The Hound | April 2

Hi there,

It’s Thursday. Artemis II blasted off successfully yesterday evening, beginning a 10-day mission around the Moon. The UK gathered 40 other countries and began plotting a way to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. And Donald Trump delivered an address to the nation last night on the Iran War amounting to nothing, just more bluster and uncertainty about the reasons for entering the war and goals of the conflict.

Even as military operations intensify and global consequences mount, reporting shows shifting goals, contradictory statements, and uncertainty about core objectives like reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Allies have questioned the lack of direction, and even administration officials have struggled to articulate what success looks like. When coverage repeats official claims about progress or imminent victory without examining contradictions, it obscures the confusion and instability driving the conflict.

🖊️ Add your name to call on major news organizations to cover the Iran war honestly—examining the absence of a clear strategy, highlighting inconsistencies in the administration’s claims, and explaining the real risks of an open-ended conflict without defined goals.

The public deserves reporting that confronts uncertainty and holds leaders accountable when they take the country to war without a plan.

Read about this, and more, with today’s stories:

The Opening of Trump’s Box (The American Prospect)

UK gathers more than 40 countries to plot ways of reopening the Strait of Hormuz (AP News)

Trump’s Corrupt Pardons May Well Be the Most Corrupt Thing About Him (The New Republic)

In a thunderous launch, Artemis II astronauts leave Earth. Here's what's next (NPR)

Bernie Sanders Backs Claire Valdez in NYC House Race Dividing Left and Progressives (The Intercept)

Why Doesn’t Texas, the Leader of Onshore Wind Energy, Have Any Offshore? (Inside Climate News)

They Endured Child Separation and Received Legal Status. Now ICE Is Trying to Deport Them. (The Marshall Project)

Until next time,

Harry from The Hound

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