Two blockades, one Strait: Trump’s Hormuz claim tested as Iran pushes back

Trump touts US control of the Strait of Hormuz even as Iran seizes ships and mine-laden waters complicate navigation, with the resulting dual blockades keeping oil near $100 a barrel as a US operation targets Iranian crude. The digest also notes EU pushback on a Balkans pipeline linked to Trump associates, Senate Republicans backing immigration crackdown funding, marijuana reclassification, a court overturning a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, Trump hosting a crypto investor event, a NYT report about an FBI probe into Kash Patel’s girlfriend, and other items including a DOJ OIG audit, a Baton Rouge shooting, SSA funding chaos, Lockheed Martin’s increased contracting, AI-driven layoffs at Meta and Microsoft, and the arrest of Mexican mafia members.