Two Week Ceasefire Subject to Opening of Hormuz — President Trump, Truth Social, via Real Clear Politics
Trump-Iran agree to two-week ceasefire, plan to open Strait of Hormuz — CNBC
Oil prices crater after Trump announces two-week ceasefire in US-Iran war — Yahoo Finance
Iran’s Top Spy Chief, Key IRGC Commanders Eliminated in Israeli Strikes — Legal Insurrection
Israel Strikes Critical Iranian Petrochemical Plant, Officials Say — Daily Caller
Report: Trump Says U.S. Tried to Send Guns to Iranian Protesters, Suggesting Kurds Kept Them — Breitbart
U.S. Fliers’ Bold Rescue Stuns World
The Rescue of DUDE 44: Inside the Massive Operation to Save Two Downed Airmen In Iran — Air & Space Forces Magazine
U.S. Rescues Second F‑15 Airman in Iran After Firefight — All Personnel Safe — Breitbart
Trump foreign policy rescues Americans without pallets of cash or sanctions relief for terrorists — Just The News
Iranian Rescue Mission Underscores Hegseth’s Predecessors’ Incompetence — The Federalist
CIA Waged ‘Deception Campaign’ To Help Save US Airman Downed In Iran, Director Says — Daily Caller
The Iranian Sharia-Supremacist Regime and ‘Civilian’ Infrastructure — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review
Far Left Drifts Farther And Farther From Mainstream . . .
The American Left’s Obliviousness to Iran’s Obvious Terrorism — J.T. Young, Townhall
It Is Impossible to Overstate How Deranged the Left Has Become — Hot Air
The Left Is Baffled — but Still Repulsed—by the White Working Class — American Greatness
Despotic, Neurotic, and Likely Psychotic: Liberals Have Become the Insane Clown Stasi — PJ Media
Blue-States’ Tax Folly
Blue States Turbocharging Their Own Collapses With New Tax Gambits — Daily Caller
Guess what happened when Washington state rolled out a steep new income tax — New York Post
These Big Town Blues — Committee To Unleash Prosperity
De-Regulating Our Over-Regulated Economy
Auto industry trade group urges feds to scrap gas tax and replace it with a vehicle weight fee — Fox Business
Trump Ends Obama Climate Regulations and Finalizes Massive Deregulation — PJ Media
Artemis II Puts U.S. Back In The Space Game, Bigly
Artemis II breaks Apollo 13’s distance record with daring moon flyby that included a solar eclipse — AP
Trump congratulates Artemis II astronauts following historic trip around the moon: ‘Modern-day pioneers’ — New York Post
Photos: NASA releases first images from moon flyby — NPR
Has NATO Outlived Its Usefulness?
What Exactly is NATO’s Purpose in 2026? — Front Page Magazine
NATO, Iran, and the Interests of Nations — American Greatness
European Weaklings Just Handed Trump the Perfect Excuse to Blow Up NATO – And They’ve Only Got Themselves to Blame! — The Gateway Pundit
A Foolish NATO Was a Big Loser in the Iran War — VDH, American Greatness
Who needs Europe? — Don Surber, Substack
Miscellaneous, But Interesting, Stuff . . .
How Higher Ed Can Survive the Demographic Cliff — Laura Demarse, Real Clear Education
Catholic Church saw 38% increase in young adults attending Easter services — The Post-Millennial
Researchers Confirm California’s Minimum Wage Hike Triggered Job Losses, Automation, and Reduced Hours — Slay News
Cuba Warns US Attack Would Bring Heavy Losses — NewsMax
Gavin Newsom’s wife empathized with San Quentin inmates by sharing shocking story of killing her sister — New York Post
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