Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that the U.S. is “postured defensively in the region to be strong” amid conflict between Israel and Iran in the Middle East. “Our job is to be strong. We

U.S. refueling aircraft and warships have been dispatched to safeguard U.S. interests as the deadly conflict shows no sign of abating.

ISRAEL IS THE WILD CARD: Both the New York Times and the Washington Post are reporting that Israel appears intent on launching an attack against Iran’s military facilities, with or without U.S. support, and that is the primary driver behind the reduction of U.S. personnel and the bolstering of military defenses in the region.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene rips Trump Mideast policy saying ‘Americans don’t want to bomb Iran’ for Israel - Greene says Israel’s ‘secular government’ has been telling ‘the same story’ on Iran for the ‘pa

Israeli officials have been pushing the United States to join the fray and use its huge bunker-busting bomb to crush Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

Israel’s attack on Iran was long in the making – the result of years of meticulous planning by Israel and days of high-stakes talks between Tel Aviv and Washington, officials told CNN.

OPERATION RISING LION: Claiming that Iran was ... and Secretary Hegseth have prepared our forces in the region for the threat environment they face. SEN. JACK REED (D-RI): “Israel’s alarming ...

Tehran has asked Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman to press U.S. President Donald Trump to use his influence on Israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire with Iran in return for Tehran's flexibility in nuclear negotiations,