Hello and welcome to theUS politicslive blog. I am Tom Ambrose and I’ll be bringing you all the latest news lines over the next few hours.
We start with news thatSaturday’s USstrikes on Iranprovoked conflicting reactions from isolationist Republicans who supportDonald Trump’s “Make America great again” (Maga) movement, catching them – like many Democrats – between supporting efforts against nuclear proliferation and opposing American intervention in foreign conflicts.
The far-right congresswomanMarjorie Taylor Greene– a loyalist to the president – reacted to the strikes by urging those in the US to pray that terrorists do not attack “our homeland” in retaliation.
“Let us join together and pray for the safety of our US troops and Americans in the Middle East,”Greene wrote on X.
But Greene had not been so supportive in a message posted 30 minutes before Trump announced news of the surprise strikes on Saturday evening.
In that message, Greene wrote: “Every time America is on the verge of greatness, we get involved in another foreign war. There would not be bombs falling on the people ofIsraelif [its prime minister Benjamin] Netanyahu had not dropped bombs on the people of Iran first. Israel is a nuclear armed nation. This is not our fight. Peace is the answer.”
The former Trump White House adviserSteve Bannon, who has been an opponent of US military intervention in Iran, hit out at the president for thanking Netanyahu in a national address shortly after the strikes.
Speaking on his War Room web show, Bannon said, “It hasn’t been lost … that he thanked Bibi Netanyahu, who I would think right now – at least the War Room’s position is – [is] the last guy on Earth you should thank.”
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In other developments:
JD Vancehas said the US is “not at war” withIran– but is with its nuclear weapons program, holding out a position that the White House hopes to maintain over the coming days as the Iranian regime considers a retributive response toSaturday’s US strikeon three of its nuclear installations.
ATennesseejudge on Sunday ordered the release ofKilmar Ábrego García, whose mistaken deportation has become a flashpoint inDonald Trump’s immigration crackdown, while he awaits a federal trial onhuman smuggling charges. But he is not expected to be allowed to go free.
Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian rights activist,freed from Ice detentionon Friday, returned to Columbia University on Sundayto renew his commitment to the cause of Palestinian freedom and opposition to both the university and theTrump administration.
‘Ticking timebomb’:Ice detainee dies in transitas experts say more deaths likely.
Republican representative’sectopic pregnancy clasheswith Florida abortion law.
Gun-wielding attacker killedat church in suburban Detroit.