Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 8.4.26

Today’s edition of quick hits. * In the Middle East: “A British maritime monitoring agency said a cargo ship reported being hit by a projectile overnight off the coast of Oman in the Strait of Hormuz, while the United States and Iran made opposing claims about whether they were holding talks.” * That we knew this would happen doesn’t make the outcome any easier to accept: “The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday advanced Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general to the Senate, which could hold a vote to confirm him as early as this week. The panel approved Blanche’s nomination on a 12-10 party-line vote.” * A case worth watching: “Twenty-five states sued the Trump administration Monday over its latest tariffs, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes the Supreme Court struck