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Democrats bash Trump after White House postpones Iran briefings: 'Inexplicable'

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25.06.2025

Democrats on Capitol Hill are hammering the Trump administration after it postponed a pair of meetings to brief Congress on U.S. strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend.

The Democrats were already up in arms that Trump had declined to inform them that the Saturday attacks were coming, even as the administration had briefed top Republicans and Israeli leaders.

The decision to postpone the briefings to House and Senate lawmakers, which were scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in the Capitol, has only fueled that indignation. And Democratic leaders staged two press conferences on Tuesday afternoon to air their frustrations.

“The American people deserve to know the facts and the truth as it related to the decision to strike Iran without securing congressional approval,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told reporters.

"What are they running away from? Why was this briefing — which was already days late — postponed?” he continued. “Why is the Trump administration playing political games on questions of war and peace that relate........

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