
NBC News - 23 hours 27 min ago
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 thousands of U.S. Marines to the region. NBC's Peter Alexander reports and moderator of Meet the Press Kristen Welker joins TODAY with analysis.

The Guardian - 23 hours 42 min ago
Senior figures said to have been skeptical over Keir Starmer's appointment of arrogant' veteran politician, later sacked over connections to Jeffrey Epstein Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Donald Trump's presidential transition team repeatedly intervened in UK prime minister Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US, it has been reported. Trump's aides were particularly exercised that Mandelson could be made ambassador after he...