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What We’re Reading: Is Iran War Ending?, Leftist Assassins, AI’s P.R. Problems … And More

Some headlines, issues and news that caught our eye.

Is U.S.-Iran War Ending, Or Just Beginning?

U.S. Launches Fresh Strikes on Iran Hitting Missile Sites, Minelaying Vessels — Breitbart

Trump Demands Key Arab, Muslim Nations Join Abraham Accords as Part of Iran Deal — Legal Insurrection

White House: Iran Gets Nothing Unless It Gets Rid Of Its Nuclear Stockpile — The Federalist

Should U.S. ‘Go For Iran’s Jugular’ Instead Of Seeking End To Conflict? — American Thinker

Abraham Accords Could Be Trump’s Biggest Win — Roger Simon, Substack

Iran threatens retaliation after U.S. strikes in southern Iran — Washington Post

Iran Is Not Trying to Close Hormuz Anymore. It Is Trying to Own It — Geopolitical Monitor

America’s Sick Assassination Culture Just Gets Sicker

Another Attempt On Trump’s Life — Ann Althouse, blog

Reset The “Days Since Last Trump Assassination Attempt” Sign Back To Zero — BattleSwarm Blog

Report: Terrorist Planned to Kill First Daughter Ivanka for Revenge Against President Trump’s Elimination of Soleimani — Breitbart

Dressed To Kill: Women of the Left and the Cult of Violence Worship — Jeff Cunningham, Real Clear Politics

The Witches of Luigi Mangione — John Kass, John Kass News

AI Facing Criticism On Many Fronts, Some Surprising

Pope Leo XIV Issues Sweeping Teaching On Upholding Human Worth In A World Embracing Artificial Intelligence — Daily Caller

The Emerging AI Policy Consensus — Jared Hayden, Compact Magazine

AI’s Real Economic Footprint Is Massive — Breitbart Business Digest

Seven Ways to Avoid Losing Your Job to AI — Tyler Cowen, The Free Press

The terrifying rise of schoolboys making AI girlfriends, Instead Of Real Ones — The Telegraph, via Archive.today

U.S. Sends Cuba Clear Message: Time’s Almost Up For Communist Regime

Will US invade? Three ways Cuba crisis could play out now — BBC

Report Reveals CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s Boss Move During Recent Cuba Visit — Hot Air

Trump understands what Washington politicians forgot: Cuba is a major threat to America — Fox News

Democrats Suddenly Struggling As Midterms Loom

Democrats clearly learned nothing from their 2024 defeat — Ingrid Jacques, USA Today

Offensive Post That Politicized Military Deaths Deleted By Dems — PJ Media

Dems’ radicalism is their biggest problem — New York Post

A basic disconnect between Democrats, common sense, and truth? — American Thinker

Miscellaneous, But Still Important, Stuff …

Bad News For MAGA Haters: Trump-backed Ken Paxton beats incumbent John Cornyn in GOP primary runoff for Texas Senate seat — NBC News

All Democrat State AGs Were Invited To VP Vance’s Anti-Fraud And Corruption Discussion, None Showed. Why? — Ace Of Spades, Roundup

‘Trump House’ owner dies after brutal attack outside Escondido home — New York Post

Chevron Launches New Sign Campaign Targeting Sacramento as California Gas Prices Hit New Highs — Legal Insurrection

DOJ: Yale Med School Admits It Illegally Discriminates Against White, Asian Applicants — The Federalist

Gavin Newsom Has a Kamala Harris Problem — Front Page Magazine

Antisemitism: Spare Us the Selective Outrage — Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

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