Good morning.
Iranian allies announce a blockade in a second shipping waterway.
The Washington Post explains how the conflict is spreading further into the region.
We're seeing, especially the US side, trying to put intense pressure on Iran
by attacking targets they hadn't necessarily targeted before.
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and the Wall Street Journal goes behind the money flowing into MAGA Inc.
It's Tuesday, July 21th.
I'm Gideon Resnick in for Shumita Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
The US launched strikes in Iran for the 10th consecutive night on Monday,
as President Trump promised severe consequences for any further killing of American service members.
It comes as the conflict continues to spiral into a regional war.
Yesterday, the Houthi militia group, an important regional ally of Iran,
announced a blockade on oil shipments through another strait in the region,
dragging a second oil trading route into the standoff.
They are going to again start targeting Saudi shipping in the Red Sea,
which is kind of the alternative flow point for Saudi energy.
Michael Birnbaum is a White House correspondent at the Washington Post.
That strait through the Red Sea south of Yemen