White House Warns Iran, Says Closing Hormuz Strait ‘Would Be Foolish’

The White House has warned Iran against closing the Strait of Hormuz in response to recent U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian military and nuclear targets. Iran’s Supreme National Security Council is deliberating blocking the channel, which forms a choke point for oil and gas shipped out of the Middle East through the Persian Gulf.

Afghanistan War Commission Holds Public Hearing

Congress’s Afghanistan War Commission holds a public hearing at 8:30 a.m. ET on June 23. Expert witnesses who served in senior military, intelligence, diplomatic, and policy roles during the administration of former President Barack Obama, as well as Afghan officials who served during the administration of former Afghan Preside… Original News Source Link – Epoch

REPLAY: Afghanistan War Commission Holds Public Hearing

Congress’s Afghanistan War Commission holds a public hearing at 8:30 a.m. ET on June 23. Expert witnesses who served in senior military, intelligence, diplomatic, and policy roles during the administration of former President Barack Obama, as well as Afghan officials who served during the administration of former Afghan Preside… Original News Source Link – Epoch

Senate Parliamentarian Nixes Immigration Enforcement, Other Items in GOP Megabill

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled over the weekend that some key provisions, such as one on immigration, did not meet the Senate’s reconciliation rules and could not be included in the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act to enact President Donald Trump’s signature legislative agenda items. The measures need to be in line with what