{"id":2573170,"date":"2026-02-24T19:19:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-says-trump-admin-must-make-its-case-after-iran-briefing\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T19:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:21:09","slug":"schumer-says-trump-admin-must-make-its-case-after-iran-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-says-trump-admin-must-make-its-case-after-iran-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer says Trump admin must &#8216;make its case&#8217; after Iran briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fschumer-says-trump-admin-must-make-its-case-after-iran-briefing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2573170&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said the Trump management must clearly explain its Iran policy to the American people after a Gang of Eight briefing by Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe about possible military action against Iran, ahead of the State of the Union. Other lawmakers, including John Thune and Mark Warner, emphasized the need for transparent congressional consultation and for the president to articulate the goals and U.S. interests in the region,calling the moment serious and volatile. The report situates these remarks in the context of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/survey-government-corruption-economy-world-war-top-americans-greatest-fears-in-2023\/\" title=\"Survey: Americans&#039; Top Fears in 2023: Corruption, Economy, World War.\">ongoing media coverage<\/a> and anticipated State of the Union updates, including Trump\u2019s own statements on social media.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Schumer says Trump administration must &lsquo;make its case&rsquo; after Rubio briefing on Iran<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2515340\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"384\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) called deliberations over <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> &ldquo;serious&rdquo; following a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gang-of-eight\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"5616\">Gang of Eight<\/a> intelligence briefing with Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"51\">Marco Rubio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, this is serious, and the administration has to make its case to the American people,&rdquo; Schumer said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4469329\/killing-el-mencho-mexico-cartels-sheinbaum\/\">What does the killing of &#8216;El Mencho&#8217; mean for Mexico?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/4467165\/albania-european-union-eu-membership-edi-rama\/\">Albania does not deserve EU membership under Edi Rama<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4468406\/charles-kushner-france-activist-death\/\">France bars US ambassador over failure to address death of right-wing activist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Rubio and CIA Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-ratcliffe\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3025\">John Ratcliffe<\/a> briefed the top lawmakers and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >intelligence committee members<\/a> as President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> considers the possibility of military action against Iran. Just hours before the bicameral legislature will hear directly from Trump in his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-of-the-union\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"658\">State of the Union<\/a> address, the Gang of Eight members spoke briefly on the meeting with Rubio and Ratcliffe.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re giving a lot of thought to the situation. And I appreciate where they&rsquo;re coming from,&rdquo; Senate Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"178\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD) said, per <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndrewDesiderio\/status\/2026403260580475210?s=20\">Punchbowl News<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Thune told <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/02\/24\/congress\/ahead-sotu-dems-demand-trump-iran-plans-public-00796594\">Politico<\/a><\/em>  that congressional consultation &ldquo;needs to happen&rdquo; on Iran and called it &ldquo;a dangerous country, and very volatile.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-warner\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1352\">Mark Warner<\/a> (D-VA) echoed Schumer&rsquo;s words, saying, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s an extraordinary and serious time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s incumbent upon the president to make the case what our country&rsquo;s goals are and what our countered interests are and how we&rsquo;re going to protect American interests in the region. Maybe we&rsquo;ll hear that tonight, but if we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t hear it tonight, we need to hear it very, very, very soon,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OpenSourceZone\/status\/2026421567601758598?s=20\">Warner said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Political pundits <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4468567\/trump-state-of-the-union-low-second-presidency\/\">expect Trump to address<\/a> his administration&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-biden-seeks-diplomacy-to-constrain-iran-nuclear-program\/\" title=\"Psaki: Biden seeks diplomacy to constrain ... nuclear program\">foreign policy goals<\/a> for Iran in Tuesday&rsquo;s State of the Union address, with questions over what is next for the two countries swirling in the media for weeks.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/trump-state-of-the-union-2026-live-updates\/\"><strong>LIVE UPDATES: TRUMP DELIVERS 2026 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4468469\/trump-reports-plan-limited-strike-iran\/\">posted on Truth Social <\/a>last night, railing against what he called &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republican-candidates-criticize-vice-president-kamala-harris-for-her-role-as-border-czar\/\" title=\"Senate Republican candidates criticize Vice President Kamala Harris for her role as &quot;border czar.\">fake news&#038;rdquo<\/a>; reports that Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dan-caine\/\">Dan Caine<\/a> has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4468469\/trump-reports-plan-limited-strike-iran\/\">cautioned against<\/a> reported possible plans to order a military strike to force a deal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am the one that makes the decision, I would rather have a Deal than not but, if we don&rsquo;t make a Deal, it will be a very bad day for that Country and, very sadly, its people, because they are great and wonderful, and something like this should never have happened to them,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116121997925438698\">Trump wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schumer: Trump must make case on Iran after Rubio brief<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2573171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/schumer-gop-scrap-dhs-funding.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[7060,4551,3823,4411,69735],"class_list":["post-2573170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-briefing","tag-foreign-policy","tag-iran","tag-schumer","tag-trump-administration-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/schumer-gop-scrap-dhs-funding.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2573170"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2573174,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573170\/revisions\/2573174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2573171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2573170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2573170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2573170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}