NBC Nightly News S2026E70 - Mar 19 Thur

The U.S. is accelerating the deployment of thousands more marines and sailors to the Middle East, according to two people familiar with the decision. It comes as Iran has launched new attacks on its neighbors. NBC News' Keir Simmons reports. President Trump said he's not sending ground troops to Iran. NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez reports. Key TSA checkpoints are gridlocked, with 38% of TSA officers calling out in Atlanta and Houston, two major airports. Congress has made little progress reaching a deal to end the partial government shutdown. NBC News' Tom Costello reports. Corey Lewandowski, a powerful aide to outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, is facing allegations he solicited payment in exchange for security contracts at DHS, according to multiple industry sources and government officials. NBC News' Julia Ainsley reports. Devastating news in the search for 20-year-old Jimmy Gracey, who went missing early Tuesday morning after a night out with friends in Barcelona. Family and friends have been desperately searching for clues but today, his body was found by the popular beach where he was last seen. NBC News' Molly Hunter is in Barcelona. It was an emotional moment for Rhode Island high school senior Colin Dorgan when he helped win the state championship for his Blackstone Valley ice hockey team, mere weeks after the tragic shooting deaths of his mother, brother and grandfather at another game. Tom Llamas reports.