U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reached a final conclusion or completed ​their investigation, two U.S. officials told Reuters.

Reuters was unable to determine more details about the investigation, including what evidence ‌contributed to the tentative assessment, what type of munition was used, who was responsible or why the U.S. might have struck the school.

Trump told pregnant women in September 2025 to avoid Tylenol because taking it would increase their babies' risk of autism: "Taking Tylenol is not good — I'll say it: It's not good."

Doctors and scientists quickly said the data didn't support the president's claim, but emergency room orders for Tylenol, or acetaminophen, for pregnant patients went down 10% in the months that followed, according to a new study in The Lancet. There was no change in the acetaminophen orders for comparable women who weren't pregnant.

"It happened overnight," says Dr. Jeremy Faust, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston who led the study. The president's words "had an immediate impact on how much Tylenol or acetaminophen was being ordered in emergency departments."

Donald Trump said on Thursday he was not concerned about rising U.S. gas prices driven by the widening Iran conflict, telling Reuters ​in an exclusive interview that the U.S. military operation was his priority.

"I don't have any concern about it," he said, when asked about the higher prices at ‌the pump. "They'll drop very rapidly when this is over, and if they rise, they rise, but this is far more important than having gasoline prices go up a little bit."

The comments mark a shift in tone for the president, who touted a drop in gas prices in his State of the Union address last month and at a Texas rally focused on energy that took place just hours before the U.S. launched its air strikes ​on Saturday.

There appears to be no clear objective, beyond perhaps maximizing death and destruction.

Nobody who is waging this war seems to be able to explain why they’re doing it. There appears to be no clear objective, beyond perhaps maximizing death and destruction, and no plan for whatever comes after, if there is an after. No preparation for evacuating stranded Americans or for supplying munitions for a protracted conflict.

Most of Trump’s lackeys refuse to call it a war at all, despite the fact that the commander in chief keeps saying it is exactly that. Because admitting it is a war would mean this whole thing is unconstitutional. It would mean Trump was lying when he promised on the campaign trail to be the candidate of peace. Iran started it, they have tried to argue, we are just defending ourselves.

It’s hard to seem reasonable and measured when the secretary of defense — er, war — talks like a 13-year-old on hour five of a “Call of Duty” bender. Pete Hegseth has boasted of “Death and destruction from the sky all day. We’re playing for keeps. … Our rules of engagement are … designed to unleash American power, not shackle it ... we are punching them while they are down."

A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.

Lawsuit says president does not have authority to impose levies and demands refunds from federal government

A coalition of Democratic attorneys general and governors across 24 US states are suing Donald Trump to block his latest round of tariffs.

The White House is planning to enact a new 15% tariff on all imports after the supreme court declared Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs illegal. The tariffs have yet to go into effect, though the White House said the new rate would start this week.

The lawsuit, led by New York's attorney general, Letitia James, argues that Trump does not have the authority to impose these tariffs, and demands states are refunded for tariff costs. Attorneys general from 21 other states, along with the governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania, are joined in the suit, which is expected to be filed on Thursday in the US court of international trade.

The attorneys filing the lawsuit argue that no president has ever issued tariffs under section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, which they say was created for outdated monetary balance problems. The law caps the tariff rate and time to 15% for a maximum of 150 days.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke from Tehran in an exclusive interview with "NBC Nightly News" anchor Tom Llamas.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday that his country is ready for a ground invasion by American troops as the war launched by the United States and Israel has quickly spread across the region. He also refused any negotiations with the U.S. and said that Iran had not asked for a ceasefire.

His comments came after the U.S. and Israeli militaries began a sweeping attack on Iran on Saturday, which decimated its military defenses and killed its top authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Barack Obama on Thursday threw his support behind a redistricting effort in Virginia that aims to flip four Republican-held US House seats ahead of November’s midterm elections.

In a video endorsement, Obama urged Virginians to support a referendum on a new map to ensure “your voting power is not diminished by what Republicans are doing in other states.”

Obama’s public backing comes a day after the state Supreme Court cleared the way for the April 21 election in which voters will decide whether to change the state’s constitution to allow for the map redraw. Early voting opens Friday.

Ukraine's F-16 fighter jets didn't have enough missiles to shoot down Russian drones and missiles for more than 3 weeks after supplies from Kyiv's partners dried up just as Moscow was preparing a massive winter air campaign, three sources said.

The acute shortage from late November to mid-December, which has not been previously reported, lays bare the vulnerability of Ukraine's air defences which ​rely heavily on Western allies for missiles and defence systems to repel frequent Russian strikes.

Kyiv has often complained about a lack of weapons since the full-scale war began more than four years ago, sounding the alarm over critical shortages in recent months ‌while seeking not to anger Donald Trump's administration.

Noem decided the contracts instead of allowing a competitive bidding process for the jobs, according to three administration officials and internal communications reviewed by NBC News

Kristi Noem handpicked contractors to lead a $100 million campaign to recruit Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers instead of allowing competitive bidding for the jobs, according to three administration officials and internal communications reviewed by NBC News.

Typically, multiple companies are allowed to bid on a contract and officials who handle government procurement — not the leaders of departments — decide based on who can do the best job for the lowest price.

Donald Trump announced in a social media post Thursday that Noem would leave office effective March 31. Her place in the administration became increasingly unstable following the killing of U.S. citizens during immigration operations in Minneapolis; her fraying relationship with the U.S. Coast Guard, the only branch of the military under her command; and her comments this week in a Congress hearing that rankled Trump.

Democratic-backed measure that would have forced US to withdraw troops failed by a vote of 212-219

The US House of Representatives on Thursday voted down a Democratic-backed measure to halt hostilities with Iran, as Republicans cleared the way for Donald Trump to continue the conflict that has drawn in countries across the Middle East, but criticized as having unclear goals.

By a vote of 212-219, the House voted to reject a war powers resolution proposed by Thomas Massie, a Republican representative, and Ro Khanna, a Democratic representative, which would have forced the US to withdraw from the conflict until Congress authorized military action. The vote was largely along party lines, with two Republicans breaking with their party to support the resolution, and four Democrats voting against it.

The measure’s failure in the House came after the Senate GOP rejected a similar war powers resolution on Wednesday. Republicans control both chambers of Congress and their leaders have made clear that they believe Trump was authorized to initiate the air and naval campaign that began over the weekend, prompting Tehran to launch drones and missiles across the Middle East. Six US troops have been killed, as well as 1,230 people in Iran.