Iran War Update

On tonight’s show, I’ll walk through the latest escalation in the Iran war, starting with the US blockade of Iranian ports using roughly 10,000 troops, more than a dozen warships, and dozens of aircraft -- and the claim that no ships made it through, with several turned back.

I’ll look at the strange contradiction in the US position: the Navy says it isn’t escorting vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, but Washington is still telling commercial shipping that the passage is safe. And I’ll get into Trump claiming new talks with Iran could restart in two days, even as Europe is reportedly discussing a postwar coalition to help reopen shipping lanes -- possibly without the US.

I’ll also cover the growing economic fallout. CNN reports wholesale inflation in the US has climbed to 4%, the highest annual rate in three years, driven in part by rising energy costs. The head of the International Energy Agency is warning that oil prices still may not reflect how serious the threat is if the Strait of Hormuz stays disrupted. And as Economist reporter Gregg Carlstrom points out, even if Iranian oil stops going to China entirely, China will just buy from somewhere else -- which means tighter global supply and higher prices for everyone else.

Then I’ll turn to the political and cultural chaos swirling around the broader story -- from Orban, Serbia, Slovakia, and the Kremlin’s shifting posture, to JD Vance telling the Pope to stay in his lane on morality. I’ll also cover Trump’s new feud with Giorgia Meloni after she defended the Pope, the resignations of Eric Swalwell and Republican congressman Tony Gonzalez amid a new sexual assault allegation against Swalwell, Turkey putting LGBT activists on trial for the supposedly "obscene" behavior of kissing, a USDA Easter email that sounds more like government-sponsored evangelism, Ukraine reportedly capturing an enemy position using only robotic systems and drones, and one of the weirdest stories of the day -- the senior FEMA official who claims he was teleported to a Waffle House.