Iran Suspends US Diplomatic Contacts After Weekend Military Escalation: Report

Talks Frozen as Tehran Demands Ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza Iran has suspended all diplomatic message exchanges with the United States following a sharp escalation in military tensions over the weekend and continued Israeli operations in Lebanon. According to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency, Tehran’s negotiating team has halted all communications with Washington conducted through […]

Federal Appeals Court Allows Texas To Enforce Sweeping Immigration Law

Texas officials can once again enforce key portions of the state’s immigration law after a federal appeals court cleared the way for arrests and removal proceedings targeting individuals that entered the country illegally. In a significant victory for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and state Republicans, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]

Morning Brief: Border Enforcement, Campaign Scrutiny & A Deadly Crash

Good morning. In Texas, a federal appeals court has cleared the way for one of the nation’s toughest state immigration laws to take effect. In Maine, a Democratic Senate candidate is confronting fresh questions about his past as a personal controversy emerges. And in Virginia, a catastrophic interstate bus crash that killed five people is […]