During a visit on Capitol Hill Monday, Rubio suggested that the U.S. jumped to action due to intelligence that indicated Israel was going to strike Iran. U.S. involvement was, according to Rubio, necessary to thwart retaliation against U.S. interests.

The lack of a unified message or justification from the Trump administration for its attacks with Israel against Iran will be put to the test this week as both chambers of Congress vote on a war power

The Trump administration and its allies in Congress are presenting a shifting new justification for the U.S. attack on Iran.

The Trump administration has defended the war on Iran by arguing that the Middle Eastern country posed a significant threat to the United States. Officials argued that Iran was nearing the development of a nuclear weapon and ballistic missiles capable of reaching U.S. territory.

Many of President Trump’s allies have urged him and his Make America Great Again movement to shift away from their close ties to Israel and military entanglements in the Middle East.

During a Tuesday event for his book "Young Man in a Hurry," Gov. Gavin Newsom suggested Israel is an "apartheid state" and influenced President Donald Trump's decision to strike Iran.

The U.S. and Israel are pounding targets across Iran, dropping massive bombs on its ballistic missile sites and wiping out warships

Israel sent troops into Lebanon as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran widened, and some of Iran's Gulf neighbors warned that Iran's retaliatory fire could draw them into the spreading conflict.