Trump’s ‘Project Freedom’ Underway & SCOTUS Rules On Abortion Access | 5.5.26

This Morning Wire episode from May 5, 2026, covers three key developments: US military efforts to secure oil shipping through the Strait of Hormuz amid Iranian harassment, a Supreme Court procedural pause on a ruling requiring in-person visits for the abortion drug mifepristone, and a House Republican investigation into potential fraud at Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue.

Project Freedom Secures Strait of Hormuz Shipping

As the Iran conflict reaches its 10th week, the US has launched "Project Freedom" to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for global oil flows. Heritage Foundation expert Victoria Coates explained that US forces successfully guided two ships out unmolested by routing them closer to Omani territorial waters, limiting Iran's ability to attack without risking war with Oman. Iran has fired missiles at US warships, sunk Iranian boats in response, and struck a UAE refinery near Fujairah, but Coates noted this reflects Iran's diminished reach—it can no longer target as far as Israel and is settling for closer, less effective strikes.