When Israel launched its series of strikes against Iran last week, it also issued a number of dire warnings about the country’s nuclear program, suggesting Iran was fast approaching a point of no return in its quest to obtain nuclear weapons and that the strikes were necessary to preempt that outcome.

Iran conflict, with lawmakers questioning U.S. involvement, war powers implications and terrorism risks as President Donald Trump balances MAGA concerns with Israel support.

Whether the U.S. gets more involved than it already is, some members of Congress from both parties argue, should not be up to the President.

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict, saying that supporters of President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement do not support foreign intervention. The firebrand MAGA congresswoman,

Israeli officials have been pushing the United States to join the fray and use its huge bunker-busting bomb to crush Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

While the U.S. insists it is not involved in strikes on Iran, American officials have confirmed military forces have been helping to intercept Iranian missiles fired at Israel.

President Trump abruptly ended his G7 visit amid escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, hinting at potential U.S. involvement. He warned Tehran residents to evacuate and asserted that Iran cannot possess nuclear weapons,

Shapiro served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East until January—charged with, among other things, considering scenarios in which tensions between Israel and Iran escalated into all-out war and preparing U.

As the Iran-Israel conflict intensifies, the U.S. deploys the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier along with support tankers to bolster military readiness.