Corva Coleman

He says he was an hour away from calling fresh military strikes against Iran, but put them off at the request of Mideast allies.

Trump says he could still hit Iran.

Analysts say this extends a state of limbo in the war.

The Nigerian military says scores of ISIS fighters and senior commanders have been killed in several days of joint airstrikes by U.S.

and Nigerian forces.

The strikes targeted ISIS locations in northeast Nigeria.

Jewel Bright reports from Lagos, Nigeria.

One of the nation's largest retailers, Target, is reporting better than expected sales in its latest fiscal quarter.

This comes as consumer spending has also increased this spring despite the war in Iran.

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.

Results are coming in from primary elections in six states yesterday.

Perhaps one of the most closely watched was a battle for a single congressional seat in Kentucky.

President Trump himself was not on the ballot, but NPR's Domenico Montanaro reports he played a key role in this race.

Kentucky incumbent Congressman Thomas Massey lost to Republican challenger Ed Galrein.

He thanked the president at his victory party.

Gal Ryan will face the winner of the Democratic primary, Melissa Strange, in this fall's general election.

In Georgia's primary elections for governor, former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

Her opponent isn't clear yet.

Two candidates advanced to the Republican runoff primary in June, Georgia Lieutenant Governor Bird Jones and health care billionaire Rick Jackson.