Overview
- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Secretary of State Marco Rubio called all Gang of Eight members before the operation and reached seven of the eight.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson said the group was briefed in detail earlier in the week, and a State Department official described a one-hour Tuesday briefing before the State of the Union.
- The State Department official said the House and Senate armed services committees were notified only after the strikes had begun.
- Members of both parties sought full briefings or formal War Powers action, while some lawmakers voiced support for the strikes.
- Reporters noted prior missions, including the Venezuela operation and June strikes on Iranian facilities, proceeded without advance notice to Congress, and the one member not reached this time remains uncertain, reported as possibly Rep. Jim Himes.