Washington reflecting pool water off the Lincoln Memorial was deep American flag blue after President Trump’s $14.2 million project to renovate it. Now it is deep algae green. 

Meanwhile, in Lucerne, Switzerland, Vice President Vance and Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi have made “major progress” in reaching a permanent peace deal, including US dropping of sanctions on Iranian crude oil, petroleum products and derivation sales and “associated banking.” 

Is the US better off now than it was in February?

On May 25, The Hustings and the Allen Theatre in Annville, Pennsylvania held a live debate on the US-Israeli war on Iran. These issues in Washington, Tehran and Lucerne are ongoing.

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