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What We’re Reading: Trump’s Truce Restored, Is Iran Strike Legal?, Dems Try Impeachment … And More

News, issues and events that caught our eye.

Trump Truce: On-Again, Off-Again, Can It Hold?

Trump Drops F-Bomb on Iran AND Israel for Ignoring Ceasefire — PJ Media

Israel’s Final Accomplishments In Iran . . . — Frank Furter, X

Israel: Six Killed In Last-Ditch Iran Missile Attack — Times Of Israel

Israeli intel assesses that Iran’s nuclear program set back ‘several years,’ but not destroyed — official — Times Of Israel

President Trump Kept 30 Years of Broken Promises — Front Page Magazine

Uh-Huh: ‘Iran’s swift response forced enemy to end hostilities, Supreme National Security Council says — Tehran Times, whose motto is ‘Straight Truth’

Trump says he’s opposed to regime change in Iran, says it will bring ‘chaos’ — Times Of Israel

Trump Rejected Putin’s Iran Offer: ‘I Need Help With You’ — Newsweek

Five Takes on Bombing Iran — Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit, Substack

Ten Iranian Questions — Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Trump’s Iran Strike Shows Precisely Why Elections Matter — National Review

But What About Democrats’ Response?

Democrat Al Green Files Article of Impeachment Against Trump over Iran Strikes — Breitbart

79 Democrats Vote To Impeach Trump — Politico

‘We Came, We Saw, He Died’: Dems’ Breathtaking Hypocrisy on War Powers — Hot Air

Ben Rhodes: Obama Admin Threw Israel Under Bus at U.N. to Pressure Jewish State — Washington Free Beacon

Obama Bros Go Ballistic After Trump Bombs Iranian Nuke Program — Washington Free Beacon

The Left Calls Trump’s Iran Strike ‘Illegal.’ Its History of Inconsistency Says Otherwise — VDH, The Daily Signal

Dysfunctional Megacities, Pt. 1: Some New York News . . .

N.Y. Plans to Build Nuclear Power Plant — Newsmax

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is poster child for ‘luxury beliefs’ — Times of London

Want to know how a socialist mayor would govern New York City? Ask Chicago — Editorial, Chicago Tribune

Dysfunctional Megacities, Pt. 2. . . And News From L.A.

California’s ‘Lightning Speed’ LA Fires Rebuild Moving At Snail’s Pace — Daily Caller

Insurrectionist LA Should Not Host the 2028 Olympics — Front Page Magazine

Commission Proposes New Local Authorities for Palisades, Malibu, Altadena After Fire — Breitbart

Mayor Karen Bass admits it: Los Angeles would shrivel without its illegals — American Thinker

BONUS: Newsom the Napa Nero: Sipping Cabernet While Los Angeles Burns — American Thinker

Miscellaneous, But Important . . .

ICE Arrests 11 Iranian Nationals, Including One Who ‘Reportedly Served as Iranian Army Sniper’  — The Daily Signal

House Speaker Johnson argues the War Powers Act is unconstitutional — CNBC

The Left Has an Authoritarian Problem — American Thinker

Nato chief Mark Rutte praises Donald Trump for making Europe ‘pay in a BIG way’ — Financial Times

SCOTUS Hands Big Immigration Win to Trump Administration — PJ Media

Border Patrol Agents Violently Attacked During Los Angeles Area Deportation Operations — Breitbart

Attacks against ICE agents up by 500% — The Center Square

Fed’s Powell Admits the Data Supports Rate Cuts, But Anti-Tariff Views Stand in the Way — Breitbart

Why electricity prices are surging for U.S. households — CNBC

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