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A CNN host threw President Donald Trump's words in a Republican's face on Thursday as he tried to defend the president's decision to coordinate a bombing campaign against Iran.

CNN's Kasie Hunt and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) got into a heated exchange on "The Arena" while discussing the recent bombing strikes in Iran. Jordan argued that the strikes were necessary because the Iranian regime had killed American military troops as well as Iranian citizens. He also argued thatTrump was trying to ensure that Iran would never develop a nuclear weapon, even though Trump claimed last year that the U.S. had "completely obliterated" Iran's nuclear facilities in a different series of strikes.

President Donald Trump complained that he couldn't say the word "beautiful" at an event honoring Women's History Month on Thursday.

"We love women," Trump announced. "Women are the whole deal, okay? And today is very special because we celebrate Women's History Month. That's what it's about every year."

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) speculated that his MAGA Christian followers might "start killing people" after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani practiced his Muslim faith in government offices.

During a Thursday interview with Burchett, MAGA influencer Benny Johnson noted that Mamdani had recently held a religious event in the mayor's office, much like President Donald Trump has done at the White House.

A Democratic senator called on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign over the bombing of an elementary school in Iran that killed scores of children.

An ongoing military investigation has determined that U.S. forces fired a Tomahawk missile on Feb. 28 that struck Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school, killing 175 people, most of them children, based on faulty coordinates, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said the secretary of defense should take responsibility for the error and step down.

At least two people were reportedly injured, and a gunman was dead following an active shooter alert at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.

"O.D.U. Urgent Alert: Active threat reported at Constant Hall. Follow Run-Hide-Fight protocols. Emergency personnel responding. Avoid the area," an alert from the faculty read on Thursday morning.

During a discussion on Iran’s leadership going on the offensive with new threats after being attacked by the United States, MS NOW analyst David Rohde explained that Iran has a strategy and the strategy is working because Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon has been shown to be unprepared.

With US military officials conceding that they cannot protect oil tankers attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, Rohde claimed the war-torn country, for the moment, has the upper hand.

President Donald Trump claimed the Iran war is already winding down with the U.S. prevailing, but on-the-ground reporting in Kuwait shows the conflict may be trending in the opposite direction.

The 79-year-old president told supporters at a campaign-style rally in northern Kentucky that joint U.S.-Israeli military operations had "virtually ⁠destroyed Iran," and "we won," but within hours of those statements Iran struck two oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and bombed locations throughout the Middle East, as CNN's Nic Robertson reported from the region.

CNN's John Berman was staggered by a high-ranking administration official's comments about President Donald Trump's view of global energy shocks.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright appeared Thursday morning on "CNN News Central," where he told co-host Kate Bolduan that the 79-year-old president was thinking long term and therefore not concerned with short-term disruptions in the global oil market caused by his war in Iran.

The White House's "Rapid Response" team quickly went to work attacking CNN after the network broadcast the first public message from new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

The White House included a clip from CNN with part of the Iranian message in its attack.