Midday Updates: Pentagon Targets a Senator as Trump Panics Over Tariffs and a Global Crisis Deepens

A rare military retaliation against a sitting lawmaker collides with Supreme Court anxiety, Venezuela fallout, and a sweeping vaccine rollback.

A volatile mix of power, law, and accountability is driving today’s news cycle. The Pentagon has taken the extraordinary step of moving to discipline a sitting U.S. senator. Donald Trump is publicly panicking that the Supreme Court may strike down his signature tariffs as Americans struggle with affordability. Overseas, the fallout from the U.S. raid on…