Operation Midnight Hammer Strikes Iranian Nuclear Facilities

U.S. forces conducted a large-scale military operation, described as Operation Midnight Hammer, striking Iranian nuclear facilities without a new congressional authorization for the use of force.

The administration stated the strikes were necessary to address an urgent nuclear threat, while critics raised questions about the underlying intelligence, the risks of regional escalation, and the constitutional basis for the president to initiate hostilities of this scale without congressional authorization.

The strikes were carried out as described; the scaffold does not indicate a subsequent legal ruling on the operation's authorization.