What to know
- U.S. counterterrorism chief Joe Kent has resigned over the war, saying Iran “posed no imminent threat to our nation” and blaming the administration for following Israel’s lead.
- Israel says it killed Ali Larijani, Iran’s top security official, and Gen. Gholam Reza Soleimani, the head of the Revolutionary Guard’s Basij militia, in airstrikes overnight. Iran hasn’t confirmed the deaths.
- As gas prices climbed this morning, the White House’s top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, acknowledged the war will “hurt” consumers if it continues. But, he added, that’s “really the last of our concerns right now.”
- European leaders have rebuffed President Donald Trump’s call for support in the Strait of Hormuz, where volatility has squeezed the key oil passage. “We will not be drawn into the wider war,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said yesterday.