Oil Hits 4-Year High as Hormuz Standoff Shows No End in Sight

Oil prices surged above $120 a barrel before pulling back in volatile trading on concerns that the war could escalate. Gasoline in the U.S. hit $4.30 a gallon.

Iranians Live With Pain and Powerlessness, Beneath a Veneer of Normalcy

The War in Iran Has Cost America $25 Billion So Far. Is That a Lot?

It exceeds the annual budgets of numerous federal agencies, and the Pentagon’s yearly budget for munitions.

In Narrowing Voting Rights Act, Conservative Justices See Progress on Racism

The majority said the law was a victim of its own success and no longer needed. Dissenters responded that Congress should make the call.

Trump and Putin Talk, and Ukraine Shrugs

More than a year of similar conversations have failed to bring the country any closer to peace, so Ukrainians have stopped hoping they will.