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Dozens of volunteers, mostly over the age of 70, offer rides and serve as interpreters Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox On a February afternoon at a Spanish-immersion childcare center in Minneapolis, dozens of toddlers grabbed puffy coats out of cubbies as parents shuffled them out … Read more

Two of the three co-hosts of this summer’s tournament have been hit with the injury bug, casting doubt on a number of star players When Marcel Ruiz slumped into the grass of San Diego FC’s Snapdragon stadium late in the first half of Toluca’s Concacaf Champions Cup game last Wednesday, he seemed to already know. … Read more

Closure of strait of Hormuz – a key fertilizer production and transportation route – has squeezed farmers as prices jump Rodney Bushmeyer has been farming as long as he can remember. Bushmeyer’s father was a farmer, as was his grandfather. The family-run Bushmeyer Farms in Illinois dates back more than 100 years, when his ancestors … Read more

With a busy travel weekend approaching, crowds are piling up at airports across the United States as the partial government shutdown continues and TSA agents go without pay. It comes as Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is warning that travel chaos will only continue, saying, “You’re going to see extensive lines and air travel is going … Read more

Record 171 million passengers are expected to fly this spring, even as TSA funding lapse risks longer airport lines Spring breakers in the US could see their long-awaited trips to party destinations disrupted by a trifecta of issues: airport security delays, high gas prices, and chaotic weather. The potential for flight delays comes as US … Read more

Foreign minister issues warning after Israeli attack on South Pars gasfield that prompted retaliatory strike on Qatar. Plus, what happened to the Oscars red carpet after the ceremony? Good morning. Iran has said it will show “zero restraint” if its energy infrastructure is targeted again as Qatar revealed that almost a fifth of its liquefied … Read more

The U.S. is now accelerating its deployment to the Middle East with more than 2,000 Marines deployed to the region, according to two people familiar with the decision. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports for TODAY from Saudi Arabia.

Senior figures said to have been skeptical over Keir Starmer’s appointment of ‘arrogant’ veteran politician, later sacked over connections to Jeffrey Epstein A technical glitch at the understaffed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is masking millions of dollars in campaign contributions to state-level election groups, including key governor and attorney general races, a campaign finance watchdog … Read more

With the Iran war set to enter its fourth week, President Donald Trump was pressed on whether he plans to send U.S. ground troops to Iran saying, “No, I’m not putting troops anywhere. If I were, I certainly wouldn’t tell you, but I’m not putting troops.” It comes even as the United States is deploying … Read more

EXCLUSIVE — As he praises President Donald Trump for “taking the fight directly” to Iran, former Vice President Mike also argues that the attacks show that the president isn’t listening to the isolationist wing of the Republican Party. “It’s one of the things I give President Trump great credit for,” Pence said this week in … Read more