/// BY: ELIANA JONSHON May 27 2026 --------------------: Additional reading: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “is making new moves toward a possible White House bid,” according to Axios, which reported that the far-left Democrat is in the midst of a “national tour” and “has raised eyebrows by attending meetings with Democratic Party powerbrokers.” AOC is “still genuinely undecided on whether to run for president” but isn’t likely to stay in the House: She could also launch a Senate bid against Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a “person close to AOC” told Axios. Iran pledged to “leave no act of hostility unanswered” after the United States struck Iranian regime boats attempting to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz—which is to say the U.S. responded to an act of hostility. It came after President Donald Trump said Iran’s enriched uranium will be “immediately turned over to the United States to be brought home and destroyed” as part of any peace deal—and as Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that such a deal, rumored to be imminent over the weekend, could take “days” to finalize. Democratic congressman Jake Auchincloss of Massachusetts said what any reasonable person already knows: that left-wing Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo “and his commentary about it” are “disqualifying.” Naturally, those on the Left, including anti-American influencer Hasan Piker and former AOC chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti, labeled Auchincloss “Israel first” and called for him to be ousted in a primary. The pressure campaign worked: Auchincloss later said that he was not endorsing Platner’s opponent, Republican Susan Collins, and that “regardless of what happens in Maine, Democrats need to take back the Senate.” That was fast: Less than two weeks after Israel took out Hamas military chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the Jewish state killed his successor, Mohammed Odeh, who served as head of Hamas’s intelligence wing during the Oct. 7 attack. “We will continue to pursue everyone who took part in the October 7 massacre,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said. “Sooner or later, Israel will reach them all.” A sign of progress: Prominent Michigan Democratic fundraiser Kelly Neumann penned a Memorial Day post thanking U.S. service members without mentioning her late grandfather Albert Neumann, who served “on the German side in WWI & WWII” before escaping to Brazil, as Neumann noted in a 2024 Veterans Day post. Neumann threatened legal action after the Free Beacon reported on the Nazi post, arguing that she made it “in her private capacity as a granddaughter.” Check out our full Wednesday lineup below. Harvard Gives $90,000-a-Year Fellowships to Four Anti-Israel Activists Committee to Protect Journalists, Key Source for Kristof’s ‘Rape’ Claims, Has Board Stacked With Anti-Israel Figures Who Accused Israel of ‘Apocalyptic’ Destruction, ‘Genocide,’ ‘Apartheid’ Michigan Senate Candidate Mallory McMorrow Says She’s ‘Open’ to Reparations for Black Americans: ‘This Country Owes a Huge Debt’ In Curious Reversal, McMorrow Ally Honors Fallen US Soldiers Without Mentioning Grandfather’s Role in Nazi Army That Killed 150K Americans REVIEW: ‘Tuner’ Thanks for reading the Washington Free Beacon! Subscribe for free to receive new posts