Politics

The attack came a day after U.S. forces struck an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing two people. At least 191 people have been killed since September in similar strikes.

The 2024 presidential hopeful with close Trump ties advances to the general election, NBC News projects, to face Democrat Amy Acton, who led the state’s Covid response.

Dean DelleChiaie is alleged to have sent an email threatening Trump after having been reported to the Secret Service for sinister internet searches in January.

The vice president visited Iowa to make a pitch for Rep. Zach Nunn, a Republican locked in a tough re-election fight this year.

The president said "Project Freedom" was being put on hold after two days, but a blockade of Iranian ports remains in place.

Brown, a former senator who lost in 2024, will face Republican incumbent Jon Husted, who was appointed to fill Vice President JD Vance’s old seat, NBC News projects.

The commerce secretary said he stopped talking to Jeffrey Epstein in 2005. But a House inquiry wants to know why investigative files show otherwise.

Iran targeted both ships with missiles, drones and armed small boats, but the U.S. military intercepted the attacks and blew up the small boats, the Pentagon said.

Plus, Iowa emerges as a midterm battleground.

The president said the project would be privately funded but has raised security concerns, particularly in light of the correspondents' dinner shooting.