“I’m more convinced now that this is going to be open-ended and forever,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told reporters on Tuesday. Rubio defended President Donald Trump’s decision to launch massive missile strikes against Iran over the weekend authorization from Congress before he met with lawmakers. Advertisement“Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics,” Rubio told reporters. AdvertisementAsked if Israel forced his hand in attacking Iran, as Rubio suggested, Trump said the opposite might be true. “Everything that I’ve heard in there, to me, there’s no new, shocking kind of news,” Fetterman said after the briefing.

Source: Huffington Post March 04, 2026 19:07 UTC