The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries. 

• Tensions are at a boiling point as Iran has seized multiple ships in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting President Trump to direct the U.S. Navy to “shoot and kill” and vessels laying mines 
• Texas Governor Greg Abbott has extended the deadline for the city of Austin to change its police department’s policies on cooperating with federal immigration agents 
• A U.S. Supreme Court appeal is in the works by the families who originally filed a lawsuit against the State of Texas for requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school classroom

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