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What We’re Reading: Iran Talks Go On, TrumpRx Cuts Prices, L.A.’s Crazy Mayoral Race . . . And More

Some headlines, issues and news that caught our eye.

Trump Shows Patience With Iran At Mideast Allies’ Urging

Trump Delays Action Against Iran — But Not Forever — Donald Trump, Truth Social

Trump says US will end Iran war ‘very quickly’ if talks fail — Iran International

U.S. Seized Iran-Linked Oil Tanker in the Indian Ocean — Wall Street Journal

Trump sets new deadline for Iran: Next week — ABC News, via MSN

Senate advances resolution to limit Trump’s Iran war powers for first time — CBS New, via MSN

‘Trump Rx’ Is Slashing Costs For Drugs

Trump touts a major TrumpRx expansion, adding more than 600 generic drugs — AP

Trump: First President Ever To Have Decline In Rx Prices — Rapid Response 47, via X

Trump and Mark Cuban’s Surprise TrumpRx Alliance Sends Big Pharma Reeling — International Business Times

L.A.’s Vote For Mayor Will Tell You A Lot About California Voters

Democrat voters keep making the same mistakes — Larry Elder, New York Post

Decline Is A Choice — Roundup, Instapundit

LA’s DSA Councilmembers back Karen Bass for Mayor, turning on fellow socialist Nithya Raman — NY Post

Are Pollsters Missing the ‘Silent Spencer Pratt Voters’? — Legal Insurrection

What Did U.S.-China Summit Achieve?

America: The Real Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon — Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

After the Trump-Xi summit, China, not America, is on the back foot — John Lee, The Hill

The World Economy After the Trump-Xi Summit — Project Syndicate, via TIPP Insights

Trade, Taiwan Questions Loom After China Summit — Carolina Lumetta, RealClearPolitics

Summit Wins, Xi’s Thucydides Trap, and China’s Great Reversal — RodMartin.org

Global Birth-Dearth Is Not Good News

The Global Fertility Crisis Is Worse Than You Probably Think — Derek Thompson

Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once — Financial Times

Falling birth rates don’t have to be a crisis — Vox.com, via MSN

Court Ruling Ends Trucking Industry’s Use Of Illegal Immigrant Drivers

SCOTUS Decision Hits Shipping Brokers Like a Ton of Freight — Beege Welborn, Hot Air

Court Ruling Has Immediate Effect On Truckers — NotTheBee

Justice is coming for victims of dangerous illegal-migrant truckers — New York Post

Britain’s ‘Silent Majority’ Starts To Roar

Unite the Kingdom’s new crusade has begun in the UK — and that’s a good thing — Andrea Widburg, American Thinker

‘Spiritual and Cultural Awakening’: Tens of Thousands of Britons Flood London For Tommy Robinson Rally — Breitbart

The far-Right has got a new weapon: glamorous young women — The Telegraph

AI Boom Continues: A Boon For Blue-Collar Workers, But Who Else?

The AI economy is rewriting the American Dream — and blue-collar workers are poised to win — CNBC

Google debuts new AI models, personal AI agents in effort to keep pace with OpenAI and Anthropic — CNBC

Can AI Replace Me Already? — Richard Hanania’s Newsletter

‘Chinese AI Models Cannot Defeat U.S. Big Tech’: — Goldman Sachs Forecast, via Asia Business Daily

‘Lower-value human capital’ is what bank CEO calls thousands of workers he’s cutting because of AI — MarketWatch

Miscellaneous, But Still Important, Stuff . . .

San Diego mosque shooters live streamed massacre, left manifesto detailing accelerationist views before one shot the other in murder suicide — The Post Millennial

A bad day to be a terrorist or drug kingpin …. — American Thinker

Justice Thomas: Courage in Defense of Natural Law Constitutionalism — John C. Eastman, The American Mind

Trump’s Border Czar Has a Smart Surprise for Sanctuary Cities Trying to Hide Criminals — Daily Signal

Venezuela Is Proving a Rare Successful Intervention — Jose Chalhoub, Real Clear World

Cuba Falling: What’s All This Talk About Drones? — Sarah Anderson, PJ Media

Civil war brewing at New York Times following publication of column alleging rape of Palestinians — Ynet News

Tell Us Something We Don’t Know: Journalists drink too much, are bad at managing emotions, and operate at a lower level than average: study — Business Insider

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