By the time President Donald Trump and MAGA podcaster Steve Bannon sat down for lunch on Thursday, the president had already approved a plan on how the U.S. might attack an Iranian nuclear facility.

Jonathan Karl: It's not uncertain. And it was right after that long lunch with Steve Bannon that you saw, you know, Karoline Leavitt come out and say, two weeks.

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ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl said Monday that several of President Donald Trump’s most vocal anti-war allies have been “remarkably quiet” following the former president’s ...

Join moderator Jeffrey Goldberg, Jonathan Karl of ABC News, David Ignatius of The Washington Post, David Sanger of The New York Times and Nancy Youssef of The Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic ...

KARL: And what about that divide within MAGA? I mean, we saw a lot of that going in and we saw some prominent figures, Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, others, that really didn't want this to go forward.

But Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist, said on his podcast earlier on Saturday that “the party is on. So another big weekend in this unfolding aspect of this third world war.

MAGA influencer Steve Bannon is warning against the Trump administration getting involved in a lengthy conflict in Iran, lighting into Republicans and conservative talking heads whom he describes ...

Steve Bannon ripped into Mark Levin, the Fox News host he called "Tel Aviv Levin," as the two continue to trade barbs over the U.S. military's involvement in the war between Israel and Iran.

Bannon referred to Fox News host Mark Levin as "Tel Aviv Levin" for his views on escalating warfare against Iran.

The New York Times' Jeremy Peters joins Morning Joe to discuss his recent interview with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon.

As President Donald Trump considers whether to involve the U.S. in a conflict with Iran, longtime ally Steve Bannon is making news – breakfasting with the Monitor and lunching with the president.