Leila Faldin

The U.S.

and Iran traded fire on Monday, threatening a month-old ceasefire.

The fighting erupted when the U.S.

launched the operation, but Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth insisted this morning that the ceasefire is not over.

Yeah, you heard that right.

State Senate.

But there are national implications for these local races.

President Trump said the incumbents should be primaried.

The results will test Trump's power of political retribution.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued an order Monday temporarily pausing an appeals court decision.

Louisiana brought the case against the Food and Drug Administration, arguing that access to medication abortion should be restricted.

And I'm Leila Fadil.

Today's episode of Up First was edited by Andrew Sussman, Megan Pratz, Diane Weber, Mohamed El-Bradisi, and Jan Johnson.

It was produced by Ziad Butch and Nia Dumas.

Our director is Katie Klein.

We get engineering support from Nisha Hynes.

Our technical director is Carly Strange.

And our supervising senior producer is Vince Pearson.

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