Erin Doherty

4 days ago | nbcchicago.com | Dan Mangan |Kevin Breuninger |Erin Doherty |Christina Wilkie

This is CNBC'S live blog about the conflict in the Middle East. President Donald Trump has thanked Iran for giving the United States advance notice of the coming missile strike on America's Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. The notice, he wrote on social media, "made it possible for no lives to be lost, and nobody to be injured."That finding helped inform the U.S. Embassy in Doha's decision to lift a shelter-in-place order issued ahead of the attack.

4 days ago | nbcchicago.com | Erin Doherty

• Senate Majority Leader John Thune says that his chamber will remain in Washington "until this bill is passed."• His comments come as time is running short for lawmakers to pass President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill," ahead of a self-imposed July 4 deadline. • Thune said he is "confident" that his chamber will pass the package, even as he faces pushback from some GOP lawmakers.

5 days ago | nbcchicago.com | Erin Doherty

• Vice President JD Vance said that the United States is "at war with Iran's nuclear program," after the United States' strikes on three of the country's nuclear sites. • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that Tehran reserves all options to defend itself following the attacks. • Vance said that he feels "very confident that we've substantially delayed" Iran's development of a nuclear weapon.

5 days ago | nbcboston.com | Erin Doherty

• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the late-night mission was not about regime change" in Iran. • "The president authorized a precision operation to neutralize the threats to our national interest posed by the Iranian nuclear program and the collective self-defense of our troops and our ally Israel," he said. • The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen.

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