President Obama signed an order Sunday directing his administration to begin issuing waivers to Iran nuclear sanctions — but the waivers will only go into effect once Iran meets its obligations under the agreement limiting its nuclear program.

The presidential memorandum marks what's being called "adoption day" for the international agreement intended to roll back Iran's nuclear program. The milestone, four administration officials said, is a mere formality, driven more by the calendar than by any action by Iran.

Six days after reaching the nuclear deal with Iran, the White House in July set up what aides dubbed an “anti-war room” in the basement of the West Wing.

Opponents of the Iran nuclear accord have lost the debate in Congress, but are not ready to admit it.

The morning after Senate Democrats blocked a vote that attempted to reject the agreement, effectively ending any possibility that Congress could kill the deal, House Republicans convened their own votes.

"Our fight to stop this bad deal, frankly, is just beginning," House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Friday morning, just before the votes. "Never in our history has something with so many consequences

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Sunday she will be voting for the Iran nuclear deal despite reservations she still has about it.

Appearing Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," Wasserman Schultz said that she has gone through a "gut-wrenching,

Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, said Sunday she would vote to support the Iran nuclear deal.

Although she said she still has some concerns, Ms. Wasserman Schultz told CNN’s “State of the Union” that the deal’s opponents had provided no evidence that an alternative plan, such as applying economic pressure to force Iran back to the negotiating table, would work.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) on Sunday announced that after some "emotional soul-searching," she had decided to support the pending Iran nuclear deal.

In what she described as "the most difficult decision I have had to make in the nearly 23 years I have served in elected office," Wasserman Schultz, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, wrote in a lengthy Miami Herald op-ed that she had "come to the conclusion that the agreement promotes the national security interests of the United States and our allies and merits my vote of support."

Democrats will try to mount a filibuster to block the Iran nuclear deal from even having to reach President Obama’s desk for a veto, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid signaled Sunday in a statement.

He and his party colleagues already have enough committed supporters that they would be able to sustain an Obama veto and allow the Iran deal to proceed, but a filibuster would be an even bigger coup, halting the issue earlier in the process and heading off a protracted — and potentially politically

Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Friday he would oppose the nuclear accord with Iran.

Mr. Cardin is the third Senate Democrat to break with President Barack Obama over the agreement, joining Sens. Charles Schumer of New York and Bob Menendez of New Jersey.

Mr. Cardin said in an op-ed published in the Washington Post on Friday that while the deal struck between Iran and six global powers has made some achievements,

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says "deal or no deal" with Iran on its nuclear proliferation, a military option remains firmly on the table.

In a speech to the American Legion in Baltimore, where the group is holding its annual convention, Carter said "the deal places no limits whatsoever on our military," Military.com reports.

"We will continue to protect our friends in the region, especially Israel, from Iran's destabilizing activi

Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski announced Wednesday that she will support the Iran nuclear agreement, giving the White House the final vote needed to protect the accord from a Republican-led effort to defeat the measure.

With her endorsement, Mikulski became the crucial 34th vote needed to sustain President Obama's expected veto should Congress pass a measure to block the agreement.