I & I Editorial BoardSome headlines, issues and news that caught our eye.
Is Iran War Grinding To An End?
Why Iran May Be America’s Last Mideast War — William Galston, Wall Street Journal
Saudi Arabia Resumes Red Sea Oil Exports in Blow to Iran — Wall Street Journal
Trump open to Iran sanctions relief for ‘concrete progress’ on nuclear issues, US official says — CNN
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps lashes out at ‘liar’ Trump — Fox News
Iran’s currency drops to record low as war destroys economy — News Nation
How Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Politicized His Office In ‘Arctic Frost’ Scandal
Preparing for Jack Smith’s testimony requires a roadmap made from history of Arctic Frost scandals — Just The News
Grassley says Smith subpoenaed nearly 5,000 checks from Trump donors as part of Arctic Frost —Washington Examiner
Jack Smith Collected Banking Information On Thousands Of Trump Supporters — Daily Caller
Jack Smith defends handling of Trump probes at heated Senate hearing — CBS News
Can GOP Beat Dems In Midterms, Or Are They Doomed?
GOP Spending Millions as Midterms Panic Mounts — Liberty Nation
Republicans are panicking about 2026. Should they be? — Aaron Blake, CNN
Best-Case Midterm Scenarios for Democrats and Republicans — Jonathan Draeger, Real Clear Polling
Frank Luntz Just Gave Democrats Devastating News About the Midterms — PJ Media
Arrest Of ‘ShinyHunters’ Cyber-Crime Group Member Tied To FBI Data Hack
Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees — New York Times, via Archive.today
Dutch National Police arrest member of group that claimed to have hacked FBI — CBS News
FBI sends warning to cybercrime group that hacked it after Dutch arrest of ‘leader’ — NBC News
Sun Sets On California’s Golden Dream
California Risks Killing the Golden Goose With Proposition 40 — Heritage Foundation
California Was Once the American Dream. Now It’s Ranked the 3rd Worst State to Move To — Daily Signal
Newsom Donors Scrutinized Over China Contacts — Newsmax
Los Angeles Election: Far Left Vs. Far Lefter? — California Post
Did Trump Just Show Off The ‘Art Of The (AI) Deal’?
Trump says he and tech leaders signed AI agreement that is ‘morally binding’ — CNBC
Trump calls for ‘tremendous self-regulation’ of AI at lunch with billionaire tech titans — New York Post
OpenAI Scraps Release of New AI Model Over Safety Concerns — Wall Street Journal
OpenAI agents hit UN website more than 16,000 times, used aggressive techniques, bypassed a filter — Interesting Engineering
Can we slow down AI without losing to China? — Brookings (Podcast)
McDonald’s Uses AI To Figure Out How Much You Will Pay For Its Food — Daily Caller
Miscellaneous, But Still Important, Stuff …
Trump Accounts will auto-enroll children, potentially adding 60 million accounts: Treasury — CNBC
Federal workforce has shrunk by more than 336,000 bureaucrats since Trump took office — X (FRED chart)
China is shipping ‘super-Ozempic’ to American teenagers. The FDA’s response? Stern notes — Washington Examiner
Elevance just made a policy change lawmakers should notice — Washington Reporter
Jamie Dimon has a plan to revive the West: A ‘big, beautiful’ deal with Europe — CNBC
Trump announces plans for largest steel plant in U.S. history to be built in Iowa — CBS News
Ten Commandments, Deportations, and Gun Rights: Supreme Court Choosing America’s Next Legal Battles — Daily Signal
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