All Things with Kim Strassel

Sen. Tom Cotton on the Iran Blockade, Reconciliation and Surveillance

April 21, 2026·23 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

The U.S. blockade of Iran continues amid an uncertain round of peace negotiations, while Congress wrestles with the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown and the looming lapse of a key foreign surveillance tool. On this episode of All Things, Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Tom Cotton talks with Kim Strassel about the status of the blockade and the potential for regime collapse in Iran, why Democrats and Republicans are still far apart on funding DHS and ICE, and his efforts to get GOP members to agree to renew a central provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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