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Today’s edition of quick hits.
* The latest threat is focused on civilian infrastructure: “President Donald Trump warned Iran on Wednesday that the U.S. will bomb a bridge or power plant for each time Tehran fires at a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, the vital oil chokepoint that has remained largely closed to shipping traffic since Trump initiated military action against Iran.”
* On a related note: “[T]he U.S. launched missile strikes on Iran for the 11th consecutive night, according to U.S. Central Command. The attack ‘targeted Iranian military operations centers, maritime capabilities, aircraft hangars, drone storage facilities, and military logistics infrastructure,’ CENTCOM said.”
* In the Gulf Coast: “Tropical Storm Bertha, the second storm of the season in the Atlantic Ocean, came ashore in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, on Wednesday afternoon. As of 2 p.m., the disheveled tropical storm had crossed near the Biloxi Wildlife Management Area.”
* A case out of Louisiana that I’ve been keeping an eye on: “A special prosecutor on Wednesday dismissed felony criminal charges against Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, who was indicted on accusations of threatening the jobs of New Orleans officials who fought a Republican-led overhaul of courts in the heavily Democratic city.”
* A growing target list: “The Trump administration is weighing military action in the West African country of Mali to target an al-Qaeda-affiliated group known as JNIM, said current and former U.S. officials familiar with the deliberations. If approved, it would add an eighth nation to the list of countries where President Donald Trump has ordered strikes since the start of his second term — a chapter of his presidency that he initially said would be dedicated to ending global strife and redirecting U.S. resources to Americans.”
* Conservative political correctness in action: “Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration’s priorities.”
* I don’t mean to sound picky, but it doesn’t seem as though the administration is making America healthy again: “The United States has now reported the most measles cases in any year since 1991, not only surpassing all of last year’s record total, but also reaching the highest level in 35 years, with more than five months still remaining in 2026.”
* Did Aangad Singh get a raw deal at the National Civics Contest? NOTUS published a fascinating report that’s worth your time.
See you tomorrow.
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