After Months of Threats, Trump Softens His Stance on Blocking Oil to Cuba
The White House press secretary said the United States would evaluate oil shipments to Cuba on a “case-by-case basis,” after a Russian tanker full of crude reached the island.Read More
Mexico Pressures U.S. Over Deaths of Its Citizens in ICE Custody
Claudia Sheinbaum, president of Mexico, said her country would take legal steps to demand better conditions at immigration detention facilities, where she said 14 Mexican citizens have died since President Trump took office.Read More
A New U.S. Missile Hit a Sports Hall in Iran. Here’s What We Know About It.
Barely out of prototype testing, the Precision Strike Missile is shrouded in secrecy — including which Persian Gulf countries the Army is launching them from.Read More
Mark Sanford, Years After Scandal, Aims for a Comeback to Congress
The former South Carolina governor and congressman filed papers to run for his old seat, six years after running for president and nearly two decades after a high-profile affair.Read More
Senate Republicans Make No Move to End DHS Shutdown in Brief Session
With Congress in recess, much of the Homeland Security Department remains without money because of the impasse on Capitol Hill, even as airport security workers are to begin getting paid.Read More
Iran’s Fractured Leadership Is Struggling to Coordinate, Officials Say
As leaders are killed and replaced, Iranian negotiators may not know what their government is willing to concede in any negotiations.Read More
Doctors Believed Woody Brown Would Never Understand Language. He’s Publishing a Novel.
Doctors believed that Woody Brown would never be able to speak or process language. He went to graduate school and is publishing his debut novel.Read More
Israel Passes Law to Allow Hanging of Palestinians Convicted of Deadly Attacks
The law was written in such a way that it is unlikely to ever apply to Jewish extremists.Read More
A Democratic Electrician Nabs a State Senate Seat in Republican Florida
With Brian Nathan’s victory certified, Democrats won two of three state legislative races in this month’s special elections, all in Republican-leaning districts.Read More
T.S.A. Lines Appear to Be Getting Shorter as Workers Begin to Receive Paychecks
The hourslong waits at airports appear to be easing after the president signed an order to pay Transportation Security Administration officers.Read More