Iran attacks three ships, seizes two
Iran has attacked three cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz, seizing two of them. One of the ships had been about eight nautical miles off the coast of Iran when it was fired upon. Iran’s reports of the attacks came after President Trump announced that he has extended the ceasefire, which he previously had said would expire yesterday. Trump said the blockade of Iranian ports would continue and again threatened to attack Iranian power plants and bridges if the Iranians did not return to the negotiating table. But, the U.S. delegation that had been expected to go to Pakistan for the negotiations did not travel there on Tuesday as previously announced. Meanwhile, an Associated Press-NORC poll shows that only 33% of Americans approve of Trump’s overall performance, down from 38% last month. Only 30% approve of his handling of the economy. Only 32% approve of his handling of the war with Iran.
Trump administration sifts through voter rolls
The Trump administration has been working for nearly a year on an effort to weed out noncitizens from voter rolls using a faulty data system while keeping those plans hidden from courts and Democratic election officials, internal Justice Department communications obtained by CNN show. The Justice Department wants to run all state election roll data through a citizenship verification system operated by the Department of Homeland Security. A lawsuit has been filed in federal court by Common Cause and members of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington to stop the administration from doing that. States can already voluntarily use the Homeland Security program — known as the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlement or (SAVE) — to review their voter lists, but some reviews have shown it can produce false positives that wrongly identify eligible voters as noncitizens. The Constitution tasks the states with the job of running elections. Trump nonetheless has said he wants to “nationalize” elections.
Another midair collision averted
It’s been learned that the collision of two airliners at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was averted after collision avoidance equipment sounded cockpit alarms and controllers issued urgent instructions. Republic Airways Flight 4464, flying for American Airlines, was cleared to land on JFK’s Runway 31 Left, while Jazz Aviation flight 554, flying for Air Canada, was landing on the parallel Runway 31 Right. The American Airlines plane strayed into the path of the Air Canada flight. On Saturday, two Southwest Airlines planes narrowly avoided a midair collision at Nashville International Airport (BNA). An air traffic control error placed a landing plane into the path of a departing plane. The pilots took evasive action with vertical separation dropping to approximately 500 feet.
Democratic representative from Florida resigns
Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday, staving off a high-stakes vote on whether she should be forced out of Congress. Her decision to step down was announced just moments before the chamber’s bipartisan Ethics Committee was set to consider punishment against the congresswoman. The panel previously found her guilty of a slew of ethics violations, including accusations that she stole millions in pandemic relief funds and used it to bolster her 2021 campaign. If Cherfilus-McCormick had not resigned, she would have almost certainly faced an expulsion vote later this week on the House floor. In a statement posted to social media, the Florida Democrat maintained her innocence and denounced what she described as a “witch hunt” against her.
Tough questioning for Kevin Warsh
During a confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh, Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Democrats and Republican Thom Tillis from the Senate Banking Committee repeatedly attacked Trump as well as Warsh. Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren called Warsh “uniquely ill-suited” for the job, accusing him of acting as a “sock puppet” for Trump, who has said he would only choose a Fed chair who will cut interest rates. Warsh was asked why he failed to disclose any details about more than $100 million in his assets. Democrats also questioned Warsh about his former preference for keeping interest rates high to combat inflation and his reversal of that position. Trump, who wants rates low, has said Warsh would help slash rates as Fed chair. Wash refused to answer several questions that he viewed as “political” including whether whether Trump lost the 2020 election.
Hegseth ends requirement for military flu shots
Defense Secretary Hegseth has announced that the U.S. military will no longer require the annual flu vaccination for its members. He said that members of the military can get the vaccination if they want to do so, but it won’t be a requirement. Richard Ricciardi, a veteran and a professor at the George Washington University School of Nursing said Hegseth’s move is a serious lapse in judgment. He said that more flu illness will mean more missed duty days, more hospitalizations and more preventable readiness losses. Hegseth claimed “absurd, overreaching” medical mandates, like the military’s flu vaccine requirement, “only weaken our war-fighting capabilities.” The military’s flu vaccine mandate dates back to 1945 and was due in part to the flu’s impact on troops and threat as a bioweapon. The vaccination mandate was withdrawn in 1949 but reinstated in the early 1950s.
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