President Trump dominated the political agenda with a sweeping and provocative foreign-policy move, announcing that the U.S. will effectively police the Strait of Hormuz, reinstate a blockade aimed at Iran, and impose a 20% cargo fee on shipping through the vital waterway — framing it as payment for American-provided security amid renewed regional instability. At home, Trump also moved quickly to shape the fallout from the death of longtime ally Senator Lindsey Graham, urging South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster to appoint Graham’s sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to fill the seat through the end of the term in January. Overseas, South Korea’s political turmoil deepened as ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to two years in prison for receiving illegal polling services, adding to mounting legal troubles that continue to shadow the country’s conservative establishment.