- Iran says Strait of Hormuz "completely open" amid Israel-Lebanon ceasefire
President Trump has welcomed Iran's announcement that, at least while the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire holds, the Strait of Hormuz is "completely open" to all ships.
- Supreme Court gives oil and gas companies win in Louisiana environmental lawsuit
The 8-0 procedural decision gives the companies a new day in federal court after a state jury ordered Chevron to pay upward of $740 million to clean up damage to the state's coastline, one of multiple similar lawsuits.
- Trump expected to nominate ousted FEMA chief to lead agency again
President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Cameron Hamilton to serve as administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, nearly a year after he was removed as its acting head.
- House Votes to Extend Expiring FISA Surveillance Law for 10 Days
The Senate approved a stopgap measure that passed the House early Friday. Libertarian-leaning House Republicans had balked at a long-term extension.
- A Paris Court Just Rewrote the Rules of Corporate Morality
The profit motive was on trial. The verdict was scathing.
- Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé, Detained by ICE in Alabama, Is Released
Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé, 85, who was arrested amid an inheritance dispute, has returned to France, its foreign affairs minister said. She came to America last year after reconnecting with and marrying a former G.I.
- Our Tax System Should Make You Furious
The tax expert Ray Madoff explains why the American tax system is broken, and how to make it fairer.
- Former President Win Myint freed in broad Myanmar prisoner amnesty
State-run media reported the amnesty on Friday, marking the traditional New Year.
- Rumeysa Ozturk, Tufts Student Held in Immigration Detention, Returns to Turkey
Rumeysa Ozturk, who was detained for weeks by the Trump administration after co-writing a pro-Palestinian opinion essay, has graduated and returned home.
- Pope urges young people to resist temptation of corruption in big Mass in Cameroon
In his homily, delivered in French and English, Leo cited the Biblical story of Jesus' multiplication of loaves in urging young people to "multiply your talents through the faith, perseverance, and friendship."