Lindsey Graham is gone, Congress is back, and the Middle East is on fire. Again.
Just a casual weekend update where US airstrikes are a weekly routine, Gulf states are dodging retaliation, and Washington is about to get incredibly loud.
So, we are officially in a "weekend routine" of bombing Iran. The US military has hit Iranian targets for the third weekend in a row, and Iran decided to punch back by hitting Gulf nations. It's like a devastating, high-stakes game of ping-pong where nobody wins, but the drone manufacturers are probably popping champagne.
Meanwhile, Lindsey Graham, one of the most prominent and loudest voices in American foreign policy for decades, passed away on Saturday at 71. Love him or hate him, the Senate is going to feel weirdly quiet without him constantly calling to bomb someone on cable news.
And to top it all off, Congress is returning from recess this week. They get to walk right back into this absolute mess, probably with some major budget deadlines looming and absolutely zero desire to cooperate on anything.
Some people get to spend their Mondays recovering from a mild hangover, while Washington gets to figure out how to navigate a massive power vacuum and a regional war at the same time.
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