House, Senate Briefings On Iran Conflict Postponed

A pair of classified briefings for Senate and House members on the Iran conflict set for Tuesday were postponed until later in the week, three sources familiar with the plans told The Hill.

The Senate briefing will now take place on Thursday. It is unclear when House members will be briefed.

The upper chamber’s new date was scheduled to allow Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to attend.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine were among those set to brief members Tuesday. 

The news comes as Trump was visibly angry on Tuesday morning while departing the White House at Israel and Iran for purportedly striking one another during the ceasefire he announced on Monday evening.

“We basically — we have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f‑‑‑ they’re doing,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

Trump and other top officials are traveling to the annual NATO summit at The Hague.

Democrats were miffed by the delay, arguing that it was an unnecessary move given that Rubio and Hegseth are unlikely to be doing the lion's share of briefing for members.

“This last-minute postponement of our briefing is outrageous, it’s evasive, it’s derelict. They’re bobbing and weaving and ducking. Senators deserve full transparency. There is a legal obligation for the administration to inform Congress about precisely what is happening,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) said.

 "What are they afraid of?" Schumer added, saying that the only information he has received about the strikes was on Saturday when officials declined to tell him what country was being targeted. 

Updated at 1:25 p.m.

Alexander Bolton contributed.