Iran is threatening “more intense and more painful” retaliation after American strikes reportedly disabled three Iranian oil tankers. Tehran claims it has already attacked several American-linked vessels, although the Pentagon denies that a U.S. Navy drone was successfully hit.

The Trump Justice Department has charged 50 noncitizens with voting or registration offenses in less than two years, nearly four times the 13 defendants charged during Biden’s four years. Seventeen Trump-era defendants have been convicted, most other cases remain pending and more than 24,000 potentially ineligible registrations have been referred for investigation.

The CDC has restored evidence suggesting Americans use firearms defensively between 60,000 and 2.5 million times a year, while a revised national survey puts the figure near 2.2 million.

Thirty-eight percent of Americans are estranged from a family member, encouraged by social media, political tribalism and online therapists who recast ordinary conflict as toxicity or trauma. Separation may be necessary in abusive relationships, but treating every difficult relative as disposable trains people to avoid the friction, forgiveness and self-examination that lasting love requires.