Iran-backed Houthis say they will blockade a waterway on the Red Sea. And, the FDA continues to investigate Taylor Farms lettuce as a source of the Cyclospora outbreak despite a retracted test.
Source: [NPR News](https://www.npr.org/2026/07/21/g-s1-134720/up-first-newsletter-yemen-houthi-iran-war-pete-hegseth-pentagon-fda-cyclospora)