US & Iran Trade Retaliatory Strikes, Primary Results In Four States, ICE Funding Bill

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Iran launched attacks on Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan overnight after the U.S. struck Iranian targets in retaliation for an Iranian attack that downed a U.S. helicopter, raising fears of an escalation spiral that could derail any deal.
Primary results are in from Maine, Nevada, North Dakota and South Carolina, with Maine's high-stakes Senate matchup now set between Democrat Graham Platner and Republican Susan Collins, and Trump's endorsed candidate for South Carolina governor headed to a runoff.
And Congress approved 70 billion dollars in immigration enforcement funding that will carry ICE and Border Patrol through the rest of President Trump's term, with fewer oversight requirements than normal spending bills.

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(05:47) Primary Results In Four States
(09:32) ICE Funding Bill

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0:00.0	The U.S. attacked Iran, calling it a response to a helicopter that went down.
0:06.6	Iran then struck U.S. bases in response to the U.S. response. What does this mean for talks to end the war?
0:13.4	I'm Michelle Martin. That's Stevenski, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.6	We have results from primaries in four states.
0:23.8	Graham Platner won the Democratic nomination to challenge Senator Susan Collins of Maine.
0:28.4	In South Carolina, President Trump's preferred candidate for governor heads to a runoff.
0:32.8	Also, Congress approved $70 billion for immigration enforcement.
0:39.0	The bill funds immigration efforts through the rest of Trump's term. ICE was already the highest funded federal law enforcement
0:44.9	agency and now has fewer restrictions than in the past. Stay with us. We'll give you the
0:50.4	news you need to start your day.
0:57.8	The give you the news you need to start your day. The United States and Iran are redefining the word ceasefire, trading attacks with each other.
1:03.3	A U.S. helicopter went down on Monday near the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. blamed Iran.
1:08.2	And late Tuesday, the U.S. struck Iranian air defenses and radar sites in what it called a proportional response.
1:14.8	Iranian officials say they did not target the U.S. helicopter, suggesting it went down in an accident.
1:20.2	So Iran responded to the U.S. response with missiles.
1:23.3	NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordonez has been following all of this.
1:26.8	Franco, good morning.
1:27.8	Good morning, Steve. Okay, so it was a little murky exactly how this chopper went down.
1:33.0	So what is the U.S. thinking that led them to respond with their strikes? Yeah, I mean, I think it's a matter of
1:38.2	U.S. credibility. It is murky, but Trump is calling it an attack. And the thinking is that not responding could have been
1:45.5	seen by Iran as weakness. I mean, even though troops were okay, they were in that helicopter,
1:52.4	Mona Yakubian, a former State Department official who now works at the Center for Strategic
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