New Strikes in Middle East Threaten Fragile US-Iran Ceasefire

Israel launched powerful attacks on Lebanon on Wednesday, killing at least 250 people, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. Iran says the new attacks are a violation of the ceasefire with the United States but Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists the temporary agreement does not include Hezbollah. NBC’s Matt Bradley reports for TODAY.

VA Dem rejects ‘power grab’ claims on Spanberger redistricting as GOP warns 10–1 map would split rural vote

A top Virginia Democrat is defending support for the redistricting effort critics are calling a “power grab” on the part of Gov. Abigail Spanberger and Richmond leadership, dismissing claims that rural Virginians will have their voices diluted by an urban-centric map. The redistricting referendum, before voters through April 21, would redraw Virginia’s 6-5 Democrat-majority congressional … Read more

WATCH: Son of former top Iranian official seen living comfortable life in Los Angeles

The son of a former top-level Iranian official, who acted as the spokesperson for hostage takers occupying Tehran’s U.S. Embassy in 1979, is yet another relative of Iran’s hard-lined Islamist regime caught living a comfortable and affluent Western lifestyle in Los Angeles.  Petitioners have been calling for Eissa Hashemi, 43, to be investigated and deported, … Read more