The US Navy has dispatched a second aircraft carrier group to the Middle East, rerouting the USS Nimitz from its original position in the South China Sea. The USS Nimitz, along with its nine air squadrons,

He refutes French President Macron's comments that he's returning to the US to work on a truce, after earlier telling people in Tehran to evacuate.

U.S. officials told multiple outlets that the Navy directed the USS Thomas Hudner, a destroyer capable of intercepting ballistic missiles, from the western Mediterranean Sea toward the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where it will join the USS Arleigh Burke. A second destroyer was also ordered to change course to be available if requested.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was the first to respond to the attack publicly with a statement Thursday evening — but others have yet to comment.

Hostilities between Israel and Iran have entered the fifth day after Israel refused any diplomatic overtures from Iran overnight to stop the ongoing conflict. In response, The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued an evacuation directive,

"The full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before," Trump warned.

The U.S. Embassy in Israel was damaged Monday after it was struck in a new missile barrage from Iran, as Israel claims "full air superiority" over Tehran.

The United States is reportedly expecting a "mass casualty response" if Israel bombs Iran's nuclear facilities. On Wednesday, the State Department ordered the departure of all nonessential personnel from the U.