Janine Herbst

More than 300 U.S.

troops have been wounded in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, including 15 injured in an attack last night on a Saudi Arabia airbase, according to the Associated Press.

And the Pentagon says around 3,500 sailors and Marines have arrived in the Middle East.

This as the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have now entered the widening war, launching a missile toward Israel today that Israel says was successfully intercepted.

And Piers Carey-Kahn has more.

Democrats say they'll harness the energy around No Kings rallies that took place around the country today.

Minnesota Public Radio's Dana Ferguson was at the demonstration in St.

Paul.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order banning state officials from betting on prediction markets with insider information.

And here's Bobby Allen reports.

You're listening to NPR News from Washington.

Yuma County, Arizona, has prided itself as the place labor icon Cesar Chavez was born and died.

But now sexual abuse allegations tied to him have caused a debate over whether a local school should still bear his name.

Cisco Stargazer from member station KAWC reports the controversy is exposing deep divisions within the community.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is using a new electronic health record system that will roll out to states over the next several months, with Michigan the first to switch.

Officials say physical records can make it tough to utilize new coverage to prove exposure to chemicals from burn pits and Agent Orange.

The new record system, which will roll out to other states over the next year or two, will keep them all in one accessible place, but officials say the initial transition could cause delays,

In the past, those requests had to be requested by mail and retrieved by hand.

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst.