Trump news at a glance: Generational divide over Iran war emerges at key conservative conference | Trump administration
A generational divide over the Iran war has emerged between older attendees and their political heirs at this yr’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas, because the group’s leaders pleaded for unity forward of a difficult midterm election yr for Republicans.
Younger conservatives spoke of disappointment and even “betrayal” over Donald Trump’s launch of strikes towards Iran, saying that the president’s actions run counter to his many pledges to oppose overseas entanglements.
Meanwhile, older conservatives have been trying previous Trump’s marketing campaign criticism of army motion topple overseas regimes, arguing the war in Iran is a pragmatic act compelled by threats to the US.
Maga nervousness over Iran war on show at CPAC
CPAC is often a place of optimism, if not triumph. But for the primary time in a decade, the president didn’t attend, apparently consumed with the war in Iran. In his absence, the viewers gathered in a cavernous ballroom to listen to well-known however much less highly effective Maga figures debate the place their motion was heading. Chief amongst their issues is how a president who campaigned on ending wars may discover himself mulling a floor invasion of Iran.
Iran accuses US of plotting floor assault whereas publicly searching for talks
Iran has warned the US that it’s ready to confront any floor assault, accusing Washington of secretly planning a land assault whereas publicly searching for talks, because the war that has killed hundreds of individuals and precipitated the largest ever disruption to international power provides entered its second month.
Lawmakers react to stories Pentagon is getting ready for floor operations in Iran
US lawmakers have responded to stories that the Pentagon is getting ready for weeks of floor operations in Iran as hundreds of US troops assemble within the Middle East and the battle confirmed indicators of coming into a extra harmful section.
James Lankford, a Republican senator, advised NBC’s Meet the Press he had not dominated out supporting troops on the bottom however that “we’ve got to be able to know what the objectives are and what they’re actually carrying out.”
DHS now longest partial authorities shutdown in US historical past
The shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the fourth largest company within the US authorities, grew to become the longest partial shutdown in US historical past on Sunday. If the six-week partial shutdown continues after the weekend, it can change into the longest of any shutdown, surpassing the deadlock late final yr that dragged on for 43 days.
US abortion price holds regular regardless of bans, report finds
The abortion price is holding regular within the US regardless of whole and partial bans in some states – largely due to journey throughout state strains and a vital improve in telehealth appointments, a new report says.
The variety of abortions within the US elevated barely final yr, from 1,124m to 1,126m, based on a Guttmacher Institute report. There’s additionally a shift away from touring and towards telehealth, during which suppliers could prescribe mail-order capsules.
What else occurred immediately:
Pope Leo has stated God ignore the prayers of leaders who wage war and have “hands full of blood”in an obvious rebuke to the Trump administration. The pontiff made the feedback on Sunday as hundreds of US troops arrived within the Middle East.
More than 8 million individuals protested against the Trump administration at greater than 3,300 No Kings occasions throughout the US and in additional than a dozen nations on Saturday, based on organizers.
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