President Donald Trump confirmed reports of a tense phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel's ongoing military action against the terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon.
During an interview with Trump, the New York Post's Miranda Devine asked Trump to confirm details from a Monday Axios story detailing the phone call in which Trump reportedly told Netanyahu "You're f------ crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me."
Trump confirmed that he took issue with Netanyahu on the phone call, saying "I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon. At some point I said 'Bibi, we gotta stop this. We gotta stop it."
Iran had previously announced a cessation of all communication with U.S. negotiators, citing the Israeli strikes in Lebanon.
Following the phone call, the U.S. brokered a partial truce between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, though Israel warned residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate on Wednesday, claiming the Israeli Defense Forces were preparing for an operation after claiming Hezbollah violated the ceasefire.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Fox News on Wednesday that he would oppose a forthcoming vote on an Iran War Powers Resolution.
Johnson said he would "hope it doesn’t pass" in regards to legislation that could curtail President Donald Trump's power to enact strikes on Iran and require him to gain congressional approval for doing so.
On May 14, a House resolution directing the president "to remove U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities against Iran or any part of its government or military" failed after a 212-212 tie in the House.
Three Republicans --- Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Mich. --- broke ranks with the party to support the resolution while one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, voted with Republicans.
A week later, Johnson and other House GOP leadership pulled a separate war powers vote after concluding they lacked the votes to defeat it. The resolution's support had grown, including from Golden, who had opposed an earlier version but said he would vote for the measure the next time it reached the floor.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., also weighed in Wednesday, telling Fox News' chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram, "I don’t know how it’s going to go... There are lot of people now seeing that (the war is) moving toward peace."
UNITED NATIONS: Romania’s foreign minister told Fox News Digital that Bucharest answered the Trump administration’s call for allied support in the Middle East by allowing the use of Romanian military bases for "defensive activities" related to tensions with Iran and efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
"We have allowed for access to defensive activities, such as air refueling, for example, because we do believe allies need to rely on each other," Romania’s interim Foreign Affairs Minister Oana-Silvia Ţoiu said in an exclusive interview at the United Nations.
"We’re not part of the war, nor do we intend to become part of war, but we are part of an effort to ensure common defense, and we are a part of a diplomatic effort to ensure the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz," she said.
This is an excerpt from a story by Efrat Lachter.
{{#rendered}}Kuwait decried Iranian attacks in a statement issued by its foreign affairs ministry, saying that the Kuwait International Airport had been targeted.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the State of Kuwait's condemnation and denunciation, in the strongest terms, of the brutal and ongoing Iranian attacks using ballistic missiles and drones, the latest of which occurred at dawn today, targeting once again civilian and vital facilities, including Kuwait International Airport, resulting in the death of one individual, injuries to others, and damage to vital facilities, including diplomatic missions," part of the statement declared, according to a translation of the Arabic-language post on X.
Kuwait's Ministry of Defense spokesperson had indicated that a building at Kuwait International Airport was damaged and people were injured, according to a post on X by the official account of Kuwait Army general staff headquarters.
This is an excerpt from a story by Alex Nitzberg.
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