The Daily Brief
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Good morning. Hospital workers on strike are sounding the alarm over a crisis of workplace violence: they are 7 times more likely to be injured at work due to violent acts than the general working population. In addition to pay, striking hospital workers say patient violence is an issue.
While rents dipped in 2026, landlord Brannon Potts still grew his profit by slashing three expense lines across his single-family and multi-family properties. The build-to-rent operator designs and builds each unit himself.
At the ballot box, the right's bench is cracking: embattled Rep. Cory Mills lost his re-election bid, another Trump gubernatorial pick fell, and a democratic socialist won a Democratic primary. The old resistance isn't losing — it's finished, as a socialist ended the career of the Trump impeachment era's most famous witness; in Florida, DSA member Angie Nixon notched an upset Senate primary win in Trump's home state.
The Trump administration is doubling down, touting its naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and previewing new sanctions as talks stall. The UAE cut all economic ties with Tehran after accusing Iran of firing ballistic missiles, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio steps back from the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, leaving them to Trump's envoys.