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As US-Iran clashes intensify, Trump threatens to attack Iran’s heavily fortified Pickaxe Mountain, a deep underground site south of Tehran suspected of housing a covert uranium-enrichment facility; CENTCOM reports new strikes on Iranian targets while Tehran blames Washington, though diplomacy remains a possibility.
The White House plans a 33,000-square-foot underground visitor screening center as part of a broader campus renovation, featuring a seven-lane entrance beneath a park and a large sunken plaza. The project, on the site of the former East Wing along with a planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom funded by private donations, awaits NCPC approval with a target opening around July 2028. Decades of discussions and prior funding hurdles have stalled similar underground facilities at the White House, but officials say the underground center would strengthen security and improve the visitor experience while costs continue to rise.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly injured during Israeli strikes on a secret underground facility in Tehran, targeting Iran's top leaders amid ongoing tensions and military conflicts, with Israel denying specific claims and the situation raising questions about intelligence and security.