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The U.S. is approaching a grim milestone: 100,000 coronavirus deaths. Brazil's COVID-19 cases have surged, and the White House is clamping down on Brazil with a new travel ban.

Crime rates dropped across much of the U.S. in 2025. That was true for both property and violent crime. And it declined nearly everywhere: In big cities and small towns, and in red and blue states.

President Trump played to his base, ignored the advice of scientists, industry titans and world leaders and pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement.

Fried yellow chilis. Baja-style fish. Not the typical Chinese restaurant fare, unless you're near the U.S.-Mexico border. The reasons go back to an 1882 law enacted to keep Chinese out of the U.S.

The truce, for a section of the country's southwest, also includes Jordan and Israel. Several such cease-fires in the past have been short-lived.

U.S. and Iraqi forces launch what the American military is calling the largest air assault against Iraqi insurgents since the end of "major combat operations" in 2003. The offensive, in an area northeast of Samarra, has been dubbed Operation Swarmer.

While the U.S. has unequaled offensive cyberwar capability, experts say it is unprepared to fend off a massive cyberattack. "I see this as possibly one of the gravest intelligence battles the U.S. has ever fought, and it's a battle we're currently losing," says cyberpolicy analyst James Lewis.

Venezuela, led by fiery, leftist president Hugo Chavez, is at the forefront of a political swing to the left that is sweeping much of Latin America. With its vast oil revenues, Venezuela carries a lot of clout in the region, and it has made alliances with nations that are most at odds with the United States.

The long history of presidential pardons includes multiple controversies, including by George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. NPR's Audie Cornish goes through the history with law professor Mark Osler.

In the city of Qom, ayatollahs and hardliners fret that their government relinquished too much in its nuclear deal with the U.S. and other world powers. "God knows what we gave up," says an ayatollah.