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Quill Lawrence
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From April through June, the US-enforced blockade turned back 140 vessels and fired on nine that did not comply.
Before the US and Israel attacked Iran in February, tanker traffic moved freely through the Strait of Hormuz, supplying 20% of the world's oil.
President Trump posted on social media that the US would begin charging a 20% fee on cargo it protects passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
Nine vessels that did not comply with the US naval blockade of Iran were fired upon between April and June.
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.
ICE officers fatally shot a Maine motorist who was not the target of the warrant they were serving. Maine senator Angus King confirmed this after speaking with Homeland Security secretary Mark Wayne Mullen — making it the second ICE-related fatal shooting in a week.
US district judge Kathleen Williams tore into Trump's IRS lawsuit in a 56-page ruling, finding it was filed in bad faith to manipulate the judicial process. The suit resulted in a nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund that has since been scrapped, and one Trump lawyer has been referred for disciplinary action.
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.
South Carolina governor Henry McMaster appointed Darlene Graham, Lindsey Graham's sister, to fill the late senator's seat. She'll serve through January, with a Republican primary scheduled for August 11 to determine the next nominee.
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.
Nearly a year after Congress eliminated federal funding for public media, NPR is relying on listener support to keep operating. The broadcaster frames the appeal as a matter of press freedom, not just budget.
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Israeli airstrikes killed at least 13 Palestinians across Gaza on Tuesday, including seven civilians at a police post in Northern Gaza where people had gathered to file complaints. A 10-year-old child was also killed by Israeli gunfire.
Trump ordered a resumption of the naval blockade on Iranian ports and escalated missile strikes, after a ceasefire collapsed over disputes about the Strait of Hormuz. Between April and June, the blockade turned back 140 vessels and fired on nine that defied it.
Iran has been striking US allies in the region and attacking tankers it claims are violating Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait is a critical chokepoint for global oil supplies.
The House passed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent by a wide 308-117 margin. If enacted, Americans would never have to change their clocks again — though individual states could opt out.
The Writers Guild of America filed a lawsuit to block Paramount's $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, alleging the merger would harm US film and TV writers. They joined a 12-state coalition led by California that filed suit the day before.
South Africa deported 53,000 undocumented migrants — mostly from Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique — in a single month. Beyond official deportations, thousands more are self-deporting out of fear of weekly, sometimes deadly, xenophobic protests led by a group called March and March.
A ceasefire paused the US-Iran war in April, but the two sides immediately disagreed on how a June memorandum of understanding handled shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. That dispute is now driving a renewed military confrontation.
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