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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt snapped at CBS correspondent Nancy Cordes and insisted President Donald Trump wasn't "making anything up" when it came to the war with Iran."The president said yesterday for the first time that he had to strike Iran because he believed Iran was going to strike U.S. targets within seven days," Cordes explained during a Tuesday briefing. "He then bumped that down later to three days. Where is he getting that?""That's not the first time the president has said that he chose to launch Operation Epic Fury because he felt as though Iran was going to strike the United States and our assets," Leavitt insisted. "And he has said, was not going to sit back and allow the Iranian regime to threaten or to attack the United States of America any longer.""So is he making this up to justify his decision to go to war now?" Cordes wondered."The president is not making anything up, Nancy," Leavitt shot back. "He is looking at this every single day based on intelligence, based on facts, and based on intelligence that he himself and his negotiators have consumed based on their, again, negotiations with the rogue Iranian regime over the past year.""And Iran chose this path to death and destruction," she added. "Iran wanted to attack the United States of America, and the president was not going to sit back and allow that to happen. He was not going to sit back and allow that to happen ever. Everyone in this room should be grateful for it."

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday claimed that the U.S. and Israeli military strikes in Iran could ultimately make gas cheaper for Americans despite soaring prices at the pump. Leavitt was speaking during a news conference when she made the comment, just as the U.S. entered its 11th day of war in the Middle East. Gas prices rose nearly 9 percent in the week after the bombing campaign began, with the national average for a gallon of regular gas hitting $3.25, according to AAA."Rest assured to the American people — the recent increase in oil and gas prices is temporary, and this operation will result in lower gas prices in the long term," Leavitt said. "Once the national security objectives of Operation Epic Fury are fully achieved, Americans will see oil and gas prices drop rapidly, potentially even lower than prior to the start of the operation," Leavitt added. Leavitt: "Rest assured to the American people -- the recent increase in oil and gas prices is temporary, and this operation will result in lower gas prices in the long term." pic.twitter.com/MFw8SsD8fI— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 10, 2026

As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded during the war with Iran, according to a new report on Tuesday.People familiar with the matter told Reuters that the number of wounded was far higher than the Pentagon has disclosed. The Defense Department has said that seven service members were killed in action.The Pentagon did not respond to Reuters' reporting."It's within that ballpark," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters later on Tuesday.President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have said they expect additional casualties.

A conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin saw the former brag about a chat the two world leaders had Monday— but the Kremlin had a very different version of the conversation.While Trump may view the chat as a win which left the Russian president impressed, the Kremlin decreed it was a much more balanced conversation. Speaking from Doral, Florida, on Monday, Trump claimed the pair had spoken of bringing peace between Russia and Ukraine. The president said, "We were talking about Ukraine, which is just a never-ending fight, and when his tremendous hatred between President Putin and President Zelensky, they can’t seem to get it together. But I think it was a positive call on that subject." Trump went on to say the pair spoke of a "number of highly important issues" and that their chat was "frank and constructive". He also said he'd pushed Putin to get "the Ukraine-Russia war over with.”But that was not the line given by the Kremlin, though, with The Daily Beast reporting a much more muted response from Russian officials. Putin aide Yuri Ushakov stressed the phone call between Putin and Trump was made by the US president, and that it was the first time the pair had spoken on the phone this year. Ushakov said, "They had not spoken by telephone for quite some time–their previous conversation took place at the end of December 2025."Today’s call, incidentally, lasted about an hour. The U.S. president noted that, as previously agreed, such communication should, of course, take place on a regular basis, and both leaders expressed their readiness for this."Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov undermined Trump further and said the US president made no mention of a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. Peskov said, "Trump didn’t ask about a ceasefire in Ukraine during his conversation with Putin." Trump had previously been denounced by the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, for caving to Putin and instigating a trade deal. A post from the Gavin Newsom Press Office on X reads, "Trump waives the Russia oil ban! Putin’s good little boy." Attached is an image of Putin patting the heads of two children, with Trump and Bessent's faces edited on.