On what issue can progressives, conservatives, neocons, experts in various fields, scientists, activists, journalists, billionaires, air travelers and shippers, and most leaders agree with libertarians? The Iran war is a disaster:

• Voters Strongly Oppose Boots on the Ground in Iran, Think the War Is Not Worth It (Data for Progress)
• FBI Conducting Leak Investigation into Former Trump Official Who Resigned over Iran War (NBC News)
• Bolton Says He Briefed Trump on Iran Scenarios: ‘Hard to Believe that He Forgot’ (The Hill)
• U.S. Intelligence Saw No Change in Iran’s Missile Capabilities Before War (NY Times)
• War Can't Entirely Eliminate Iran's Nuclear Program, the U.N. Atomic Energy Chief Says (NPR)
• The Iran War’s Economic Threat to Europe and Asia (NY Times)
• It’s Not Just Oil: Aluminum Prices Have Surged as Iran Conflict Chokes Supply (CNBC)
• Not Just Energy: How the Iran War Could Trigger a Global Food Crisis (Aljazeera)
• The AI Boom Is Dangerously Dependent on Helium (Scientific American)
• US and Israel’s Strategy to Kill Iran’s Top Figures May Prove Counterproductive (The Guardian)
• This Emirati Billionaire Put a Voice to Gulf Anger over Trump’s War in Iran (Washington Post)
• Anthropic Fight with the Pentagon amid Iran War Puts Ethics of AI Warfare in Focus (PSV News)
• Phantom Flight: Iran War Creates 9,100-km Round Trips to Nowhere (Reuters / Deccan Herald)
• Chip Buyers in Europe Are Paying More and Tapping Backup Stores as Iran War Hits Air Freight (CNBC)
• Germany’s Foreign Minister Warns Iran War Could Plunge ‘Entire World into Major Crisis’ (Politico)
• ‘The United States Is Undermining Itself’: China Is Ignoring Trump’s Hormuz Request as the Iran War Deepens and His Beijing Trip Slips (Fortune)
• Canada in Push for Joint G7 and Middle East Effort to De-escalate Iran War (The Guardian)
• As Trump Shows Lack of Direction on Iran, Even Badenoch Distances Herself (The Guardian)
• The U.S. Attacked Iran to Show Its Power but the War Is Already Lost. Epic Fury Looks Like an Epic Fail (Fortune)

The Congress refuses "to block President Trump from ramping up the war with Iran" ...

• Senate Votes Down Effort to Restrict Trump's Iran War Powers (CBS News)

... but will it pay the bill?

• Pentagon Seeks More than $200 Billion in Budget Request for Iran War (Washington Post)

Both Iran and Israel are striking gas facilities:

• Israel and Iran Attack Gas Facilities, in a Major Escalation that Rattles Markets (NPR)
• Iran War May Linger into May Due to Israeli Strike, Analysts Warn (Axios)
• As Tehran Strikes Gulf Energy Sites, Trump Says Israel Won’t Hit Iranian Gas Field Again — but US Will if Attacks Go On (Times of Israel)
• Gulf States Have Tolerated Iranian Strikes So Far — but Their ‘Defensive’ Stance Won’t Last Forever (CNBC)

As Israeli assassinations continue ...

• Israel Says It Has Killed Iran’s Intelligence Minister in Third Assassination in Two Days (CNBC)

... Israelis and Palestinians dispute whether women at a makeshift hair salon were killed and wounded by an errant Iranian missile or "an errant Israeli aerial defense interceptor":

• Iranian Missile Attack Leaves 3 Palestinians Dead in West Bank (NY Times)

Iran uses Israel's favorite illegal weapon on Israel:

• 'Very Difficult to Stop': BBC Visits Scene of Iran Cluster Bomb Strike on Israel (BBC)

"Many Iranians ... see Mojtaba ... as the embodiment of the most closed, corrupted, punitive, and hereditary form of the Islamic Republic":

• Mojtaba’s Selection Is a Sign of Political Exhaustion (Foreign Policy)

"[T]he Red Sea campaign of 2023-2025 was the most consequential military operation that the Houthis had ever conducted. ... But it also consumed their best weapons systems and exposed the infrastructure that supported them":

• Why Haven’t the Houthis Fired? (Foreign Policy)

The Jones Act "in effect bars foreign-flagged vessels from participating in domestic maritime trade":

• Iran War: What’s the Jones Act, and Why Has Trump Suspended It for 60 Days? (Aljazeera)

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