Trump Says Iran Ceasefire Is Over, Trump Admin Launches H-1B Fraud Probe, and Women Harmed by Abortion Drugs Ask DOJ to Act – 7/9/26

Trump says Iran ceasefire is over, and women harmed by abortion drugs ask the Department of Justice to act. I'm Josh Mercer with your Morning LOOPcast. President Donald Trump said yesterday that the U.S.-Iran ceasefire is effectively over after Iranian forces attacked commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM said U.S. forces struck more than 80 Iranian targets in response, including air defense systems, coastal radar sites, command networks, and small boats. Trump said continued talks with Iran may be a waste of time, while Vice President Jeannie Vance put it bluntly, if Iran shoots at ships, the U.S.

is going to knock the hell out of them. The Trump administration, meanwhile, has launched a major investigation into fraud and abuse in the H-1B visa program. Vance announced the probe at a fraud prevention event in Milwaukee, saying the Department of Labor has begun subpoenas and investigations into foreign fraudsters accused of worker exploitation, labor trafficking, faking application info, and displacing American workers.

And 14 women harmed by abortion drugs are urging Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch to settle a lawsuit challenging mail-order abortion pills. They delivered a letter to Blanche yesterday focusing on Rosalie McKevich, who says her then-boyfriend used her information to obtain abortion drugs by mail and pressured her to take them even though she wanted to keep her baby. CatholicVote has also urged the Trump administration to shut down mail-order abortion pills. The saints of the day today are the 120 martyrs of China, priests, religious, and lay faithful, who gave their lives for Christ between 1648 and 1930.

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