Dubai/Washington: The U.S. military has announced another night of strikes on Iran on Wednesday as both sides are increasingly targeting civilian infrastructure.
The U.S. Central Command once again said the strikes are designed to “further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters.”
Earlier Wednesday, President Donald Trump warned Iran that the US will destroy one bridge or power plant each time Iran shoots a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
Speaking from the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump gave a dim view on possible talks, saying the U.S. had “no interest in meeting.”
The House adopted a Republican-only $95 billion proposal, a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other priorities of Trump over objections from Democrats and a few GOP holdouts in a final push before the midterm elections. House Republicans were divided over the plan, with conservatives wary because there are no offsetting budget cuts.
Trump paid respects to four U.S. service members who were killed in the Middle East and returned to their families at an Air Force base in Delaware. It’s the third dignified transfer that Trump has attended since he launched the war in Iran in February
New protections for endangered right whales in the North Atlantic would be postponed for nearly a decade under a plan that cleared a key hurdle in Washington with the full-throated support of the fishing and lobster industries.
Environmentalists say this could spell the end for the vanishing whales, which can drown after getting tangled up in fishing gear or being struck by boats. There are only about 380 North Atlantic right whales left.
The federal government has already paused any new right whale rules until 2028, and the House Natural Resources Committee voted on July 15 to extend that moratorium to 2035. A vote by the Republican-controlled Congress could happen as soon as this summer, and is almost certain to pass.
President Donald Trump’s administration has thrown its support behind U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat from Maine, in his efforts to further delay new regulations aimed at protecting right whales.
Fishing industries say they already follow some of the most comprehensive conservation measures in the world and more rules might drive them out of business.
