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Former Vice President Mike Pence praised President Donald Trump for making the decision to launch strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, calling it the “right call.”

Saturday, during a special broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” network host and radio talker Mark Levin praised President Donald Trump and the U.S. military for what was reportedly a successful strike on Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised President Donald Trump on Saturday for the successful strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, saying it was a “bold decision” that showed the power of the United States.

On NewsNation on Saturday, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said that the issue with the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities is that now Iran will walk away from the nonproliferation treaty and will kick out inspectors. Khanna said, “Well, look,

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called for President Donald Trump to be impeached over the United States launching strikes on several nuclear sites in Iran.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran’s nuclear sites on Saturday night, calling it an “illegal and unjustified act of war” against the regime.

President Donald Trump took time to thank God in particular during an address to the nation about what he called the “spectacular success” of the U.S. airstrike on Iran’s nuclear facilities on Saturday night.

Leading members of Congress and progressive activists erupted on social media following President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States had launched airstrikes against Iran.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said the U.S. strikes on Iran nuclear sites on Saturday sent a message to “the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism.” 

Reactions were similar among pro-Israel voters, particularly in the Jewish community, with messages flying back and forth as the Jewish Sabbath ended: “God Bless President Trump; God Bless America,” said one.

Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released a statement on Saturday after U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, praising the move as making “America safer, in addition to the Israelis, and the world more broadly.” 

Scream star Ethan Embry took to the leftist echo chamber platform Bluesky on Saturday evening to react to the United States bombing three nuclear sites in Iran, declaring, “78 million fucking idiots in America brought us here.”

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) responded to the news that the United States had carried out strikes on several nuclear sites in Iran, describing it as the “correct move.”

President Donald Trump announced Saturday evening that the U.S. had bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, and that he would be addressing the nation at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time. He called on Iran to seek peace.

President Donald Trump revealed that he would be addressing the nation at 10:00 p.m. on Saturday after the United States successfully launched strikes on several nuclear sites in Iran.

A poll from Rasmussen Reports set to be released Monday and conducted June 17-19 revealed a plurality of Americans favored a U.S. air or naval strike on Iran to destroy its nuclear program — but not any other attack.

President Donald Trump revealed that the United States had just completed a “very successful attack on” three nuclear sites in Iran, such as Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan.

On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that it’s now time for the U.S. to call for the total end of Iranian uranium enrichment “and to say that the inspections would be broader, deeper, more

On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) stated that “Prime Minister Netanyahu has always wanted to drag the United States into a war with Iran.” And “This is also why Prime Minister Netanyahu tried to

Israeli envoy to the United Nations Danny Danon accused his Iranian counterpart of “playing victim” after Tehran requested an emergency Security Council session to halt Israeli strikes on Iran, calling him “a wolf pretending to be a diplomat,” declaring “we are done pretending otherwise,” and vowing that Israel would not stop its attacks until Iran’s nuclear threat is dismantled.

Saudi international relations expert Dr. Salem Alyami told Saudi news network Al Arabiya on Wednesday that the Kingdom’s major diplomatic concern at the moment is containing the Iran-Israel conflict to keep the rest of the Middle East from destabilizing.

President Donald Trump said Friday that sometimes “toughness” is required to achieve peace when he was asked about the situation in Iran. 

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado warned this week that Venezuela is the only country in the Western hemisphere with the capacity to produce Iranian combat drones.

MSNBC issued an on-air correction on Morning Joe Friday after Middle East correspondent Matt Bradley falsely reported Palestinians had been killed in Gaza while waiting for aid from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

President Javier Milei declared on Thursday that Iran is an enemy of Argentina and reiterated his support of Israel and his “dearest friend,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The UK, France, and Germany met with Iran on Friday and said they’d urged Tehran to open dialogue with the United States for peace.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday welcomed a second flight of Americans evacuated from Israel, greeting passengers in Tampa as part of a rescue effort led by the state. The mission — a collaboration between the Florida Division of Emergency Management, Grey Bull Rescue, Sen. Jay Collins, and others — brought home families, including Newsweek editor and political commentator Josh Hammer, his wife, and their six-month-old daughter, as well as K-12 and college students and participants in Israel’s Birthright program. DeSantis previously helped evacuate nearly 1,000 people after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack in Israel.

Syrian central bank governor Abdelkader Husriyeh said on Thursday the new government reached a milestone by performing its first international bank transfer using the SWIFT system.

Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly warned in a conversation with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday that Europe could face a new mass migration wave and “nuclear leakage” if the conflict between Iran and Israel escalates.

Thursday on FNC’s “Hannity,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) argued in favor of President Donald Trump acting decisively against the Iranian regime to end its nuclear threat.

An Iranian missile that hit Haifa, Israel, on Friday morning damaged a historic local mosque and injured the imams who were worshipping there.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi insisted in comments on Thursday his country had no interest in ceasing missile barrages against Israel, maintaining the Iranian military would “continue to pummel the criminals who target our people.”

Iran’s foreign minister arrived Friday for talks with top European diplomats in Geneva after war erupted between Israel and Iran.

Two RAF logistics jets damaged at one of Britain’s most theoretically secure airfields by pro-Palestine activists who escaped undetected. 

Iran’s so-called “Supreme Leader” posted on X on Friday morning that the “Zionist enemy is being punished now” as one missile landed in the city of Be’er Sheva, damaging a building and injuring seven people lightly.

On Thursday’s “CNN NewsNight,” CNN Senior Political Commentator and former Obama Adviser Van Jones said that people on the left haven’t “thought seriously enough about what if Iran does get the bomb” and while he isn’t sure what the U.S.