Today’s notice: Congress grapples with the escalating Iran war. Hakeem Jeffries gets a DSA-shaped lifeline. Primary day in Arizona. A full legislative plate for House Republicans. And: Trump brings back (a version of) the tariffs.
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Fresh attacks: “It looked like things were tapering off, and now things look like they’re heating up,” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) told NOTUS as the Iran war inches closer to the five-month mark. With 17 service members confirmed killed in action and a hundred more injured since early July, there’s growing anxiety on Capitol Hill over the intensifying hostilities and the lack of justification for them.
The U.S. launched a new round of airstrikes yesterday, the 10th consecutive day of the assault. The Houthis in Yemen declared a “maritime blockade” against Saudi Arabia, blocking off another key waterway and potentially opening up a new front in the war.