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Today: US Embassies close as Iran war spreads and the first primary races of 2026

Today as it Happened on Tuesday, March 3, 2026: America's war with Iran is expanding throughout the Middle East. On Tuesday, U.S. Central Command said American forces have struck over 1,700 targets, including mobile missile launchers, in Iran. But the conflict is now spreading throughout the region as Iran retaliates. Saudi Arabia's defense ministry says a drone attack struck the U.S. embassy there. That follows an attack on the U.S. embassy in Kuwait. No injuries were immediately reported in either incident. Those embassies, in addition to the U.S. embassy in Lebanon, are now closed, and more in the region are likely to follow. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testified in the Senate on Tuesday in her first congressional appearance since the shooting deaths of two protesters in Minneapolis galvanized widespread opposition to how the Trump administration was executing its mass deportation agenda. Noem's appearance in front of the Judiciary Committee also comes after a weekend shooting at a bar in Texas that is being investigated as a possible act of terrorism, leading to concerns that the escalating conflict in Iran could have repercussions for security in the U.S. And the 2026 midterm season began in earnest on Tuesday with two of the nation's most consequential Senate primaries playing out in Texas, a political behemoth that Democrats have been fighting to flip for decades. Primaries were also taking place in North Carolina and Arkansas. ------------------------------------- Join our newsletter at https://bit.ly/2q1tepr Follow us on Facebook:   / scrippsnews   Follow us on Twitter:   / scrippsnews   Follow us on Instagram:   / scrippsnews   Follow us on TikTok:   / scrippsnews