Live updates: DNC approves 2028 primary calendar; Iran responds to Trump’s Strait of Hormuz comments

# Why This Matters The DNC's early approval of the 2028 primary calendar signals a deliberate effort to prevent the chaotic delegate selection that plagued recent cycles, potentially giving frontrunners a clearer path to nomination while constraining insurgent campaigns that thrived on late-state momentum. Simultaneously, Iran's public rejection of Trump's assertions about the Strait of Hormuz—one of the world's most critical oil chokepoints through which roughly one-third of seaborne traded oil passes—raises the immediate risk of military brinkmanship that could disrupt global energy markets and drag the US into another Middle Eastern conflict. The juxtaposition underscores how domestic political decisions made today could constrain the next administration's flexibility in managing foreign crises, particularly if a reshaped Democratic primary produces a nominee less equipped to navigate Trump's combative approach to Iran. These developments reveal both parties positioning for 2028 while real geopolitical flashpoints remain unresolved, creating conditions where electoral strategy and international stability could collide.