permission from the court to pierce executive privilege, a presumptive right that a president and his aides have that gives their communications a layer of legal privacy.

The briefing notes also referenced a forthcoming meeting with Boasberg on March 18, 2023, the day after he was set to become chief judge, succeeding Howell. The White House responded in a statement to Fox News Digital.

“We have long known that Judge Boasberg is a far-left judicial activist trying to undermine the President’s lawful authority, this is just further proof,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said. “President Trump has restored integrity to the Department of Justice that Joe Biden and his administration weaponized to target their political opponents – including President Trump himself.”

Sen. Ted Cruz’s office told Fox News Digital the Texas Republican thought the meetings with the judges were significant, a remark that came after Cruz led a Senate hearing on the Trump cases on Tuesday. Cruz in the hearing declared Smith’s work a “modern Watergate” scandal that was expansive and hyper-political, sweeping up personal information, such as phone records, belonging to hundreds of Republican entities and individuals.

A Republican congressional investigator told Fox News Digital the meetings with the judges merited further scrutiny.

Smith’s team wrote in the briefing notes for Garland that Howell was aware that an omnibus executive privilege motion was coming “and loves the idea.” Smith’s team listed out nearly a dozen former Trump officials, such as Mark Meadows and Ken Cuccinelli, who would be included in the consolidated motion. The notes referenced five other, separate executive privilege motions that were already making their way through the court process, signaling that an omnibus motion would be a reduction in paperwork for the court.

The briefing notes also mentioned recent meetings between the special counsel’s team and top FBI officials. The FBI “has been very responsive,” Smith’s team wrote. The team mentioned “precedent-setting issues we face in areas of executive privilege [and] Speech or Debate,” a possible reference to Smith testing the separation of powers by seeking the potentially privileged material from those in Trump’s orbit.

Independent journalist Julie Kelly, an outspoken critic of the Biden DOJ, observed on X that Smith’s team interacted with the judges. Kelly suggested the judges were “in cahoots with Biden DOJ to rubber stamp, even advise, any strategy set forth by Jack Smith.”

Attorney Bill Shipley, a longtime federal prosecutor who represented dozens of Jan. 6 defendants, wrote on X that he did not find much about the memo “noteworthy,” saying it was “clearly” designed to bring Garland up to speed following the holidays and Smith’s new appointment. Shipley also noted how Howell and Boasberg were chief judges, meaning any grand jury matters were required to go through their offices.

Shipley noted, however, that he felt Howell notoriously ruled against the Trump administration and that her eager approval of an omnibus motion represented a desire for her to make decisions before her tenure as chief judge expired in March 2023.

“What troubles me in the text of the memo is the suggestion — which was borne out by events that followed — that Judge Howell desired to resolve all the issues involving witness privilege before she stepped down as Chief Judge,” Shipley wrote, though he noted that her decisions were appealable.

Smith has repeatedly stood by his work, testifying to Congress that it was aligned with DOJ policies and nonpartisan.

A Smith representative declined to comment on the latest document release.

Howell’s and Boasberg’s chambers did not respond to requests for comment.

Ashley Oliver is a reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business, covering the Justice Department and legal affairs. Email story tips to ashley.oliver@fox.com.

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382215256112

Meta ordered to pay $375 million in New Mexico trial over child exploitation, user safety claims

March 24, 2026 9:05 PM UTC / Reuters / By Diana Novak Jones

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March 24 (Reuters) – A New Mexico jury on Tuesday found Meta Platforms violated state law in a lawsuit brought by the state attorney general, who accused the company ​of misleading users about the safety of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp and of enabling child sexual exploitation on those platforms.

After deliberating less than a day, the jury found that Meta violated New Mexico’s ‌consumer protection law and ordered the company to pay $375 million in civil penalties.

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The verdict marks the first time a jury has ruled on such claims against Meta, as the company faces a wave of lawsuits over how its platforms affect young people’s mental health.

“We respectfully disagree with the verdict and will appeal,

伊朗致函联合国：“非敌对船只”可通过霍尔木兹海峡

2026年3月25日 07:00 / 联合早报

手持伊朗国旗的示威者3月21日在英国伦敦市中心游行，抗议美以轰炸伊朗。 （法新社）

伊朗在写给联合国安全理事会和国际海事组织（IMO）的一份照会中表明，“非敌对船只”在与伊朗当局协调后，可以通行霍尔木兹海峡。

路透社星期二（3月24日）看到伊朗外交部22日向安理会15个成员国和联合国秘书长古特雷斯发出的照会。这份照会24日已在联合国航运机构IMO的176个成员国中传阅。

总部位于伦敦的IMO负责监管国际航运安全及防止污染。

照会中写道：“非敌对船只，包括属于其他国家或与其他国家有关联的船只，只要不参与或支持针对伊朗的侵略行为，并完全遵守已公布的安全保障规定，在与伊朗主管当局协调后，即可安全通过霍尔木兹海峡。”

照会还说，伊朗已“采取必要和相称的措施，防止侵略者及支持者利用霍尔木兹海峡推进针对伊朗的敌对行动”，并指出，属于美国或以色列的船只、设备或任何资产，“以及其他参与侵略者，不具备无害或非敌对通行的资格。”

《金融时报》最先报道这份照会的消息。

Are Democrats caving on a shutdown again?

2 hr ago | CNN

It’s looking like the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security could soon be over. Increasing chaos and hours-long wait times at the nation’s airports appear to have pushed Congress toward a possible resolution.

Details are still being ironed out, and it’s not done until it’s done. Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, have said they need to get some bona fide concessions. Some Senate Republicans are grumbling. President Donald Trump doesn’t sound thrilled and has blown up deals at the last minute before.

But the two sides seem to have made serious progress, and Trump hasn’t rejected anything, even if he’s a little sour.

Still, it’s likely the resolution will disappoint many Democrats.

After federal agents shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis in January — and large majorities of Americans became critical of Trump’s immigration crackdown and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — Democrats moved to withhold DHS funding in the name of pushing accountability measures on federal immigration enforcement.

The emerging deal doesn’t appear likely to give them many — and certainly not the major ones.

So why would Democrats support this? And what’s in it for them?

First, let’s dig into what we know about the deal.

The basic idea is that the two sides agree to fund everything under the DHS umbrella except immigration enforcement. In exchange, Democrats could get some of the smaller things they were looking for to restrict that enforcement — we’re still waiting on those details — but not the big-ticket items. Those bigger asks were things like prohibiting federal agents from wearing masks, a uniform code of conduct for agents and requiring judicial warrants for searching homes.

The passage of the deal would, in turn, kick that immigration enforcement funding to a bill Republicans would try to pass later through the “budget reconciliation” process. Reconciliation is a maneuver under which the legislation would require only a simply majority in the Senate and, thus, wouldn’t need the votes of Democrats.

But by agreeing to the deal, Democrats would effectively be giving away much of their leverage to demand a larger overhaul of Trump’s immigration enforcement — which was, again, their reason for the shutdown in the first place.

The political idea with shutdowns is to create significant pain points — in this case, the chaos at the airports — that force the other side to eventually give in.

That hasn’t happened here. And that’s going to be frustrating for some Democrats — especially given many of the things they were pushing for have appeared to be quite popular.

Democratic Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont tried to argue Monday that his party has gotten wins out of this process, including the ouster of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem earlier this month.

“The fact is, we’ve made significant progress. Noem is gone. That’s a big deal. She was reckless, lawless, corrupt. That’s big progress,” Welch said. “Number two, ICE is out of Minneapolis. We owe that, basically, to the brave citizens in Minneapolis who, in the face of enormous violence, stood up to protect their neighbors. And then you’re seeing out of the White House an acknowledgement that this mass roundup policy is way over the top.”

All of those might be bona fide wins for Democrats, but they weren’t leveraged from the shutdown fight. And they don’t necessarily preclude a repeat of the immigration crackdowns we saw in Minneapolis and Chicago.

Ahead of the latest dealmaking, there was evidence that Democrats still had leverage. A CBS News-YouGov poll released Sunday showed Americans leaned more toward Democrats’ demands than Republicans’ position of holding out for the status quo.

It wasn’t a big gap — and the war with Iran made it difficult for Democrats to focus the public on the intricacies of the DHS funding debate — but it suggested they could have played this out. If the airport chaos fell at Republicans’ feet, it could have pushed them to make bigger concessions. Trump has in recent days sent ICE agents to help at airports, which some Democrats suggested could wind up helping their party by reminding Americans of their distaste for ICE.

At the same time, there are political reasons for Democrats to take this deal.

One is that it would mean they won’t have to vote to fund Trump’s immigration enforcement, which is a vote many of them would probably like to avoid.

But perhaps the more significant one is that it sets Republicans up for a potentially arduous reconciliation process.

There would seem to be a reason, after all, that Senate Majority Leader John Thune had previously dismissed the idea of pursuing one of these processes in an election year.

And this one will potentially be even thornier.

That’s because Trump has demanded in recent days that the “SAVE America Act” be part of any DHS funding deal. That legislation would require Americans to provide proof of citizenship in order to register to vote, among other provisions.

But reconciliation has certain budget-related restrictions for what can be included, and the Senate parliamentarian could very well rule that the voting changes don’t qualify. Will Trump just accept that? Or will he blow the whole thing up by keeping up his demands?

Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, a strong proponent of Trump’s voting bill, on Tuesday cautioned that it would be “essentially impossible” to pass it through reconciliation.

The reconciliation bill could also seemingly include the additional $200 billion that the White House is apparently going to seek for the war with Iran, which has proven a tough sell even for many GOP lawmakers.

Indeed, any of these issues could test the willingness of at least some Republicans to vote for the bill, and GOP lawmakers don’t have much room for error in either the Senate (53-47 Republican) or the House (217-214).

The most recent reconciliation bill last year also wound up being one of the most unpopular pieces of legislation in modern history; Democrats are now greasing the skids for Republicans to try another one just a few months before the 2026 midterm elections — in what could be a drawn-out process.

Plus, letting Republicans fund Trump’s immigration crackdown without major changes could give Democrats an issue to hammer Republicans on in those midterms.

That seems to be the calculation that Democrats made when they gave up on the larger government shutdown last year — that they could make Republicans own the fact that they declined to extend popular enhanced Obamacare subsidies. Now, Democrats may think, they can make the GOP own Trump’s unpopular immigration crackdown, too.

It’s hardly a foolproof strategy. Who knows how relevant these issues will be in seven months?

But it’s the strategy Democrats could be choosing — again.

美官员：白宫通过巴基斯坦向伊朗提15点和平计划

2026年3月25日 07:17 / 联合早报

特朗普3月24日告诉白宫记者，副总统万斯和国务卿鲁比奥也参与伊朗的谈判。 （彭博社）

《纽约时报》引述两名了解外交情况的美国官员说，美国已通过巴基斯坦向伊朗送交一份15点和平提案。

报道称，这反映出特朗普政府急于为美以伊战争找寻一个“出口”，以摆脱这场冲突带来的经济冲击。

另据以色列第12频道电视台星期二（3月24日）报道，美国有意提出为期一个月的停火方案，以便与伊朗讨论一份包含15个要点、旨在结束战争的协议。

目前尚不清楚伊朗是否会接受这份提案作为谈判的基础，也不清楚与美国一起轰炸伊朗近四周的以色列是否会支持美国的提案。

伊朗24日继续向中东地区发射多枚导弹，并一再公开否认与美国进行谈判。

但美国总统特朗普坚称结束伊朗战争的谈判正在进行，称伊朗希望“达成协议”。

特朗普24日告诉白宫记者，美副总统万斯和国务卿鲁比奥也参与伊朗的谈判。

当被问及为什么愿意考虑与伊朗停火时，特朗普说：“他们在跟我们对话，而且说话合乎理性。”

U.S. expected to deploy troops from 82nd Airborne to Middle East for Iran war

March 24, 2026 / 6:42 PM EDT / CBS News

The Pentagon is expected to send parts of the 82nd Airborne division to the Middle East as the Iran war extends into its fourth week, according to two sources.

A command element and some ground forces are expected to be part of the deployment, according to a source familiar with the planning. The deployment is expected to be fewer than 1,500 troops, a U.S. official said.

CBS News reported last week that the U.S. was preparing to make the deployment, and that senior military commanders had submitted specific requests aimed at preparinwig for the use of ground troops in the Iran conflict.

So far, the U.S. has been conducting an air war in Iran, relying on fighter jets, bombers and drones to carry out over 9,000 combat flights that have struck over 9,000 military targets, including IRGC headquarter buildings and intelligence sites, ballistic missile sites, missile defense systems, military manufacturing and Iranian navy vessels, according to U.S. Central Command.

While the president considers the use of of ground troops, Mr. Trump said Tuesday that direct negotiations with Iran are underway with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and “a number of people.”

“The other side, I can tell you, they’d like to make a deal,” the president said of Iran. Publicly, Iran has dismissed reports of ongoing negotiations as “fake news” intended to steady oil markets.

The Pentagon deferred questions about the expected deployment to the White House. A White House spokesperson said that announcements about troop deployments would come from the Pentagon.

Thousands of Marines are already on their way to the Middle East. Three warships and about 2,200 Marines from an expeditionary unit departed California last week, the second Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed since the war began on Feb. 28.

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