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The island’s governor wants to sell its bankrupted state-owned utility, PREPA. But that may turn out to be a bad move.
With new tariffs on solar panels and washing machines, and demands to renegotiate longstanding trade deals, President Trump is inching toward a trade war. Plus: US military looks the other way on child sexual abuse in Afghanistan.
For significant concessions, including $25 billion for a border wall, the president claims he’s willing to offer a path to citizenship for 1.8 million undocumented immigrants. Plus: Trump tried to fire Mueller back in June, but now he's willing to sit down for an interview.
Turkey’s incursion into northern Syria could strain its relationship with the US. Plus: in 90 days, Cape Town will be the world’s first major city to run out of water, and the European Union tries to eliminate plastics.
There is some movement toward resolution behind the scenes, though a deal is still very much out of reach.
Trump’s “shithole” remark further isolates him in the international community. Plus: The White House waives Iran sanctions one final time, relations between North and South Korea appear to be thawing, and Trump calls off his London trip.
It’s the biggest move yet in the legal battle over global warming. Plus: the Trump administration wants to drill for oil off the entire US coastline, and Ryan Zinke is trying to reshape the Department of the Interior.
A week of talks on immigration started hopefully enough, but was thrown into chaos when Trump was presented with a bipartisan solution. Plus: a federal judge temporarily blocks the White House’s move against DACA.
The move comes after high-level talks between the two countries, and may signal a relief of tension after many terrifying months. Plus: the US tries to grandstand about Iran’s protests, and fails.
With Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff forces a rift between President Trump and Steve Bannon, the two pillars of American ultra-nationalism.
The rollbacks are part of a systemic effort to deregulate industry, but if 2010's Deepwater Horizon oil spill is any indication, eliminating the rules could end up costing more.
Despite current US policies, the world continues to work toward responsible climate policies, including important ocean protections. Plus: North Korea gets sanctioned again (and again and again and again), and the global back-and-forth between the US and Russia gets more complicated.
The tax bill passes, the CDC releases grim new figures on the opioid crisis, and the Pentagon confirms a long-running UFO program.
The backlash against Trump's decision to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem intensifies, and the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya in Myanmar continues. Plus: Canada's got a cannabis boom, and China builds refugee settlement ahead of a potential Korean conflict.
Iraq declares victory over ISIS, Rex Tillerson sends mixed signals on North Korea, and Brexit lurches forward. Plus: Duterte's war on drugs gets its day in court and Honduras continues its presidential crisis.
Homelessness has ticked up for the first time since 2010, despite a historically low jobless rate and record highs on Wall Street. Why?
North Korea's big new missile ups the stakes, Trump mulls recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and Honduras is on the brink of a civil conflict as an opposition leader calls for a new presidential election.
Republicans are poised to deliver "tax reform" for the first time in 30 years, but what's actually in the bill?
