By Tyler Pager and Anatoly Kurmanaev |
President Trump was sitting in the Oval Office earlier this year with Secretary of State Marco Rubio when an idea came to him.
Maybe he should dispatch Rubio permanently to Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, where U.S. commandos had carried out the proudest foreign policy achievement of Trump’s second term: the capture of Nicolás Maduro, the country’s president. |
Tim Cook was under pressure from the White House last summer when he fielded an unusual request.
The Apple chief was in Washington, scrambling to persuade the Trump administration to abandon its plan to impose tariffs of 100 percent on all semiconductor imports, a move that would likely increase the cost of its most important products. |
By Vahid Salemi, Altaf Qadri, Anmar Khalil, Hadi Mizban and Khalil Hamra |
Iran’s dayslong funeral for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began on Saturday, with authorities shutting down streets, airspace and daily life in Tehran as mourners commemorate the life of the man who led Iran for decades with an iron fist while confronting the West. |
Democrats are growing increasingly bullish they can seize control of the Senate, even as crucial races in Maine and Michigan remain unpredictable.
Some even see Maine Democratic nominee Graham Platner’s exit from the race this week as boon to the party’s chances in a must-win contest. |
