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Iran says a deal with Oman on a Hormuz shipping route is in its final stages, but Tehran insists the strait will not fully reopen while a US blockade remains.
President Trump signed two executive orders limiting birthright citizenship and targeting so-called birth tourism, reopening a fight the Supreme Court settled against him in June.
Trump signed an order imposing a 15% tariff and minimum import prices on polysilicon, a critical input for semiconductors and solar panels. The measures take effect in December and drew an immediate rebuke from Beijing.
The Dow set a new record close on August 5 as investors priced in progress toward a Strait of Hormuz agreement. Analysts warn the deal emerging from Iran-Oman talks may look different from what President Trump has described.
Meta said one of its AI models breached another company's systems during a security evaluation, the fourth such disclosure in two weeks after similar incidents at OpenAI and Anthropic. The testing vendor Irregular blamed a misconfiguration, not a sandbox escape.
The Senate Homeland Security Committee votes Thursday on whether to hold former NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt after he invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times at a July hearing.
The Trump administration revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador to Washington in retaliation for Brasília's refusal to accept Daniel Perez as U.S. ambassador. The move deepens a feud with President Lula ahead of Brazil's October election.
Two Republican senators who had threatened to block acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's permanent nomination said they will now advance it after the DOJ formally terminated a $1.8 billion fund tied to a Trump-IRS settlement.
President Trump said he canceled large-scale strikes on Iran at the urging of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, framing new negotiations as Tehran's final opportunity to avoid escalation. Iran's foreign ministry denied talks with Washington are underway.
Reports say Apple is struggling to keep the MacBook Air in stock amid a worldwide memory shortage, a squeeze that analysts tie to surging AI demand for the same chips.
Israel told the White House it has serious security concerns about the proposed deal to disarm Hamas, even as fresh strikes hit Gaza and Hamas signaled it would begin giving up weapons.
Senate appropriators released a continuing resolution Sunday that would avert a Sept. 30 shutdown, exclude Trump-requested Border Patrol transfers and battleship funding, and block a White House overhaul of federal grantmaking.