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Iran's leader, Ali Khamenei, was reportedly killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes aimed at toppling the Islamic republic's hardline regime.

Congressional Republicans are amping up pressure on Democrats to vote for funding the Department of Homeland Security after President Trump's bombing of Iran early Saturday.

U.S. and Israel military action against Iran marks a significant policy shift for President Trump, who used to oppose military force to oust threatening foreign regimes.

With U.S. bombs still falling on Iran, Congress is barreling toward a constitutional confrontation with President Trump -- and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are demanding a reckoning over who has the authority to take the country to war.

American forces in the Middle East for the first time in combat used small, cheap, one-way attack drones during Saturday's strikes on Iran, the Pentagon said.

China denounced the U.S.-Israeli attack on its regional ally Iran, calling Saturday's missile strikes a violation of Iranian sovereignty and security.

The People's Forum, one of two leftist domestic groups identified by the State Department as linked to China, called Saturday for holding mass protests against the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran.

The recent wave of firings at the FBI by Director Kash Patel is being condemned by agency sources who say employees have been caught between the opposing political priorities of the Trump and Biden administrations.

Trump administration officials will reportedly brief House committee staff members on Sunday amid the U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran.

Merchant vessels operating in the Persian Gulf region are being told that Iran is shutting down the Strait of Hormuz amid the expanding conflict between Iran and the U.S. and Israel.