‘A ghost town smelling of gunpowder’: Tehran residents describe aftermath of Israeli strikes  BBC ‘If they don’t stop, Tehran will turn into Gaza’: Iranians describe night… [more]

Trump’s Strait of Hormuz Problem  The New York Times Trump admin announces $20 billion reinsurance program for oil tankers during Iran war  CNBC The big problem with… [more]

Live updates: Israel strikes Tehran, Beirut while Trump wants a say in selecting Iran leader  CNN Middle East crisis live: Israel bombards Tehran and Beirut as… [more]

Mother and daughter reported dead after tornado strikes northern Oklahoma  KOCO Severe storm risk remains for Friday in Oklahoma  KOCO Tornado kills 2 in Oklahoma as tornado… [more]

Trump fires Kristi Noem. And, DOJ releases some missing Epstein files  NPR How Kristi Noem finally lost Trump — and her job  CNN Capitol Hill Dems hail… [more]

All the polls on the U.S. war in Iran so far  Strength In Numbers | G. Elliott Morris Poll: A majority of Americans opposes U.S. military… [more]

The clock is ticking on tariff refunds  Axios How 2 court rulings this week shifted the tariff refund debate  Yahoo Finance U.S. companies denied refunds on Trump’s… [more]

DFC Announces $20B Plan for Maritime Reinsurance in the Gulf  DFC (.gov) The big problem with Trump’s plans to open the Strait of Hormuz  CNN Iran’s Guards… [more]

Sri Lanka takes custody of an Iranian vessel off its coast after US sank an Iranian warship  AP News Why the Torpedoed Iranian Warship Is a… [more]

Cost to US for war on Iran is $3.7bn in first 100 hours, says think tank  Al Jazeera Here’s how much the war with Iran is… [more]