NYTIMES (Neil MacFarquhar) - Tanker Attacks Risk Overplaying Iran’s Hand, Analysts say
Iran’s history shows it is willing to dig in, even when it may suffer big losses.
NYTIMES (Tim Balk) - Graham Platner Suspended His Senate Campaign. Here’s What’s Next for Democrats.
The deadline to pick a new nominee is July 27 and candidates are already lining up. State party leaders said they would hold some form of nominating convention.
NYTIMES (Emily Cochrane) - Second Person in a Week Killed by Federal Task Force in Memphis
Tennessee authorities are investigating both shootings involving agents working with the task force in Memphis.
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NYTIMES (Lisa Lerer, Katie Glueck and Michael Kruse) - ‘A Slow-Rolling Disaster’: Inside the Implosion of the Platner Campaign
Graham Platner’s bid for the Senate inspired progressive Democrats. But the campaign, which he suspended Wednesday, was messy, disorganized and ultimately doomed by a steady drip of scandal.
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NYTIMES (Erica L. Green and Abbie VanSickle) - Trump Says He’ll Ask Supreme Court to Rehear Citizenship Case, an Unlikely Event
The last time the justices granted a rehearing request after a case decision was in 1965. The court has only once reversed itself after rehearing a case.
AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - With Iran ceasefire "over," Trump shifts to battle for Hormuz
The White House is preparing for what could become a multi-day or even multi-week exchange of fire with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz . - The length and severity of the new campaign hinge entirely on Tehran's next moves, U.S. officials tell Axios. Why it matters: A war that began with the goal of degrading Iran's missile capabilities and destroying what remained of its nuclear program has evolved into an open-ended fight over the world's most important energy chokepoint. - A U.S. official said the current escalation could last a day or two, a week or a month, depending on whether Iran continues its attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. - "We're going to slap them a bit so they understand we're not f*cking around," the…
ABCNEWS - 'He did not deserve to die,' son of man fatally shot by ICE officer in Houston says
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers shot and killed a Mexican national during an incident in Houston on Tuesday, the agency said.
AXIOS (Holly Otterbein) - Graham Platner says he's "suspending" Maine Senate bid
Maine Democrat Graham Platner announced Wednesday that he is "suspending campaign operations" for his Senate bid. - Platner indicated that he intends to withdraw from the race — but said the process to replace him "needs to be driven not from back rooms, but by the will of the people." Why it matters: His apparent departure — following a sexual assault allegation that he denies — leaves Democrats in chaos. Maine is one of the most critical midterm races in the country, complicating their already difficult path to retake the Senate. Driving the news: "We are suspending campaign operations," Platner said Wednesday night in a video posted on X . - Democrats have until July 27 to replace Platner with another candidate on the ballot…
NYTIMES (The Editorial Board) - Democrats Wanted a Fighter. They Still Need a Cause.
The trouble in Maine goes beyond a single candidate.
AXIOS (Neil Irwin) - Fed saw "upside risks" to inflation, disagreed on rate path
Federal Reserve officials saw a wide range of scenarios for how the economy and inflation will evolve at their meeting last month, leaving the central bank's policy committee divided over the path for interest rates ahead, according to minutes released Wednesday. Why it matters: In Kevin Warsh's first meeting as Fed chairman, he wrestled with significant factions of the Federal Open Market Committee who see ongoing price pressures from the AI buildout as well as one that is more confident that falling energy prices will calm inflation. - The minutes , released after the customary three-week lag, show that all members of the policy committee were ultimately on board with leaving rates unchanged last month. - The document, however, gives…