Today's five.

Iran launched drones and ballistic missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain over the weekend, then agreed to stop — all within roughly 48 hours, which is a pace of escalation that should concern everyone who owns a shipping container. The fighting stems from competing interpretations of the ceasefire deal itself, specifically who controls traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. The Hill led with the Iranian strikes; Axios led with the agreement to resume talks in Doha on Tuesday. Both stories are accurate. They just caught different frames of the same very fast-moving car crash. The MOU that ended the war may need its own MOU.

Pakistan's security forces killed 29 militants in a ground operation and airstrikes along the Afghan border — official language: "calibrated strikes against hideouts and safe havens," which is military for "we've had enough." The operation came one day after gunmen hit the Rangers' regional headquarters in Karachi, killing three soldiers; one attacker was captured, identified as Afghan. Bloomberg called it the biggest cross-border flare-up in weeks. CBS led with the Karachi attack as the trigger. Pakistan and Afghanistan have been doing this particular dance for years, and neither side has changed the choreography.

Turning your opponent's insults into a convention chant is either genius or a sign you've run out of options — Texas Democrats went with genius. At their convention in Corpus Christi, Land Commissioner candidate Ben Flores embraced every attack Republicans have lobbed at Senate nominee James Talarico: the trans allegations, the dietary habits, the eternal destination. The crowd loved it. Talarico is a former teacher, current Presbyterian seminarian, and now the Democratic nominee facing Ken Paxton in a state Republicans haven't lost statewide since 1994. All four outlets covering this led with the same quote, which suggests even critics recognized a moment when they heard one.

Twenty-minute tributes are supposed to be the whole thing, but Lauryn Hill apparently had other plans. After SZA, Doechii, Lizzo, Queen Latifah, Common, and both of her children worked through her catalog at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, Hill accepted the Living Legend Icon Award — then just kept going, performing "Ex-Factor" and "Everything Is Everything" like the tribute was a warmup. Janet Jackson also appeared, stunning Teyana Taylor in what sounds like it was a genuine surprise. Druski made history, though the nature of it wasn't specified, which is somehow very Druski. Hill's advice to artists: embrace your gifts and stay true to your purpose. She said she fights for them. The crowd believed her.

Hospitals are still hesitating before treating miscarriages, which is what happens when medical decisions get tangled up in legislation written by people who aren't doctors. Mylissa McNeill was denied prompt miscarriage care in August 2022 — weeks after Dobbs — and describes a cascade of health problems that followed. Her story isn't unique. Across states with abortion restrictions, clinicians and hospital lawyers are still parsing the same question: where does miscarriage management end and abortion begin? Four years in, that line remains genuinely unclear, and the uncertainty lands on patients before it lands on anyone else.