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What We’re Reading: Iran War’s Big Stakes, Reluctant EU Allies, Billionaire Tax Hikes . . . And More

Some headlines, issues and news that caught our eye.

U.S.-Israel War With Iran: Roundup

47% Disapprove of Military Action Against Iran, 39% Disapprove — Real Clear Politics

Trump says he may have ‘forced’ Israel’s hand into war with Iranian ‘lunatics’ — Times of Israel

Two Questions Decide Whether The Iran War Is Brilliant Or A Disaster — Daily Wire

Trump, forever wars, and Iraq Syndrome — Washington Examiner

Vance Defends Operation Epic Fury After Years of Opposing Interventions — Real Clear Politics

Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba named Iran’s new Supreme Leader — Iran International

Iran firing missiles indiscriminately across the Mideast, U.S. ‘hunting these threats down’ — U.S. Centcom, X

Air Strikes Target Building of Iranian Council Responsible for Picking Khamenei’s Successor — The Epoch Times

CENTCOM: Tehran’s Gulf of Oman Fleet Wiped Out — ‘ZERO’ Ships Remain as U.S. Hits 1,250+ Targets — Breitbart

Who is Ali Larijani, the unofficial strongman in Iran? — Deutsche Welle

Three Cheers for the Secretary of War — Powerline

U.S. Ties With Reluctant European Allies Fray Over Iran

Trump Criticizes Starmer, Says Special Relationship in Peril — The Epoch Times

President Trump Threatens All Trade With Spain — WLT Report

Meanwhile, UK, France, Germany Slam Iran For ‘Reckless’ Retaliation – Are Ready To Assist Israel And US — Zero Hedge

Will Tax Hikes On ‘Billionaires’ Sink The Economy?

Sanders, Khanna Unveil $4.4 Trillion Tax Increase — The Washington Beacon

The Nightmare Scenario Leading to a Wealth Tax — Dan Mitchell, Center for Freedom and Prosperity

Can Billionaire Tax Cure California’s Healthcare Woes? — Real Clear Investigations

Supreme Court Ends Transgender Secrecy In Schools

Supreme Court blocks law against schools outing transgender students to their parents in California — Associated Press

‘Some kids will die,’ claims California Democratic Senate candidate Scott Weiner — Benjamin Ryan, X

Guess What? 2026 Election Is Already Beginning As 2028 Nears

Voters Head to Polls in First 2026 Primary Election: What to Know — The Epoch Times

Supreme Court Retains GOP District in NY, Giving Republicans Midterms Win — Conservative Brief

Hard-Left Democrats Push Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for 2028 Presidential Run — PJNewsletter

Poll: Republicans Surge in General Ballot, Move Closer to Defying History of Congressional Midterms — Breitbart

Miscellaneous, But Important, Stuff . . .

Trump’s Way of War — Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

Behind America’s New Industrial Revolution — The Epoch Times

The Democrats’ Epic Fury Over Iran Strikes — American Spectator

Trump to Attend White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner for the First Time as President — Legal Insurrection

Banned In California — Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution

California Attorney General Promises to Prosecute Anyone Investigating Somali Fraud — Daniel Greenfield, Front Page Magazine

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