US Launches 'Self-Defense' Strikes, First Primary Results, More
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News when you want it. With Bloomberg News Now, I'm Doug Krisner. Within the last hour, U.S. forces launched self-defense strikes against Iran. Now, they came in response to the downing of a U.S. Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz early Tuesday. Earlier in the day, President Trump vowed to retaliate after blaming Iran for the attack. In a post on social media, Trump said the two crew members involved were both safe and uninjured. Now, the Pentagon said an autonomous surface vessel was used in their rescue. This was the first time an unmanned vehicle was used in such an operation. Incidentally, this attack came just hours after President Trump's most recent claim that an agreement to end the fighting with Iran was close.
That's even though tension between Israel and Lebanon threatened to push the Middle East back into a wider war. Here is Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall.
We've seen Israel in recent days target Iranian infrastructure and energy sites. That, of course, has been a main point in this watching if the U.S. would hit energy sites, something that we spoke about before the ceasefire had been in place. So what the U.S. chooses to target in retaliation will tell us a lot about perhaps the trajectory and what sort of escalation we could see.
That is Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall. Now, Iran's foreign minister said foreign forces in proximity to Iranian territory are at constant risk. And he added the best solution is for them to leave. A bill to provide nearly $70 billion for immigration enforcement has narrowly passed the House. It now goes to President Trump for his signature. Republicans use their majority to get the bill over the finish line, funding a pair of Homeland Security agencies through the next three years. This bill, by the way, passed with a vote of 214 to 212 over the objection of Democrats. We've now got results for the California primary for governor. Republican Steve Hilton is advancing to November's general election, where he will face off against former state AG Javier Becerra.
What recent military actions have the U.S. taken against Iran?
Elsewhere, it's a busy primary day across the U.S. Votes are being cast in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, and South Carolina. Now, polls have already closed in South Carolina, with Senator Lindsey Graham leading in the Republican primary as he attempts to avoid a runoff. We also have in South Carolina, the race for governor, as we hear from Bloomberg's Greg Giroux.
You know, five active candidates running there. And you have the lieutenant governor, Pamela Evatt, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, currently in first place with 28% of the vote, well below the majority needed to win. No one expected anyone to win a majority of the vote here. The second place person right now is State Attorney General Alan Wilson. Also another statewide officeholder. I think the story so far is that the trailing the pack are the two U.S. House members, Ralph Norman in fourth place and Nancy Mace in fifth place.
How did President Trump respond to the helicopter incident?
It looks like they're going to be shut out of the race right now with Pamela Evatt and Alan Wilson in the first two spots for that race. further off election in two weeks.
Meantime, in Maine, polls have also closed. Bloomberg's Kayleigh Lyons tells us Maine's Democratic Senate primary has turned into a test after a series of scandals for frontrunner Graham Plattner.
There is a lot stacking up against him that could make the politics around his campaign more difficult heading into a general election in November against Susan Collins, who is, by the way, an incredibly vulnerable candidate.
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