Biden administration officials are drawing up plans for the US to respond to a potentially wider, protracted regional conflict in Middle East; Reports on internal conversations about scenarios that could potentially draw the US into another Middle East war - Politico
- US military is drafting plans to hit back at Iran-backed Houthi militants who have been attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea
- US officials say have not seen any sign that Iranian-backed groups have begun to decrease their targeting and worry the violence will only surge in the coming days