Buildup: An American aircraft carrier has been dispatched to the waters off Yemen to stiffen the blockade of Iranian weapons to Houthi rebels. The USS Theodore Roosevelt is accompanied by a guided missile cruiser.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said, “We have seen evidence that the Iranians are supplying weapons and other armed support to the Houthis in Yemen.” The Navy now has nine fighting ships and three support vessels in the Yemen operation.

It’s not a good time for this. The US is knocking heads with Iran over its support for Yemini rebels while simultaneously trying to reach a nuclear weapons control deal.

Compounding the situation, The Washington Post’s Tehran bureau chief is being held and charged with espionage.

After the Fall: Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for ordering the arrest and torture of political protesters while he was in office. He faces several more trials on a variety of charges ranging from espionage to conspiring to commit terrorist acts.

Terror Bust: Federal prosecutors identified the six men arrested for trying to join the Islamic State army as Somali-Americans ranging in age from 19 to 21. All were from Minneapolis, which has become a hotspot for militant Islam.

Authorities believe only a handful of American residents have joined the Islamic State, compared to about 3,000 coming from Europe. But just last week a 23-year-old Somali-American from Columbus, Ohio, was arrested and charged with training in Syria and returning to the US to plot attacks.

Nation: The Texas makers of Blue Bell ice cream have recalled all their products in 23 states after the Centers for Disease Control traced eight cases of listeria to Blue Bell going back four years. The recall includes ice cream, frozen yogurt and sherbet. The company has shut down production and Blue Bell’s president said in a statement, “We are heartbroken about this situation.”

Migrant Crisis: Italian police have arrested the captain and a crewmember of a boat that capsized Saturday in the Mediterranean, killing what’s now estimated to be 800-900 African migrants. Investigators say the 66-foot boat collided with a merchant ship coming to help and the migrants shifted to one side, causing the rollover.

The Marathon*: Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa won the Boston Marathon for the second time yesterday, leading the field of men by 31 seconds. Caroline Rotich of Kenya won the women’s race. Kenyans and Ethiopians finished in the top three for both the men and the women.

*Yes, we know, it was 30,000 runners, not 30 as we said yesterday.

The Pulitzers: The Post-Courier in Charleston, SC, a newspaper with a staff of just 80 people, won the top Pulitzer Prize yesterday, the Gold Medal for Public Service. The paper published a series of stories called “Till Death Do Us Part” about the high number of deaths resulting from domestic abuse.

Some journalists are grousing that The Washington Post’s Carol Leonnig won for her stories on Secret Service screw-ups, despite having to write a major correction.

BookBeat: Hillary Clinton is already defending herself against accusations in a yet to be released book accusing her and former President Bill Clinton of getting rich selling out to foreign interests while Hillary was Secretary of State. She said such accusations “comes, unfortunately, with the territory” of running for president.

The author says Mrs. Clinton did favors for foreign interests while Bill raked in millions of dollars in speaking fees and donations for the Clinton Foundation.

The book, “Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich,” was written by a Republican operative named Peter Schweizer. It is being published by HarperCollins, owned by NewsCorp, which also owns right wing mouthpiece Fox News.

Media Matters said, “Schweizer has a disreputable history of reporting marked by errors and retractions, with numerous reporters excoriating him for facts that ‘do not check out,’ sources that ‘do not exist,’ and a basic failure to practice ‘Journalism 101.’”

But he sells books.

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