The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

As today's show begins, we're following multiple events on Capitol Hill: House Speaker Mike Johnson, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are all scheduled to appear. But first, we review the results from yesterday's key primary races. 

 
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As today's show begins we've just learned that President Trump has named Bill Pulte, the controversial director of the Federal Housing & Finance Agency, to succeed Tulsi Gabbard as acting director of national intelligence ... Key primary races across the country will be decided tonight, including the crowded governor's contest in California ... We have new CNN reporting involving women on Capitol Hill they fear harassment for reporting inappropriate behavior. 
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US Central Command says it intercepted two Iranian ballistic missiles, and Iran state media says Tehran is suspending talks with the US ... Rescuers desperately searching for the two men still trapped in a Laos cave say they've heard sounds of life from underground ... Protests explode again right outside an ICE detention facility in New Jersey amid allegations of unsanitary conditions and lack of adequate medical care. 

 
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First: CNN is live from the Laos cave rescue site, as divers work furiously to get five people still trapped to safety. 

Then: Blue Origin's rocket explodes during a ground test. What led to the catastrophe? 

And: Pam Bondi testifies to the House Oversight Committee about her handling of the Epstein files ... The US calls a Russian drone strike on an apartment building in Romania - a NATO ally - a "reckless incursion." 

 
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The US and Iran each struck the other overnight. What does this mean for that fragile cease fire and peace talks? ... Protesters clash with federal officials right outside the New Jersey ICE facility, where detainees continue a days-long hunger strike over conditions ... The DOJ is launching a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, who won civil lawsuits against Donald Trump for over $88 million. 
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