Pentagon Refuses to Rule Out Ground Troops; Senators Warn of Escalation After Classified Briefing

The Washington Post reports that the Pentagon has declined to rule out deploying ground troops into Iran, with military officials acknowledging U.S. forces cannot intercept all incoming fire and are bracing for further casualties after U.S. troops were already killed in an Iranian counterattack. Al Jazeera English reports that U.S. senators emerged from a classified war briefing expressing alarm about the trajectory toward direct ground engagement, with lawmakers fearing a repeat of open-ended c