A short-term extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) failed to secure the two-thirds majority required in the US House; voting is ongoing.

Axios reported a senior U.S. official said Tuesday night’s strikes were designed to restore some negotiating leverage while being carefully controlled to avoid fatalities and keep the door open to an agreement. The official said when Trump decided to respond the U.S. had not confirmed Iran intentionally shot down the helicopter; the White House argued that even if the Apache collided with an Iranian drone accidentally, the U.S. needed to signal it would not accept Iranian behavior in the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. officials described the action as a "proportionate and precise" strike limited to radar and drone-control systems and deliberately intended to avoid causing Iranian casualties. Around 5:00 p.m. ET, as U.S. jets headed to the target area, the White House informed Tehran the strikes would be confined to military facilities.

Trump said US aircraft are flying over Tehran and that they are unaware.