Kuwait Deputy Foreign Minister Hamad Sulaiman Mashaan summoned Iran’s ambassador to Kuwait, Mohammad Tutunji, and presented a diplomatic note protesting an attack on a Kuwaiti tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The previous day an oil/chemical tanker was struck near the strait; its fuel tanks caught fire, producing heavy smoke, and the crew abandoned ship.

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House Republicans cleared a procedural hurdle 241-211 to advance a short-term funding measure and a budget framework that underpins a $95bn partisan policy package via reconciliation. The stopgap aims to fund the federal government through December; leadership seeks to pass the CR Tuesday night and the House is expected to vote on a budget resolution Wednesday. Republicans intend to use the framework to draft and pass a third conservative policy package this Congress without Democratic support.