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BABYLONBEE (Babylon Bee) - New 'Communist Catan' Expansion Set Just Makes Players All Wait Their Turn For Grain

U.S. — A new "Communist Catan" expansion pack for the popular board game will have players just sit and wait for their turn to collect small amounts of grain.

AXIOS (Josephine Walker) - Supreme Court's Hawai'i gun law ruling narrows playbook for other states

After the Supreme Court struck down Hawai'i's gun law Thursday, lawmakers and gun-control advocates are reassessing which firearm restrictions they can enact that this court will let stand. Why it matters: The ruling shows how hard it has become to design modern gun laws under the court's exacting standard, which asks whether any new restrictions fit within the nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation. - Hawaiʻi crafted its law specifically to survive that test — and still lost, 6-3. Driving the news: The court's ruling in Wolford v. Lopez determined that the state can't force private businesses open to the public to be gun-free zones. - The justices effectively shifted the burden of keeping guns out of private…

THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Iran Attacks Ship in Strait of Hormuz, Defying U.S. Deal.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has attacked a Singapore-flagged commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, despite the memorandum of understanding with the United States.

An attack on a commercial vessel by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Strait of Hormuz has raised tensions and cast doubt on a recent memorandum of understanding between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has attacked a Singapore-flagged commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, despite the memorandum of understanding with the United States. DETAIL: The attack occurred on Thursday off the coast of Dahit, Oman, at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global shipping chokepoint. Approximately 20 percent of oil exports pass through the Strait of Hormuz. The attack follows a memorandum between the United States and Iran…Open

WAR (Matthew Olay) - National Guard Leader Says Domestic Missions Improving Troop Readiness

Domestic missions like the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force are helping build troop readiness rather than detracting from it, Army Maj. Gen. Ronald Burkett II said during a media roundtable discussion.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Rich McHugh) - California mom fighting uphill battle to strengthen DUI laws

"Until California has some real change, I will not be silent," Jennifer Levi told NewsNation.

BABYLONBEE (Babylon Bee) - Mesmerized Europeans Begin Worshiping Bucc-ee Beaver

U.S. — According to sources, European tourists visiting the United States for the World Cup became mesmerized and bowed in worship to the golden statue of Bucc-ee Beaver.

NYTIMES (Helene Cooper) - Complaint Seeks Disclosure of Pentagon’s Agreement With Scouting America

The Pentagon and the organization have given contradictory accounts of an agreement reached in February.