President Donald Trump keeps insisting the U.S. strikes on Iran over the weekend “obliterated” the country’s nuclear program, despite preliminary reports that claim the operation may have done far less significant damage.
Trump, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and more have attacked journalists who reported on preliminary intelligence assessments that said the U.S. strikes may have merely set Iran’s nuclear program back by a few months.
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Meanwhile, the president has experienced both wins and setbacks in Washington. The Supreme Court handed his administration a victory when it ruled states can effectively exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid programs. But his so-called Big Beautiful Bill faced trouble on Capitol Hill as the Senate parliamentarian said major Medicaid cuts violate the chamber’s rules.
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