President Trump said in the White House press room this afternoon that he's "not at all" concerned about war crime implications if he goes through with his threat to bomb bridges and power plants in Iran.

• Trump added: "I hope I don't have to do it."

Trump has set a deadline of 8 p.m. ET tomorrow for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face attacks against critical infrastructure.

• Trump said today: "We have a plan, because of the power of our military, where every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o'clock tomorrow night."
• He added that Iranian power plants would be left "burning, exploding and never to be used again."
• "The entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night," he said.

The president wouldn't say if any civilian targets, like schools, would be off-limits.

• Attacking civilian infrastructure is banned under international law, the office of U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned today.

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The four astronauts aboard Artemis II's Orion spacecraft have officially traveled the farthest from Earth any humans have gone before, Alex Fitzpatrick reports.

• They broke Apollo 13's 248,655-mile record, set over 50 years ago on that ill-fated ship's emergency flight home.
• Upon crossing that mark, Artemis II mission commander Reid Wiseman named a lunar crater "Carroll" — for his wife, who passed away from cancer in 2020.

🚀 The lunar quartet has farther to go yet.

• They'll reach their maximum distance (252,760 miles) just after 7 p.m. ET tonight.

🔭 When this hits your inbox, Artemis II will be starting its seven-hour lunar flyby.

• At 6:44 p.m. ET, the crew will enter a 40-minute radio blackout on the dark side of the Moon. (Cue Pink Floyd!)
• They will later witness a solar eclipse as the Moon blocks the Sun from their view.

🌎 Also planned: A chance to shoot a new version of "Earthrise" — perhaps the Apollo era's most famous photo not taken on the Moon itself.

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Initial bids are in for teams in the NBA's upcoming European league, Axios' Dan Primack reports.

• NBA Europe is expected to include around 15 teams in a dozen cities, with play beginning in October 2027 or later.

💰 Multiple bids exceeded $500 million, and some hit $1 billion.

• Suitors included owners of existing EuroLeague basketball clubs and European soccer clubs.

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