News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
Iran said transit through Hormuz will normalize once security conditions are restored, after Trump returned from a visit to China with an agreed desire to reopen the critical maritime route but little in the way of a path to achieving it
— Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) May 16, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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Farmers across the Midwest are entering planting season under mounting financial pressure, as the Iran conflict drives up diesel and fertilizer prices — deepening an agricultural downturn that some say is the worst since the crisis of the 1980s.
— Axios (@axios.com) May 16, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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Trump says Iran war is worth the economic pain. These rural voters agree. reut.rs/4dL2y14
— Reuters (@reuters.com) May 16, 2026 at 6:25 AM
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The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world largest aircraft carrier, returned home to Virginia on Saturday after an 11-month deployment, the longest since the Vietnam War, that saw it support the U.S. war with Iran and the capture of Nicolás Maduro when he was Venezuela's president https://to.pbs.org/3RKTj8r
— PBS News (@pbsnews.org) May 16, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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A new financial disclosure shows Trump has traded millions of dollars worth of stocks in companies that include Nvidia, Palantir, Meta, Disney and more.
— Forbes (@forbes.com) May 15, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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President Donald Trump and Nigerian leader describe killing of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki as 'example of effective collaboration' in counterterrorism fight.
— USA TODAY (@usatoday.com) May 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid by Virginia Democrats to revive its new voter-approved congressional map that was drawn to advantage the party for the upcoming midterm elections.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) May 16, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Cassidy defiant as Trump's revenge campaign closes in
— Politico (@politico.com) May 16, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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"Law-abiding taxpayers should no longer have to pay for parental neglect," D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said at a news conference on Friday. "Parents: Do your job. Or we will do ours."
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) May 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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The agreement ends a three-year battle over transgender healthcare at the country’s largest children’s hospital. Advocates for trans rights raised concerns about politics shaping medicine.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) May 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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The acting head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's drug center, Tracey Beth Hoeg, said she had been fired from the agency.
— Reuters Legal (@legal.reuters.com) May 16, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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At least 80 people have died in Congo's new Ebola disease outbreak in the eastern Ituri province.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) May 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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The splashy nighttime phenomenon will be best observed on Saturday and Sunday nights n.pr/4ddMFjz
— NPR (@npr.org) May 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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