Podbit · The Bulwark Podcast
Trump and Pete Hegseth celebrated the Iran strikes as an unprecedented military achievement. But Kristol notes that by the July 4th celebration, no one was talking about it anymore — not even Trump in his own speech. Kristol's verdict: it was a humiliating defeat, and the silence is telling.
An ICE officer shot and killed a motorist in Biddeford, Maine — but the victim wasn't even the person named on the warrant. Sen. Angus King got that information directly from Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen, raising urgent questions about accountability.
After a third consecutive night of U.S. military strikes on Iran, Tehran is hitting back hard. Bahrain's missile alert system went off for a third time, and Iran targeted two UAE-linked tankers, killing one person and wounding eight others. The region is on edge.
The US is imposing a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz, with Trump arguing America deserves reimbursement for its security role in the waterway. This comes as the US also reinstated its blockade on Iran after Tehran threatened to close the strait entirely.
The US military completed a third straight night of strikes on Iranian military targets, with attacks lasting five hours. The UAE simultaneously reported Iran attacked two tankers, leaving one person dead and eight wounded.
Senator Lindsey Graham's death at 71 leaves the Senate without its budget committee chair at a pivotal moment. Without him, Republican plans for a partisan spending bill face an uncertain path forward.
The Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, repainted 'American flag blue' this spring, is being drained for the second time after algae turned the water green and the blue lining started peeling. The Trump administration is rehiring the same contractor — despite the failed first attempt.
CENTCOM is enforcing a full maritime blockade on all Iranian port traffic under Trump's orders, after three straight nights of US strikes on Iran. The US will also charge a 20% fee on cargo it protects passing through the Strait of Hormuz — a waterway that once carried 20% of the world's oil freely.
US strikes on Iran and Iranian retaliatory attacks on US Gulf allies are escalating. Trump has simultaneously declared the ceasefire dead and said peace negotiations are ongoing — leaving allies and markets in limbo.
Iran attacked two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one person and wounding eight others, according to the UAE. The attacks underscore the growing danger to commercial shipping in one of the world's most critical oil chokepoints.
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