Turkey's Ministry of National Defense announced that a ballistic missile launched from Iran, after passing through Iraqi and Syrian airspace, was intercepted and neutralized by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) air and missile defense assets in the eastern Mediterranean as it headed toward Turkish airspace.

Appearing before a House Oversight hearing on Wednesday, Minnesota Democrat Governor Tim Walz attempted to defend his state's record against fraud allegations, arguing that the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" is being unfairly targeted.