Today’s edition of quick hits.
* If this report is accurate, the conditions will likely have a major impact on the war: “A confidential CIA analysis delivered to administration policymakers this week concludes that Iran can survive the U.S. naval blockade for at least three to four months before facing more severe economic hardship, four people familiar with the document said, a finding that appears to raise new questions about President Donald Trump’s optimism on ending the war.”
* Difficult diplomacy: “Israeli and Lebanese officials will meet in Washington next Thursday and Friday for another round of peace talks, a State Department official and Israeli official told MS NOW.”
* In related news: “Lebanon has been struck by hundreds of projectiles this week, the United Nations said today, despite a ceasefire with Israel that went into effect last month.”
* Before you ask, I’ll go ahead and note that the judge in this case was a Trump appointee: “A federal judge in Georgia ruled Wednesday that the federal government did not have to return 2020 election records seized by the F.B.I., rejecting a request from Fulton County that the materials be returned.”








