Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 7.14.26

Today’s edition of quick hits. * The ongoing war: “The U.S. … carried a new round of strikes on military targets in Iran ahead of its blockade of Iranian ports, a U.S. official told MS NOW. … U.S. Central Command later confirmed it the strikes, saying in a statement, ‘an additional round of strikes against Iran to continue degrading Iranian capabilities used to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.’” * Encouraging news on inflation, but for how long? “Consumer prices posted their biggest decline in more than six years during June as a sharp swoon in energy prices provided at least temporary relief from this year’s inflation surge, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday.” * In Minnesota: “Federal prosecutors turned over key evidence long sought by Minnesota investigat