Today’s edition of quick hits.

* Pennsylvania’s latest mass shooting: “Nine people, including a pregnant woman and two young children, were killed in a mass shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, police said Saturday.”

* In the Middle East: “The Saudi and Yemeni capitals were rocked by new strikes on Sunday, a day after the Iran-backed Houthi militia carried out a devastating attack on the Saudi capital’s airport, the kingdom’s deadliest attack in over a decade.”

* A closely watched case: “The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether the decision of the White House television press pool to halt coverage of President Donald Trump last month violated antitrust law, an agency spokesperson said Saturday.”

* Another closely watched case: “In a fiery hearing on Monday, a federal judge slammed the Trump administration for defying her order to give the court notice before taking down more than 10 trees on the East Potomac Golf Course in Washington, D.C. ‘I am just beyond disappointed in the government,’ U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said.”

* Prescription drug costs: “Millions of Americans who buy cheap drugs from Canada could soon lose access when a customs rule goes into effect later this month, a change that has sparked opposition from Democrats and some Republicans with the cost of living a top issue for voters ahead of midterm elections.”

* The White House hates the International Criminal Court about as much as it hates wind power: “The Trump administration announced on Friday that it was imposing severe financial sanctions on the International Criminal Court, its latest effort to cripple the global body that seeks to prosecute those accused of war crimes, genocide and other murderous criminal acts.”

* Judges, election workers and elected officials are also confronting increasingly common threats of violence: “Serving in public office in the United States is dangerous. From state and local government to Congress, an unending river of violent threats is washing through the mailboxes, offices, voice mail and texts of those who govern the nation. Thousands of public servants are living, working and, in the final weeks of election season, campaigning in a state of fear. And it’s getting worse, officeholders said in dozens of interviews.”

* A corrupted Department of Government Efficiency legacy: “Last year, billionaire Elon Musk unleashed a small army of Silicon Valley techies to drain what he called the ‘swamp’ of Washington — wielding the U.S. DOGE Service to slash at a bureaucracy they argued was bloated and corrupt. But today, many of his former DOGE foot soldiers have leveraged their government stints to fuel private-sector ambitions: building companies that tap government largesse or that deploy knowledge they garnered during their brief tenures in Washington.”

See you tomorrow.

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