President Trump and high-level Cabinet members pushed back strenuously on reports that the June 21 bombing of nuclear sites in Iran only set back that nation’s nuclear capabilities by a few months. The leak of the classified report is already being investigated, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
“That hit ended the war,” Trump said Wednesday of the conflict between Israel and Iran, in which the U.S. got involved on Saturday. Making a comparison to the atomic bombs that ended World War II he then said: “I don’t want to use an example of Hiroshima. I don’t want to use an example of Nagasaki. But that was essentially the same thing. That ended that war.”
Trump and top administration officials have been meeting with NATO allies Wednesday in The Hague, Netherlands. The president is expected to have a news conference Wednesday morning before returning to the White House.
Meanwhile, in New York City, state Rep. Zohran Mamdani pulled off a surprise upset in the Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday, according to unofficial results. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo conceded to Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist.
On Capitol Hill, lawmakers wrestle over how much is too much when it comes to Medicaid cuts in the “big, beautiful bill.”
Congress will be busy with testimony from a lineup of Trump officials. In the Senate, Attorney General Pam Bondi will face an Appropriations panel; Fed chair Jerome Powell gives his semi-annual report to the Banking Committee and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought will testify about the rescissions package sent this month from the White House.
In the House, Kari Lake will testify on the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
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