Some headlines that caught our eye.

Dems’ Budget Shutdown Ends With A Whimper

Senate Moves to Vote as Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown — New York Times

Trump drops new plan to terminate Obamacare — President Trump, Truth Social

Scott Bessent Flips Shutdown On Former Clinton Adviser George Stephanopoulos — The Daily Wire

Longest Shutdown Ever Reveals U.S. Could Stand To Fire A Lot Of Federal Workers — The Federalist

Why ‘Starving the (Government) Beast’ Feeds It Instead — The Daily Economy

Air Traffic: Control Or Chaos? — Cato Institute

School Daze: Education’s Biggest Failure

The Worst Education Challenge Isn’t Ideology, It’s Lazy Teachers — John Tamny, RealClearMarkets

Math teacher says he was called ‘ideologically violent’ for supporting standardized testing — The College Fix

Randi Weingarten’s Revisionist Narrative — City Journal

More college students favor socialism than capitalism, new poll finds — The College Fix

Trump’s Non-Stop Media Messaging Flummoxes Foes

Trump Is the Message Maestro — but Those GOP Senators Are Duds — Andrew Malcolm, RedState

BBC Bosses Resign After ‘Doctored’ Trump Footage Made It Look Like He Called for Jan. 6 Violence — Mediaite

Trump Proposing ‘Game Changing’ 50-Year Mortgage to Tackle Home Prices — Breitbart

Trump Is Not To Blame For Democrats Electing Violent Extremists — The Federalist

Politics, Violence And The Young

Peter Thiel: Capitalism Isn’t Working for Young People — The Free Press

America is bracing for political violence — and a big share think it’s sometimes OK — Politico

Mamdani’s ‘NYC will become Mumbai’ — Daily Mail

Energy Rich EU’s Self-Inflicted Disaster

Tory Leader Declares Oil and Gas Emergency in Scotland — Oilprice.com

The Climate Cult Fails Europe — American Thinker

Bonus: America at 250 Needs Energy Overhaul. ARC Is the Place To Start — Real Clear Politics

L.A.: Cartel Playground?

MS-13 gangsters used mountains around L.A. as killing grounds, prosecutors say — Los Angeles Times/MSN

Violence Against ICE Ramps Up

Shots fired at Border Patrol agents during ICE operations — The Post Millennial, X

ICE raids in Colorado highlight how violent the U.S. has become — High Country News

DHS: ICE officer’s face severely injured by detainee amid escalating violence toward officers — Police1

Miscellaneous Stuff …

The Heritage Foundation’s Meltdown — American Greatness

Starbucks Digs Own Grave With ‘Gender-Affirming’ Benefits — Daily Caller

Will Germany Deport 1.2M Syrian ‘Refugees’? — Front Page Magazine

Japan’s Auto Giants Are Ditching China — and Betting Big Somewhere Unexpected — AutoBlog

Nancy Pelosi’s legacy is the socialist takeover of her party — Fox News