President Trump said the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports would continue without a deal. Iran’s top negotiator said the strait would close unless the blockade was lifted.

“The amended disclosure confirms what we’ve said all along: The congresswoman is not a millionaire.”

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Tehran said the Strait of Hormuz’s opening would be limited, with travel permitted only along an approved, coordinated route, while the U.S. issued a new sanctions exemption on the sale of Russian oil.

President Trump has welcomed Iran's announcement that the Strait of Hormuz is "completely open" to all ships.

In attacking a report by The Atlantic, the FBI director’s team detailed allegations that were not previously public.

Trump signals progress on Iran talks as Lebanon’s 10‑day ceasefire largely holds despite violations claims.

President Donald Trump said Friday a deal with Iran could be finalized “in the next day or two,” signaling negotiations are entering their final stage and saying that he may travel to Islamabad to help seal the agreement.

Trump, a former New York real estate mogul, grew up in the posh, suburban Queens neighborhood of Jamaica Estates.

Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October, the start of the federal government's fiscal year, already surpassing 2004's toll of 28, the previous record, according to government data.

President Trump said Friday that he trusts Iran to follow through on its commitments, signaling a notable vote of confidence even as tensions between the two countries have persisted. [Full Story]

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When disbarment becomes a foreseeable consequence of advancing controversial legal theories in politically charged contexts, the effect is to narrow the range of permissible legal thought.

A shocking number of the president’s supporters have turned against him.

Critics see Zohran Mamdani’s inclusion of the wealthy in his new free public childcare initiative as a flaw. It’s actually an integral part of the policy’s design, rooted in the fact that universal programs are far more enduring than means-tested ones.

In Lebanon, an unprecedented campaign of DNA tests is being used to identify mangled bodies left trapped under rubble by Israel’s blitz.