The Senate advanced a war powers resolution aimed at limiting U.S. military action involving Iran as President Trump pursues a deal pitched as ending the current Iran conflict. Senate Majority Leader John Thune signaled Republicans want Congress to vote on any Iran deal, not just hear about it after the fact. GOP senators are demanding the real terms: sanctions relief, nuclear restrictions, inspection rights, and enforcement triggers. That is the list that matters.

Not the photo op. Not the signing ceremony. Not the press release. Congress wants to know what America gives up, what Iran gives up, and what happens when Tehran cheats.

This is bigger than Iran. This is Congress trying to claw back war authority after decades of presidents acting first and briefing later. The media angle will be Republican division because that is easy. The real story is power.

If the Senate can force a binding vote, Trump’s Iran deal gets stronger if the terms are good and weaker if the terms are soft. For you, this hits gas prices, military risk, sanctions, and whether your kids inherit another open-ended Middle East fight. Watch the House next, because the resolution only matters if Congress can turn Senate pressure into a real vote Trump must sign or veto.

The Gateway Pundit claims USAID funded COVID-related research tied to Wuhan labs in China and connects that claim to 7.1 million global COVID deaths. The piece argues Trump and DOGE chief Elon Musk were right to dismantle USAID programs. The summary shows no grant IDs or primary documents, so Congress needs receipts, names, dates, and dollar amounts. If U.S. tax money reached Wuhan-linked research, USAID’s internal controls become a national security scandal.

The Verge framed BEAD broadband funding as a fight between fiber-first states and low-Earth orbit players like SpaceX Starlink and Amazon’s Project Kuiper. It opened with a May 28 Blue Origin New Glenn test that ended in an explosion, then tied Musk, Bezos, DOGE, and broadband grant rules together. BEAD is tens of billions in taxpayer money. The real question is simple: do rural Americans get working internet fast, or do consultants protect slow fiber plans forever?

CNBC’s 10-year Brexit lookback tracks UK GDP, sterling, immigration, trade, and political chaos since the June 2016 vote. The charts show a currency hit, EU trade friction, new migration patterns, and repeated leadership churn. Brexit was sold as control and growth.

The lesson is not “never leave.” The lesson is to plan like adults, tell voters the tradeoffs, and stop pretending one vote erases decades of legal and economic wiring overnight.

The Supreme Court is nearing the end of its term with major rulings still pending on birthright citizenship, transgender athletes, asylum turnbacks, and Hawaii’s carry restrictions. These cases hit real life fast. Border enforcement, girls sports, school policy, and the right to carry all sit on the table. The Hawaii case is especially important because blue states want “shall-issue” carry to mean “carry almost nowhere.”

A three-judge D.C. Circuit panel voted 2-1 to let expedited removals resume nationwide, overturning an August 2025 injunction from Judge Jia Cobb, a Biden appointee. Trump’s policy expands fast-track deportations beyond the border zone and deeper into the interior for illegal aliens who cannot prove long U.S. presence. This is a real enforcement win. It also checks district judges trying to run national immigration policy from one courtroom.

Most Americans do not understand how the system actually works. They know the slogans, the branches, and maybe a few Supreme Court cases, but not the machinery that turns rules into power. The Government 101 Field Guide is the field manual for citizens who want to know who can do what, who is lying, and where the pressure points are. Reply GUIDE to get on the early list.

A few weeks ago, the media treated Trump’s immigration push like it was dead because one district judge blocked expanded expedited removal. That was the whole trick. Get one national injunction, freeze the policy, and let the backlog do the rest.

Now the D.C. Circuit has moved the other way. A 2-1 panel cleared DHS to restart fast-track removals while the lawsuit continues. That means illegal aliens who cannot prove they have been in the country long enough can be removed without years of hearings, continuances, and delay games.

They buried it because process stories are where accountability goes to die. But the result matters. Trump’s enforcement machine is getting one of its fastest tools back, and the left’s favorite tactic, one judge controlling national policy, just took another hit.

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The New York Post editorial board called on President Trump to hit one of Iran’s most useful escape routes: Iraq. The May 23 opinion piece argues Tehran is using Iraq as a corridor for trade, cash flow, and sanctions evasion while its economy is already under heavy strain. The board wants Washington to target logistics routes, front companies, and cross-border commerce tied to the regime. The point is direct.

Partial sanctions enforcement lets Iran keep moving money, fuel, and goods through side doors while claiming pressure from Washington is failing.

This matters because Iran does not need a perfect economy to fund terror proxies. It needs reliable channels. If Iraq functions as Tehran’s back door, every weak inspection point, every fake company, and every tolerated border route becomes oxygen for the regime. The media treats sanctions like a policy press release.

They are not. Sanctions are only as strong as the follow-through, and Iran has spent years learning how to survive around them. Trump’s opportunity is timing. A strained regime can be forced into harder choices if its dependable revenue lines get cut at the same time.

Watch whether Treasury, State, and border enforcement partners move from warning letters to named targets, asset freezes, and shipment disruptions.

U.S. and Chinese officials used APEC events to show how far apart the two sides remain after President Trump’s Beijing summit with Xi Jinping. Washington kept tariffs on the table and focused on market access, supply chain security, and enforcement. Beijing attacked U.S. export controls and investment limits while defending its state-run industrial model. The media wants a handshake story, but businesses need the real one: tariffs and tech restrictions are now part of national security policy, not just trade theater.

A formal petition is asking the U.S. government to restrict Chinese seafood imports tied to shark finning and shark product trafficking. The filing targets China’s distant water fleet and the supply chains that can mix legal seafood with banned shark products. If agencies act, importers could face shipment holds, tougher paperwork, and higher compliance costs.

This is bigger than seafood. It is another test of whether America will punish China when Beijing profits from dirty supply chains.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered the 2026 commencement address at West Point in his first official visit to the U.S. Military Academy since taking office. The Department of War confirmed the visit in a Friday advisory, and the Washington Examiner streamed the speech live. This stage matters. West Point graduates are entering the Army’s leadership pipeline, and the message they hear from the War Secretary shapes standards, readiness, and the culture they carry into the force.

TechCrunch claims Elon Musk has cooled on Earth-based solar as xAI and SpaceX scale AI and space infrastructure. The report says xAI is leaning on natural gas to power AI training runs, while SpaceX is focused on orbital data centers. No public Musk statement in the summary confirms a formal end to solar plans.

Still, the bigger point is obvious. AI needs power now, and slogans do not keep data centers running when the grid is maxed out.

Rep. David Valadao is back in a toss-up fight for his Central Valley seat covering parts of Bakersfield. He is the last House Republican still serving who voted to impeach President Trump. Democrats see the district as a prime California pickup and are lining up money and messaging to flip it. House control can turn on races exactly like this, and Valadao’s vote still hangs over every campaign he runs.

I keep coming back to one theme today: pressure points. Iran has Iraq, China has supply chains, AI has electricity, and House Democrats have California targets. The side that identifies the pressure point first usually controls the next move.

You should watch where enforcement actually lands, not where politicians hold press conferences.

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