Today's five.

A House resolution to end the Iran war passed 215-208, which is the legislative equivalent of a strongly worded letter. Four Republicans crossed over, every Democrat voted yes, and the one Democrat who'd been a consistent holdout finally flipped. The Hill framed it as a constitutional win; Axios immediately noted it's largely symbolic — the Senate still has to vote, and Trump could veto it anyway. It's Congress' first successful pushback on the Iran campaign after multiple earlier attempts went nowhere. The gap between "passing a resolution" and "ending a war" is doing a lot of work here.

Negotiating yourself a settlement with the agency you control is already a novel legal situation. Apparently explaining it to Congress is where it gets complicated. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared before the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday and repeatedly cited "ongoing litigation" to dodge questions about whether Trump, his family, and the Trump Organization would be shielded from future tax enforcement — which is the part of the IRS deal that at least one legal expert called "a legal absurdity." The anti-weaponization fund tied to the same arrangement was quietly declared dead the day before. Bessent did not explain what, exactly, remains alive.

Wanting a deal without giving anything up is not a negotiating strategy; it's a wish. Trump's position on the Iran talks has been shifting by the day — and apparently by the hour — leaving both allies and adversaries genuinely unsure what the U.S. would accept. The Dispatch framed it as a structural problem: no military, economic, or political cost he's willing to pay. RealClearPolitics framed it as a consistency problem. Both are probably right, and both problems feed the same one. Diplomacy is hard to run when nobody can tell what you actually want.

Someone called 911 on Hollywood Beach Wednesday evening, and what responders found was a woman's body near New Mexico Street — unidentified, age unknown. That's roughly the full extent of what Hollywood Police have shared. Both local outlets confirmed the basics and not much beyond them: body, beach, investigation underway. This is the kind of story where the facts are thin not because nothing happened, but because the early hours of an investigation are mostly waiting. Hollywood PD hasn't said how long she may have been in the water or whether foul play is suspected.

Turns out the price of presidential forgiveness is an airport terminal and $2.75 million in state funds. Trump called DeSantis "very good" this week — a notable upgrade from their 2023 relationship, which was not good — after Florida lawmakers voted to rename the Palm Beach airport after him. Trump also floated DeSantis as a potential Attorney General. Florida Phoenix led with the airport-as-tribute angle; Florida Politics led with the AG trial balloon. One is about flattery. The other is about what comes next. Both are probably true.