May 26, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – May 25, 2026

May 26, 2026 by George Bounacos

Pope Leo XIV smiling during media audience at the Vatican, May 2025

Pope Leo XIV greeted journalists at the Vatican after his May 2025 election, a year before his first encyclical urged AI "disarmament" with Anthropic's co-founder beside him. (Edgar Beltrán, The Pillar, public domain)

On Memorial Day, America bombed Iran during a ceasefire while Iran’s foreign minister negotiated peace in Doha. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf flew to Qatar to work with mediators on the deal Trump keeps saying is “largely negotiated.” Hours later, U.S. Central Command announced it had attacked Iranian missile sites … Read more