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Tulsi Gabbard would not say Iran posed an imminent threat. CNN says sources dispute Trump's claim that Washington knew nothing about a major escalation. The administration's war story is no longer under pressure only from critics and officials now speak as though U.S. and Israeli aims are not perfectly aligned.
The White House released a national AI legislative framework on Friday that pushes federal preemption, favors light-touch rules, and shifts child-safety responsibility toward parents. It is the clearest sign yet that Washington wants one AI rulebook and far fewer state experiments.
Military Times confirmed the F-35 emergency landing. Al Jazeera, citing CENTCOM, says the pilot is stable and the incident is under investigation. The most important fact is not whether the jet was lost. It is that the war is now teaching both sides under combat conditions what stealth, survivability, and attrition actually look like.
Trump says he is not putting U.S. troops anywhere. Hegseth says the war remains 'on plan' but refuses to offer a timeframe. The administration has settled into the least reassuring possible formula: not yet on troops, not ready on the end.
Joe Kent's resignation is no longer just an isolated act of dissent. ABC's reporting and the Senate hearing fallout show how his break with the administration now anchors a broader fight over whether the imminent-threat case was ever honest.