U.S. strikes Iranian targets after attacks on Gulf shipping; senators press White House on war powers

U.S. forces carried out strikes on Iranian military targets late Saturday and again the following night, targeting surveillance equipment, communications systems and air-defense sites, CBS News reported, as tensions rose after Iran launched missile and drone attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait.

The two nights of strikes were described in the report as retaliation for an Iranian attack earlier in the week on a Singapore-flagged commercial ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

Mike Waltz, who told Fox News the U.S. would keep conducting strikes "as long as Tehran continues to threaten international shipping in the Strait," added, "If the Iranian regime thinks for a second that President Trump is going to sit by, stand by. While Iran continues to attack international shipping without a response or our bases without a response, they're sadly mistaken." The remarks were reported by CBS News in its White House briefing coverage.

The strikes come less than a week after the Senate passed a symbolic war powers resolution meant to limit the president's ability to use military force without congressional approval. The transcript reports that four Republican senators joined Democrats to pass the measure.

Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, identified in the report as one of those Republicans, told Face the Nation he wants the president to consult Congress on major military decisions. "Sometimes he acts as if Congress is merely an appendage, and frankly, sometimes Congress acts like it's an appendage," Cassidy said. "But that said, I think he got the message yesterday. Congress wants to be read in."

The transcript also states President Trump said the U.S. military "will complete the job" if Iran does not comply with the ceasefire agreement. The report did not provide additional administration comment or a full tally of congressional votes on the war powers measure.

Erin Navarro, CBS News, the White House.