Follow the latest news on the major headlines of the day. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the U.S. will “take as long as necessary” to investigate the deadly missile strike on an Iranian elementary school and won’t be rushed by reports published Thursday concluding that the U.S. is at fault. “We’re not going to let reporting lead us, or force our hand into indicating what happened in a particular situation because the truth matters,” he said when asked about reports of preliminary