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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Norah Ramm. The US Launched strikes against Iran last night for the eighth night in a row. Meanwhile, Iran has stepped up strikes against Gulf allies. Jordan's military says it intercepted three ballistic missiles fired by Iran. Two U.S. service members were killed in Jordan on Friday. One service member was reported missing today. Officials say some unidentified remains were found and and are being examined separately. They say a US Service member was killed in northern Iran yesterday when detonating an unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone. That was the third service member killed since Friday. NPR's Hadil El Salshi is covering the war from Istanbul.
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This is probably some of the worst fighting we've seen since the beginning of the war in February, and both countries have broadened the limits of their fighting. Late Saturday night, Eastern Time, US CENTCOM said it completed an eighth round of strikes against Iran. Iranian state media said that the US Struck six bridges in a southern Iranian province along the Strait of Hormuz. Electrical installations also, and a water desalination plant, leaving 20 villages in the south with water shortages. The U.S. didn't comment on that.
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NPR's Hadil El Salchi. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia hit Kyiv with one of the biggest ballistic missile barrages of the war this morning. At least one person was killed in and 16 others were wounded. President Trump used a speech from the White House last week to once again raise doubts about the security of U.S. elections. NPR's Windsor Johnston reports.
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Trump released declassified documents that he says shows the nation's election system is vulnerable, but offered no new evidence that fraudulent votes were cast. Gabriel Sterling is the chief operating officer for the Georgia Secretary of State's office. He tells NPR that it's extremely rare that non citizens vote in U.S. elections.
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We look back as far as 1996. That was the first time we found a noncitizen who cast a vote. We found one that did it in the 2026 election. So far, it is exceedingly small.
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Trump is also urging Congress to pass the Save America act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and a photo ID to cast a ballot. The bill does not have enough support in the Senate to pass. Windsor Johnston, NPR News, Washington.
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This month, immigration enforcement officers shot to death two men during traffic stops, one in Houston. Houston and one in Maine. Officials say body camera footage was not available in either case. President Trump's border czar Tom Homan said today officers are now required to record vehicle stops with at least one body camera.
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They exonerate more law enforcement than they convict. And I want officers wear body cameras because I want the American people see what the officers saw when they took that action.
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Homan was interviewed on Fox and Friends. This is NPR News. Andrew and Tristan Tate are in custody after being arrested in Miami yesterday. The brothers are known for their social media empire that promotes wealth and male dominance. They're wanted by British authorities on multiple charges, including rape and sex trafficking. The Crown Prosecution Service says it has requested they be extradited to the UK The Tates are dual US And British citizens and are also accused of sex crimes in Romania. They deny any wrongdoing. Tribal nations in Oklahoma are seeing an influx of corporate interest in locating data centers on their land. Thomas Pablo from member station Kosu reports. Many tribes are responding cautiously.
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Earlier this year, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma became the first in the US to ban AI data center development on the reservation. That came after a startup company pitched a data center project to the tribe. Siobhan Kernel is the tribal representative who authored the ban. What companies are saying to our communities is that you don't want to get left behind. We speak the mother languages of these lands that have been here millennia upon millennia before these technologies existed. We have a right to say how life can be. Other leaders in the Cherokee, Muskogee and Osage nations are now determining the best course of action to balance much needed economic development with cultural interests. For NPR News, I'm Thomas Pablo in Oklahoma City.
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In men's soccer, the World cup final is underway between the defending champion Argentina and Spain. There's no score after the first half. I'm Nora Ramm, NPR News, in Washington.
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