Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has formally requested an update on Senator Mitch McConnell’s health, because the 84-year-old’s office has been about as transparent as a brick wall since he was hospitalized on June 14. Beshear, in a statement that reads like a polite but pointed intervention, said: “Allowing speculation to continue in the media is not fair to the Senator or to Kentuckians.” He added a wish for a “safe and speedy recovery,” which is about as diplomatic as you can get when you’re basically saying, “Dude, just tell us what’s going on.” McConnell’s office has declined to specify what he’s being treated for, leaving GOP colleagues to do damage control by insisting he’s fine and recounting their recent chats with the former Republican leader. Meanwhile, the usual Washington chaos continues: Chuck Schumer slammed Trump’s Iran strikes as a “total, utter disaster,” Andrew Giuliani defended lobbying FIFA over a red card by claiming the referee was “akin to a match-fixing investigation,” and Trump complained that Spain, France, and the UK didn’t help enough with Iran - because nothing says “NATO solidarity” like calling your allies “weird.” A federal appeals court also ruled that Trump’s name can’t go back on the Kennedy Center facade just yet, and a judge tossed Trump’s $3.8 billion defamation suit against the Washington Post, because apparently “actual malice” requires evidence. In Maine, the Democratic Party is scrambling after Senate candidate Graham Platner’s campaign imploded amid sexual assault allegations, with one strategist noting that the party can “still steal victory from the jaws of defeat.” And oil prices jumped 5% after Trump declared the US-Iran ceasefire “over,” because nothing says “stable markets” like a president saying he’ll hit Iran “hard again tonight.”