WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday diplomacy remains the preferred approach for the United States to deal with Iran, though the Trump ...

They said that Congress had not been notified in advance and that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration had previously lied to Congress about its goal in the oil-rich South American nation.

Democratic congressman from Colorado Jason Crow, member of the House Armed Services Committee and the House Intelligence Committee, wrote on X: "The Trump Administration repeatedly lied to Congress ...