WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 3-4-26 (3/3)

Episode Date: March 4, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. Operation Epic Fury continues in the Middle East. Pentagon Chief Pete Higgith announced today that a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters. Eczeth told reporters Iran is at a distinct military disadvantage and that the U.S. plans to press that advantage. This was never meant to be a fair fight, and it is not a fair fight, which is exactly how it should be. Meanwhile, President Trump has ordered the U.S. to provide risk insurance for maritime trade in the Middle East and said the Navy will escort tankers through the strait of Hormuz if necessary. Elsewhere in the region, Israel hit the Lebanese port city of Saiden Tuesday.

The Israeli military said it was targeting members of the Iran-backed terror group, Hezbollah. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heard there warning the Lebanese government and people that Hezbollah is dragging them into war. On Capitol Hill, members of a Senate panel grilled Homeland Security Secretary Christine Noem for more than four hours on Tuesday, sparring with her and one another on immigration enforcement. World's Harrison Waters has more.

In one fiery exchange, GOP Senator Tom Tillis noted that President Trump placed borders are Tom Holman in charge of operations in Minnesota in January. That came after a pair of fatal shootings involving federal agents, souring public perception of immigration enforcement. Who does Tom Holman work for? You are the president?

The president. Okay. Why is that? Because I believe the president recognized that you weren't getting it done in Minneapolis, and you're putting us further away from pointing to this. We're beginning to get the American people to think that deporting people is wrong. It's the exact opposite. The way you're going about deporting them is wrong.

Nome defended ICE operations, and while she expressed regret for protester deaths, she did not apologize for them. She also called out Democrats for blocking funding to the rest of DHS in their efforts to extract reforms. More than 100,000 dedicated DHS employees are once again being asked to work without pay for the third time in just five months.

Reporting for World, I'm Harrison Waters. Voters went to the polls in primary elections in several states on Tuesday. Former Democratic Governor Roy Cooper and ex-Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley have won their respective party nominations for a North Carolina U.S. Senate seat, but in Texas, officials are still counting votes in a big race for a GOP nomination for a U.S. Senate seat. That race was still too close to call as of this afternoon.

Incumbent GOP Senator John Cornyn is trying to fend off a challenge by Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. For World Radio, I'm Kent Covington. For more sound journalism grounded in facts and biblical truth, visit worldradyo.News. comes from Waters Edge, competitive rates, and supporting churches. 4.55% APY on a 13-month-term investment, watersedge.com slash invest.