Senators were set to meet with top national security officials Thursday as some lawmakers question President Donald Trump’s decision to bomb three Iranian nuclear sites and whether those strikes were ultimately successful.
Watch the State Department’s news briefing in our video player above.
The classified briefing, originally scheduled for Tuesday, also comes as the Senate is expected to vote this week on a resolution that would require congressional approval if Trump were to order another strike on Iran.
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were expected to brief the senators.
Democrats, and some Republicans, have said the White House overstepped its authority when it failed to seek the advice of Congress. They also want to know more about the intelligence Trump relied on when he authorized the attacks.
State Department confirms it approved $30M for Israeli-backed group distributing food in Gaza
Deputy department spokesman Tommy Pigott told reporters Thursday that the funding for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and its work “should be commended and supported” and called on other nations to contribute to it.
The private aid organization providing humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza that has been criticized by the United Nations and relief organizations for attempting to rebuild a distribution system for aid that has long existed.
The U.S. has said that traditional means of distributing aid to Gaza have been compromised by Hamas.
The Associated Press and other news organizations reported Tuesday that the money had been approved, citing unidentified officials.
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