Democratic senators are pressing the U.S. government’s top intelligence official about the war with Iran. That includes whether Tulsi Gabbard had advised President Donald Trump that Iran was likely to to block the Strait of Hormuz if Iran was attacked. Gabbard appeared at a Senate hearing Wednesday and she repeatedly deflected questions about the intelligence she had offered Trump. Democrats are trying to use a rare public forum to extract answers from intelligence officials about the widening conflict in the Middle East.