The United States and Iran have been discussing a 30-day extension to their cease-fire and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.Tehran on Saturday. Iran gave its response through Pakistan to an American proposal to end the conflict, Iranian state media reported.
The tax is a little over 18 cents a gallon for gasoline. With the average national price above $4.50, the measure will provide little relief.The average national price for a gallon of gasoline was $4.52 on Sunday, according to the AAA motor club.
Oil prices rose and stock futures ticked down as investors reacted after the two sides failed to agree on a U.S.-Iran peace deal.
Asian nations worry that the president might trade security commitments for better economic terms with China during his planned meeting with Xi Jinping this week.President Trump and Xi Jinping after their meeting in Busan, South Korea, in 2025.
The war in Iran, trade, artificial intelligence and Taiwan are expected to be on the agenda. But expectations are modest.President Trump meeting with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, in Busan, South Korea, in 2025.
A conversation involving House members from Virginia and the top House Democrat reflected the fury and desperation that has gripped the party after Friday’s ruling in the state.Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the minority leader, speaking at the Capitol in Washington last month.
The prospect of Democrats getting shut out of the general election for governor has spurred an effort to eliminate the state’s “top-two” open primary approach.Voters in California fill out primary election ballots.
A speck of blue on an otherwise red area in some presidential elections, the dot is now dividing candidates in a key midterm contest.Nebraska isn’t a swing state, but it can still draw attention in the national conversation in presidential years.
Five candidates are battling for the nomination in the June 2 primary. The winner will oppose Rob Sand, a Democrat, in the November election.Campaign signs for various Republican candidates for office line a road at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Spring Kickoff in Clive, Iowa last week.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance at the White House earlier this year.
Though illicit e-cigarettes have flooded in from China, the new policy could allow major tobacco companies to sell from prime shelf space at thousands of stores.Rates of adolescent vaping have fallen steadily in recent years.
For decades, the Hotel Carter in Times Square was the site of squalor and crime. Now rundown and empty, its future is tied up in litigation but some hope for a rebirth.
As prices increase for gas, groceries and other staples, more and more households are borrowing to get by.The cost of a gallon of gas near Mr. Watts’s home rose 70 cents overnight one day late last month.
For almost three decades, he led the Anti-Defamation League, winning access to presidents and prime ministers and meeting with Pope John Paul II.
Seventeen American passengers from a cruise ship that faced a hantavirus outbreak in the Atlantic Ocean landed in Nebraska on Monday. They will be monitored at a quarantine center.Passengers being evacuated from the MV Hondius on Sunday.
Near Hudson, N.Y., a Princeton University team erected a cottage made from the agricultural byproduct, which they said is more sustainable than bricks or concrete.A straw house built as an experiment stands 28 feet tall and has a sleeping loft, a daybed, five windows and a kitchen.
Male and female Palestinians describe brutal sexual abuse at the hands of Israel’s prison guards, soldiers, settlers and interrogators.Suhaib Abualkebash.
A doctor and senator who voted to confirm Robert Kennedy still was snubbed by Trump in the Republican primary in Louisiana.
Mr. Thaksin has long been a foil to Thailand’s conservative establishment. He still holds significant influence, with his political party a member of the governing coalition.Thaksin Shinawatra, a former prime minister of Thailand, leaving prison in Bangkok on Monday. He was paroled after serving eig
The bodies were discovered in the city of Laredo. The circumstances of their deaths were not immediately known, the authorities said.A freight train passing through Laredo, Texas, in 2025.
Richard Dickson has drawn inspiration from the clothing retailer’s early days as he tries to regain its cultural cachet.Richard Dickson joined Gap from Mattel, where he revitalized brands like Barbie, which he helped get to the big screen.
The victim was a seasoned outdoorsman who “had no problem being alone in the woods,” his father said. He was found with injuries “consistent with those sustained by a bear encounter,” the National Park Service said.Anthony Pollio was last heard from on May 3 while hiking in Glacier National Park. He
