Welcome to our live coverage of US politics and events in the Middle East. <\/p>\n
Former Trump supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene has weighed in on the latest US strikes on Iran in a facetious post on X.<\/p>\n
The former congresswoman from Georgia, who stepped down in January, said the US was back to bombing Iran because Tehran \u201cbombed a vessel for crossing the Strait of Hormuz that they don\u2019t control yet apparently control.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Greene has been a vocal critic of the war with Iran, and recently of President Trump. Her comments show a futher fracturing of Trump\u2019s base, who largely remain opposed to the war.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump said during his 2024 campaign for office that if he became president for a second time, he would avoid getting the US entangled in conflicts abroad and end \u201cforever wars\u201d<\/p>\n
A US federal immigration agent has shot and killed a man during an attempted vehicle stop in Texas, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said.<\/p>\n
In a statement on X, DHS said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents attempted to stop a vehicle driven by Mexican national Lorenzo Salgado in Houston on Tuesday morning, but the man \u201cattempted to evade arrest\u201d.<\/p>\n
In the Middle East, the US military has launched new strikes on Iran after three ships were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
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\u201cU.S. Central Command forces have begun launching a series of powerful strikes against Iran to impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping crewed by innocent civilians in an international waterway,\u201d US Central Command wrote on X. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has arrived for the crucial summit of the NATO defence alliance in Turkey. <\/p>\n
And he doesn\u2019t seem happy. <\/p>\n
In a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, after the Qatar donated Air Force One landed in Ankara, he lambasted many NATO allies saying he was \u201cvery disappointed\u201d in them.<\/p>\n
Read on for more updates. <\/p>\n