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With World Radio News, I'm Mark Mellinger.
The U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran, known in the U.S. as Operation Epic Fury, have intensified.
Sentcom commander Admiral Brad Cooper.
America's bomber force has struck nearly 200 targets deep inside of Iran, including around Tehran.
U.S. B2 bombers dropped dozens of 2,000-pound penetrator bombs targeting deeply buried ballistic missile launchers.
And Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth says firepower over Tehran is a,
about to surge dramatically. Iran is hoping that we cannot sustain this, which is a really bad
miscalculation. We have only just begun to fight and fight decisively. President Trump says the
operation in Iran is achieving its goals ahead of schedule. We're destroying more of Iran's
missiles and drone capability every single hour knocking them out like nobody thought was possible.
Iran and its proxies are continuing retaliatory attacks on Israel, America.
bases and countries all across the Middle East.
Meantime, on Capitol Hill, Republicans have fended off efforts to rein in Operation Epic Fury.
On this vote, the yeas are 212, the nays are 219. The concurrent resolution is not adopted.
The House GOP Thursday narrowly rejected a war powers resolution that would have limited the
Trump administration's ability to conduct the military operation in Iran. The House vote came a day
after the Senate voted down a similar measure.
That's the sound of Israel carrying out a fresh wave of airstrikes,
targeting the southern suburbs of Beirut,
along with areas of southern and eastern Lebanon,
late Thursday and early this morning.
Israel says the attacks are targeting command centers
and weapons storage areas of Hezbollah,
the Iran-backed terror group that's launched fresh attacks on Israel amid epic fury.
Israel's army had warned people,
in the densely populated areas to evacuate ahead of time, leading to traffic jams before the strikes.
In less than a year, the U.S. Postal Service won't be able to pay employees or vendors.
That was the warning Thursday from Postmaster General David Steiner.
He's asking Congress to let the U.S.PS exceed its $15 billion borrowing cap.
That cap has been in place since 1990.
Later this month, the Postmaster General will go before Congress to advocate for
for lifting that cap, along with other rules he considers burdensome.
He says raising the borrowing limit will buy the Postal Service time to make needed changes.
Last year, the Postal Service's net losses were about $9 billion.
For World Radio, I'm Mark Mellinger.
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