Conservative and progressive lawmakers want to force a vote on a resolution requiring the administration to seek congressional approval before going to war in the Middle East.

US President Donald Trump on Sunday denied American involvement in Israeli attacks on Iran while threatening massive retaliation if Tehran targets the US. "The U.S. had nothing to do with the attack on Iran, tonight," Trump wrote on Truth Social, distancing Washington from the strikes.

At least 24 people have been killed in Israel as Iran launched retaliatory airstrikes targeting civilian areas. A U.S. Embassy branch in Tel Aviv suffered minor damage.

Israel struck Iran’s state-run television station during a live broadcast, forcing a reporter to run off camera following an explosion, after Iran fired a new wave of missiles at Israel that killed at

Iran's strikes on Israel are self-defense and are "proportionate defensive operations directed exclusively at military objectives and associated infrastructure," Iran's U.N. Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani told the U.