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An aerial view of ships in the ocean.

Iran: For the first time in a month, the United States and Iran have traded fire, with U.S. forces hitting two Iranian rocket launchers and Iran retaliating with missiles aimed at Jordan. The United States struck launchers that were attempting to deploy mines into the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, according to U.S. Central Command. All of the Iranian missiles were intercepted, according to a person familiar with the attack. Read more ›
Venezuela Deal: President Trump said on Sunday that the highly unusual agreement he reached to control a huge portion of Venezuela’s oil reserves would allow the United States to refill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which he has been drawing down amid the war with Iran. But that’s unlikely to happen in the short term. Read more ›
Great Lakes: Google has updated its Maps application to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America for U.S. users, following an executive order Mr. Trump signed amid an escalating trade war with Canada. Major tech companies took similar actions last year after an order related to the Gulf of Mexico. Read more ›