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It’s Monday, May 25. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. This Memorial Day, Aaron MacLean revisits one of the great novels about the sacrifices soldiers made during the Second World War. Plus: Tyler Cowen’s guide to how to save your job from AI. The betrayals of the LGBT movement. And more.

But first: Are we on the brink of a peace deal?

Deal or no deal? That is the trillion-dollar question looming over much of the world—and the White House—this Memorial Day. The president skipped his son’s wedding and spent the weekend at the White House, reportedly hammering out the details of an enduring peace plan to put an end to the war in Iran.

On Saturday, Trump said the “final details” of a deal were “being discussed” and would “be announced shortly.” By Sunday, a breakthrough seemed a little less imminent. “I have informed my representatives not to rush into a deal,” the president said in a post on Truth Social. “Both sides must take their time and get it right,” he added.

So, what is the latest state of play? And why are we in this deadlock in the first place?

Eli Lake offers answers to those questions in his reported column this morning. Read his analysis to understand what is really pushing the president to make a deal.

—The Editors

Remembering Those Who Served

In a Memorial Day edition of Things Worth Remembering, Aaron MacLean revisits Herman Wouk’s 1978 novel War and Remembrance, which describes a soldier’s sacrifice and the American cause during World War II. It’s a captivating work, bringing the reader face-to-face with the horrors of the Holocaust and the heroic Allied victory in the Pacific, and braiding together a “tale of American sacrifice and Jewish tragedy, and the complex but profound links between the two.”

Such a work is desperately needed, writes MacLean, at a time when influencers on the left and right have begun to question the righteousness of America’s war against the Nazis, and the stories of the liberating generation who fought in Europe and the Pacific begin to fade from living memory.

For more Memorial Day reading, revisit H.R. McMaster on the soldiers he remembers, Joe Nocera on why America still has heroes, and assorted Free Press contributors on the heroes who never made it home

How the Trans Agenda Left Gay and Lesbian People Behind

Maeve Halligan

The trans agenda has left gays and lesbians behind, student Maeve Halligan argued in a recent Cambridge Union speech. Her remarks went viral. Why? Because she lays out, in persuasive details, how the transgender movement abandoned persuasion in favor of coercion, and pressured gay and lesbian dissenters to get on board. Read full story

Tyler Cowen: Seven Ways to Avoid Losing Your Job to AI

Tyler Cowen

If you ask any recent college graduate how they feel about AI, they will likely confess deep anxiety. Breakneck AI innovation and adoption across the workforce could spur major job losses, but Tyler Cowen advises job-seekers not to despair, but to prepare. Cowen provides seven ways not just to avoid an AI job loss, but to leverage AI to become better at your job and irreplaceable by a machine. Read full story

Thirty Years Late, Justice Comes Knocking on Raúl Castro’s Door

Roberto González

Last week the Justice Department unsealed an indictment for Raúl Castro for his involvement in an incident 30 years ago, when Cuban fighter jets shot down two unarmed civilian aircraft searching for refugees escaping the island to the United States. The coverage of the indictment has focused on whether it will lead to a U.S. intervention in Cuba—just like the charges that preceded the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. But Roberto González says that the underlying crime deserves to be remembered in its own right as an example of the viciousness of the Cuban regime. Read full story