White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivers press briefing – August 28, 2025 (Photo by TGP/Jordan Conradson)White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will deliver a press briefing this afternoon as Operation Epic Fury continues its fifth day in Iran. Iran has been escalating retaliations, including the suicide drone bombing of the US consulate in Dubai on Tuesday and the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia on Monday, where the CIA station was hit. US Central Command reports that the Iranian regime has already fired more than 500 ballistic missiles and over 2,000 drones.As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, War Secretary Pete Hegseth also held a press briefing on the war with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine this morning.The two provided updates on offensive operations and Iran’s diminishing defensive and offensive capabilities.MORE:WATCH LIVE: Pete Hegseth and Dan Caine Deliver Press Briefing on Day 5 of Operation Epic Fury in Iran – 8 AM ET/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i