Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) listens during a news conference on the Epstein Files on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Feb. 26, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Congressional leaders of the Democratic Party have mostly been quick to decry President Donald Trump and Israel’s joint operation in Iran over the weekend, which killed Iranian leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian officials, while many other party members have been supportive.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that in conversations with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, he has been clear the Trump administration must be straightforward with Congress and the American people, adding that Iran “must never be allowed to attain a nuclear weapon but the American people do not want another endless and costly war in the Middle East when there are so many problems at home.”