About this episode

The episode discusses Iran's retaliation against U.S. attacks, a whistleblower's claims about mail ballots, and political debates surrounding public health and measles deaths.

Wednesday on the News Hour, Iran launches more strikes in retaliation for U.S. attacks. We speak with the attorney for a whistleblower who alleges the U.S. Postal Service is rushing a mail ballot system that could affect millions of midterm votes. Plus, Trump administration officials cast doubt on the role measles played in two deaths, sparking another political debate over public health. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

People in this episode

Host: PBS News

Topics covered

• Iran strikes
• U.S. Postal Service
• whistleblower
• midterm elections
• public health debate
• measles deaths

Keywords

• Iran
• U.S. Postal Service
• whistleblower
• midterm votes
• Trump
• measles
• public health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. Postal Service

Places: Iran, U.S.

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